The latest world stories from around the world, updated through the day.
Ukrainian commanders say a push near Lyman over recent months retook 277 square kilometers in the east, even as new limits on satellite internet and tense ties with Washington cloud what comes next.
Doctors say Pope Leo XIV can now manage normal daily activities on his own after Tuesday's operation to remove part of his right lung. The Vatican says he will lead the Sunday noon prayer.
Iranian officials are using English language posts and letters to point at rising gas prices and inflation in the United States, hoping to raise the political cost of the war for President Trump.
Federal health officials now count 4,410 confirmed measles cases this year, up 330 in a single week, with Pennsylvania at the center of the worst outbreak.
New government figures show forest clearing in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped to the smallest total since tracking began in 1988. Whether that progress lasts may depend on the presidential runoff on October 25.
Brazil's president now says teenagers aged 16 and 17 should face adult criminal responsibility for heinous crimes, a reversal that comes days before a runoff he is trailing.
Days of clashes in Tirana have left government buildings and banks burned, more than 150 people arrested and dozens of police officers hurt, as protesters demand the prime minister step down.
Police and social workers in Mpumalanga shut down a church linked facility in Siyabuswa, and the pastor and his wife who ran it now face kidnapping charges.
A new poll released on Friday puts the senator just ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the October 25 runoff, but the gap is inside the margin of error.
Trump advised Katie Zacharia to reconsider her press secretary role due to media backlash over her credentials.
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At least 320 people detained for ‘acts against nature’ after law criminalising homosexuality toughened, HRW reports Mass arrests, forced HIV testing and barriers to legal represent
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Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied usin
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Police reviewing social media post by writer Sarah Helm, wife of Burnham's National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell.
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Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in ne
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Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines fro
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The youth-led movement had called for a Delhi protest after mass detentions last week and the jailing of two leaders.
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Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the
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Joshua Foster "lost control" of his son while showing him the view of a water park from a window.
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Ukraine’s 'Operation Vivaldi' reclaimed more occupied territory in Donetsk during a week when Trump sided with Russia.
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BBC Verify analysis of data from a UK maritime agency shows 12 vessels were struck in a week.
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La Liga President Javier Tebas under fire for comparing Real Madrid TV channel to Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda.
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After undergoing surgery this week, pope can now 'carry out normal activities with full independence', say doctors.
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As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’ A woman opens a 300‑ye
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Spain appeals to Court of Arbitration for Sport following FIFA sanctions for fans' behaviour during Egypt friendly.
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Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture Nicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York cour
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of a conference.
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Santiago Caputo cites election of Sagal Abdi-Wali as MP and calls UK a threat to the west in post shared by Argentina’s president The chief adviser to Argentina’s president, Javier
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