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On Monday, Donald Trump picked Ohio Senator JD Vance as his Republican running mate in the United States presidential election, following weeks of speculation over

Oakley, United Kingdom – The towering trees surrounding the yard almost tremble as a grey horse thunders across the terrain, effortlessly clearing one wooden fence

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame has won a landslide victory in the presidential elections held on July 15. His Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) party also emerged victorious

Bangladesh has suspended some mobile internet services, with police firing tear gas at student protesters as violent clashes over civil service hiring quotas continue to

Kremlin says proposal by Ursula von der Leyen ahead of her re-election bid shows Europe’s ‘militarisation’. Russia has warned that the European Union is growing

NewsFeed Video shared by an opposition party in Bangladesh is said to show police detaining an imam as he led funeral prayers for students killed

101 East meets the hockey players from India’s tribal communities who are reviving the country’s love for the sport. In the remote tribal communities of

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Warsaw, Poland – Last year, Aidai Irgebai had a serious talk with her two sons, aged nine and seven. The boys would

The explosion of tear gas canisters, masked protesters wielding the Kenyan flag, throngs of people chanting in unison – these have been the scenes in

Israel’s parliament has passed a resolution that overwhelmingly rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state, Israeli media reported. The resolution passed in the Knesset with

NewsFeed Donald Trump’s election running mate JD Vance appealed to working Americans in a speech at the Republican National Convention, where he officially accepted the

Israeli government official calling Phillipe Lazzarini a ‘terrorist sympathiser’ also puts his safety at risk, UN says. The United Nations has denounced an Israeli government

Activists welcome the ruling but systemic discrimination persists in the country where gay marriage is not legally recognised. South Korea’s top court has said that

NewsFeed US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been forced to self-isolate at a critical point in his presidential campaign as

After operating for fewer than 25 days, the US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled, marking the end of a costly mission marked by recurring

Nine people rescued from 16-strong crew of Indian and Sri Lankan nationals as search ongoing for others. Rescuers have saved nine crew members and retrieved

Firefighters pull 75 people to safety as the investigation into the cause of the blaze is under way. At least 16 people have been killed

NewsFeed Video shows a huge rockslide narrowly missing houses in a village in eastern Yemen. Local geologists say it was caused by repeated flooding in

Sotheby’s sells fossil to anonymous American bidder, smashing prior auction record of $31.8m for tyrannosaurus rex Stan. The largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found has been

Bangladesh has been rocked by student protests for nearly three weeks. Since July 1, university students have been protesting across the country to demand the

Student protesters demanding an end to quotas for government jobs in Bangladesh have called for a complete nationwide shutdown after six people were killed and

Reports came as the US president announced contracting COVID-19 and went into self-isolation at his Delaware home. Top Democratic leaders in the United States including

Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance has hailed the former president’s defiant response to his attempted assassination in a rousing speech to the Republican National

Beijing said the US’s weapons sales to Taiwan has ‘compromised the political atmosphere’ for continued talks on nuclear non-proliferation. China has suspended negotiations on nuclear

As the war enters its 874th day, these are the main developments. This is where the war stands on Thursday, July 18, 2024: Fighting Explosions

The question had lingered over Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for months: Who will the Republican pick as his running mate as he pursues a second

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, White House says the US president has ‘mild symptoms’ and will self-isolate at his home in Delaware. United States President Joe Biden

The new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media professional group has said she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her

Former president and Republican 2024 nominee is accused of mishandling classified government files at his Florida home. United States Special Counsel Jack Smith has appealed

Antonio Guterres says recent developments in the occupied West Bank are ‘driving a stake through the heart’ of a two-state solution. Israel’s policy toward the

Labour government lays out its legislative plans as king opens Parliament. The new UK government sets out its plans – with big focus on the

NewsFeed “What is happening in Gaza is going down as the most documented genocide in history,” Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour told a UN Security

NewsFeed With just days to go before the Paris Olympics, the city’s Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a swim in the Seine as the river was

United States legislator Adam Schiff, an influential member of Joe Biden’s Democratic Party, has joined a chorus of calls urging the US president to drop

US told allies it is considering using the most severe trade curbs available if companies continue giving Beijing access to advanced semiconductor technology. Wall Street’s

Britain’s King Charles has set out Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda, promising a government of service focused on reviving the economy and tackling issues

Saturday’s attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s life sent shockwaves across the world. In its aftermath, commentators have pointed to the growing polarisation in

NewsFeed As simple Iranian-linked drones rigged with explosives become increasingly common in Syria, farmers near Aleppo are using even simpler shotguns to shoot them out

Lack of infrastructure in Haiti’s makeshift camps puts women and girls at risk of gender-based violence, UN report says. Haitian women and girls are facing

Antitrust authority carried out searches on Tuesday at the companies of the Armani and Dior groups. Italy’s competition authority says it is investigating whether luxury

North African countries seek assistance at Tripoli conference to help stem flow of refugees and migrants. Representatives from 28 African and European countries have met

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to punish those responsible deaths of six people at protests. Police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse

Ninety people have been killed and 300 wounded in an Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, a supposed safe zone in the

The United States team heads to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as favourites to claim the women’s football gold. That is hardly surprising given their

Three generations of female rugby players advocate for the sport for women in Dakar. Anna Preira, her mother Leontine and her daughter Mama are three

Robert F Kennedy Jr, a member of America’s most famous – and Democratic – political family, is running as an independent candidate in this year’s

Talal al-Dabash was killed by an Israeli bomb as he prayed. Students at the university where he worked remember a ‘kind-hearted’ man with a love

NewsFeed France’s football association says it will file a legal complaint over a racist song by Argentina’s players as they celebrated winning the Copa America.

An independent, government-appointed watchdog in the United States has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for Donald Trump on the day