Ireland looking to send asylum seekers back to UK: Report
UK PM Rishi Sunak says it's evidence that his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is acting as a deterrent.
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Two Russian journalists arrested over alleged work for Navalny group
Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin deny 'extremism' charges related to group founded by late anti-Putin dissident.
Palestinian President Abbas says only US can halt Israel’s attack on Rafah
More than a million Palestinians are sheltering in the southern Gaza city after being displaced by Israeli attacks.
Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’
The HRW report on Thursday accused the military of killing residents in Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children.
‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner
US president offers toast to 'press freedom and democracy' but fails to mention the killings of Palestinian journalists.
How an ancient water tunnel design is cooling 21st-century streets
In Seville, 3,000-year-old underground technology is being transformed in modern day air-conditioning.
Bangladesh reopens schools even as heatwave alert extended by three days
Average maximum temperatures in Dhaka over the past week have been 4-5 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average.
Gold pocket watch of richest Titanic passenger sells for record price
A US buyer wins the bidding war, exceeding - by more than 10 times - the auctioneer's presale estimate.
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in hospital after conviction overturned
Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was recently overturned, but the one-time movie mogul's troubles are far from over.
Hundreds of university students arrested in US as Gaza war protests spread
Police out in full force, using chemical irritants and Tasers to disperse students, as more universities join movement.
Chile declares national mourning after three police officers killed
It's the latest attack on security forces in a region where tensions have long simmered between locals and the state.
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison
The law is backed mainly by Shia Muslim parties who form the largest coalition in Iraq's parliament.
Hamas releases video of two Israeli captives held in Gaza
The two men, identified as Keith Siegel and Omri Miran, send love to their families and ask to be released in the video.
Twenty Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition base explosion: PM
The blast, which also wounded several soldiers, occurred at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet says.
Pro-Palestine student protests spread in second week of demonstrations
Large-scale demonstrations take place in US universities and on European streets amid arrests and clashes with police.
Ramaphosa hails ANC record as South Africa marks 30 years of democracy
President Ramaphosa lauds South Africa's achievements under his party's leadership since the end of apartheid in 1994.
From LA to NY, pro-Palestine college campus protests grow strong in US
Students keep protesting at universities across the US as law enforcement steps in to remove protesters from campuses.
‘Left to bleed out’: Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Two Palestinian youths shot dead and 20 arrested as Israeli forces continue deadly crackdown in the occupied West Bank.
The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims?
Two decades since images of Iraqi men being abused by US soldiers shocked the world, victims still seeking justice.
Russia and Ukraine target each other’s energy sectors
Moscow has renewed strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities, drawing retaliatory attacks on refineries by Kyiv.