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Former president Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Washington hospital, and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever. Mr Clinton is being treated for the flu, Angel Urena, his deputy chief…

An explosion at an ammunition factory in north-west Turkey left 11 dead and five injured on Tuesday morning. The blast occurred in Balikesir province, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The factory is in a rural area away from population…

A Nasa spacecraft will attempt to make history on Christmas Eve with the closest-ever approach to the sun. Moving at speeds of up to 430,000mph and enduring temperature of up to 982C, Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe is on a mission…

American Airlines flights were cleared to fly by regulators early on Tuesday after a brief grounding due to a systemwide technical issue. Just before 7am Eastern time (12pm Irish time), the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all American Airlines flights grounded…

Hong Kong police announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas on Tuesday, with bounties set at 1 million Hong Kong dollars (£102,000) for information leading to their arrests. According to the warrants, the six are…

Tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia were without electricity on Tuesday after more heavy snow and winds that also brought traffic chaos in neighbouring Croatia and Serbia. In Slovenia, the resumption of a search for an injured Hungarian hiker…

A Russian-born US citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, news agencies have reported. A Moscow court brought espionage charges against Gene Spector in August 2023, although details…

The House Ethics Committee in the US has accused Florida Republican Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while he was a member of Congress. Mr Gaetz has…

Mourners have laid flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack in Madgeburg as investigators puzzled over the motive of the suspect and fears swirled that the rampage could deepen divisions in German society. The Johanniskirche, a church…

The cause of death of a baby found in a field is still unknown a month after she was discovered, police have said. The infant, named as Ava, was found by a dog walker near Ashtons Field in Salford, Greater…