At least 45 killed in Bangladesh after fire breaks out at shopping mall
People dining out and shopping suffocated or jumped to their deaths as firefighters battled to douse the flames.
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George Galloway who campaigned against Gaza war wins UK by-election
George Galloway wins Rochdale seat by 12,335 votes after running on pro-Palestine campaign.
Vietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog says
Directive 24 also urges officials to push back against foreign influence, The 88 Project says.
Meta says it will stop funding news in Australia, prompting backlash
Canberra blasts Meta's decision as a 'dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability' of the media industry.
US Senate approves spending stopgap to avert government shutdown
Short-term spending bill averts shutdown of agencies that would have kicked in on Saturday.
Canada’s former PM Mulroney, who led North American free trade, dies at 84
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hails Mulroney's role in creating 'modern, dynamic, and prosperous country'.
New Zealand lobbied French on Solomon Islands-China pact, cables show
New Zealand officials hoped French Polynesia and New Caledonia would respond to security pact, documents show.
Far right makes gains in Israeli municipal elections
Far-right and ultra-religious parties won key local elections and retained controversial mayors.
Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue
US President Joe Biden to visit border town of Brownsville, Texas as Donald Trump heads to Eagle Pass, Texas.
Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture
Crisis brought on by El Nino and climate change will affect more than a million families, President Hakainde Hichilema says.
Celebrating Black history while killing the Black body
African Americans say the annual commemoration obscures dark truths about Black life.
‘A legend for our people’: Inside an Indigenous activist’s death in Brazil
The shooting of Maria de Fatima Muniz has renewed attention towards Indigenous attempts to reclaim ancestral territory.
US lawmakers confront Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over health secrecy
Republican lawmakers question how President Biden could go for days without knowing Austin was hospitalised.
‘Call it by its name’: How hateful rhetoric feeds anti-Palestinian violence
Dehumanisation of Palestinians in shadow of Israel’s Gaza war is fuelling hate and violence in the US, advocates say.
‘Heinous’: Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza aid-seekers condemned
Leaders from Palestine and neighbouring countries speak out against the 'massacre' of more than 100 people seeking aid.
Why is Chad boiling over ahead of long-awaited elections — and what’s next?
Opposition party members have been killed or injured as the ruling military government continues a crackdown.
Russian troops inch ahead as war in Ukraine barrels into third year
Meanwhile, Ukraine downs an A-50 radar detection plane, Macron talks ground troops, and Putin threatens nuclear risk.
Chadian opposition leader dies in gun exchange, state prosecutor says
The announcement comes a day after heavy gunfire erupts in N'Djamena near the headquarters of Yaya Dillo's party.
What to expect as Iran votes to elect parliament, religious leaders
Iranians will vote for members of parliament and the Assembly of Experts, which picks the country's Supreme Leader.
Israel strikes Lebanon’s south, raising risks of escalation
Lebanon's Hezbollah has exchanged near daily fire with Israeli since war erupted between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.