Pakistan’s election chaos casts shadow on next IMF deal
Ex-PM Imran Khan has asked the IMF to factor in alleged rigging in recent polls. That's dangerous, economists say.
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Why is measles making a comeback in the UK?
As parents refuse vaccines for their children, the UK has seen a surge in measles cases over the past year.
US pulls off first moon landing since 1972 with spacecraft Odysseus
Odysseus is the first spacecraft built by a private company to land on the lunar surface.
US, European powers back outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte as next NATO head
Support of major NATO states makes Rutte favourite to succeed current Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in October.
Navalny’s mother says Russian authorities pressuring ‘secret’ burial
Lyudmila Navalnaya says investigators trying to set conditions on where, when and how Kremlin critic should be buried.
Canadian white supremacist who killed Muslim family gets life sentence
The judge in the case said Nathaniel Veltman's attack represented an act of 'terrorism'.
China tells ICJ justice ‘must not be denied’ to Palestinians
Representatives from Ireland, Japan, and Jordan present their arguments at the ICJ hearing on Israel's occupation.
Houthis order ‘ban’ on Israel, US and UK-linked ships in the Red Sea
Yemen's Houthi rebels also announce 'submarine weapons', as leader pledges to continue attacks amid Gaza war.
‘Divine justice’: How Hondurans are reacting to an ex-president’s US trial
Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez faces accusations he transformed Honduras into a drug-trafficking ‘narco-state’.
Is Joe Biden’s dog Commander the only troublemaker presidential pet?
Presidential dogs have been in the news before. Usually, their bark is worse than their bite. Commander's different.
Mobile telecommunications outages reported in several US cities
Outage appears to be centred on AT&T, the largest mobile phone network in the US.
Albania approves contested deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy
Rights groups criticise deal that could see up to 36,000 people a year held in Italian-run asylum-processing centres.
Kremlin slams Biden comments on Russia’s Putin as disgracing US
During a campaign fundraiser in San Francisco, the US president called his Russian counterpart a 'crazy SOB'.
Israel bombards Gaza’s Rafah as ground offensive looms
About 1.4 million Palestinians, displaced several times, have sought shelter in the city that borders Egypt.
‘We resist silently’: Many Palestinians to boycott Israel’s municipal vote
Palestinians in East Jerusalem are debating voting in municipal elections, but most are expected to boycott again.
Israel military’s top lawyer warns troops over ‘improper conduct’ in Gaza
Action may be taken against soldiers who have crossed ‘criminal threshold' with unjustified use of force, looting.
‘Era of peace in Europe over’ says Ukraine, as Avdiivka falls to Russians
Russian forces capture their first city in over nine months, partly a result of failing weapons deliveries from allies.
One person killed in checkpoint shooting near Jerusalem, Israeli police say
Israeli police say officers shoot two of the gunmen, and a third tries to escape but is found and arrested.
Countries ‘reaching beyond borders’ to silence dissidents: Rights group
Human Rights Watch says ‘transnational repression’ used to target journalists, political opponents and activists.
India’s demand to block accounts amid farmers’ stir curtails free speech: X
Platform takes down certain accounts and posts following the government order, adding that it disagrees with the action.