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Ben Croll takes us through four films from the Cannes Film Festival which are being released in cinemas this week. One of France's biggest film events of the year is Antonin Baudry's "De Gaulle: Resi...
The director of Britain’s electronic surveillance agency warned that Moscow was getting more brazen, adding that estimates suggested 500,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the Ukraine war.
Four months after its creation, the Gaza reconstruction fund of US President Donald Trump's so-called Board of Peace has yet to receive any of the billions of dollars pledged by donor countries. Isra...
A funeral has been held for Mohammed Odeh, believed to be the leader of Hamas’s military wing.
Mogadishu has been tentatively emerging from the waves of violence that have rocked the city over recent decades.
New Zealand is facing a major brain drain. Even former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has chosen to relocate to Australia. Her decision has reignited a debate over the country's persistent struggle to...
The sacred holiday coincides with Hajj, drawing over 1.7 million pilgrims seeking spiritual fulfilment in Saudi Arabia.
The Israeli army has arrested at least 197 men in southern Syria since late 2024. A lawyer confirmed that 43 of them are still being held in what he says is arbitrary detention in Israeli prisons. Th...
The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.
When a remote Pacific village asked for help with rowdy youth, the Chinese police arrived with a surveillance system. Then came the backlash.
Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive on Wednesday, Laotian and Thai rescuers said. Seven Laotian villagers entered the cave in central Xaysomboun provinc...
Israel issued forced displacement for Lebanon's southern city of Nabatieh on Tuesday. Why is it focused on this city?
The International Monetary Fund warns that Iran war could trigger a spike in global debt levels.
Washington is set on a trade-focused shift in Africa, but critics say it facilitates further plundering of resources.
Rescue teams celebrate as survivors found in Laos cave
World no 318's victory over Marin Cilic also made him the youngest man to claim a Grand Slam victory in 17 years.
Amid growing risk of spillover from the Ukraine war, the Baltic states could seek de-escalation channels through Minsk.
The West African nation was one of the main gateways for the transatlantic slave trade.
At a Nigerian sheep market, human rights advocate Sadaatu Madaki says that rising prices make Eid difficult for families
Major attacks on Kyiv, followed by warnings of more, come as Moscow is stalled on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.