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The helicopter carrying Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a mountain and there was no sign it had been attacked, state media reported. The statement from the general staff of the armed forces in…

Taiwan has tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast on Friday. This is the second day of a large military exercise launched by Beijing to show its anger over the self-governing island’s inauguration of new leaders…

An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law, even though it does not have an office in Australia. Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Judge Ann Fitzgerald said in a decision…

A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking US president Joe Biden’s voice to voters ahead of New Hampshire’s presidential primary faces a $6 million fine and more than two dozen criminal charges. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said…

Doctors were treating hundreds of victims of heatstroke at hospitals across Pakistan on Thursday after an intense heatwave sent temperatures above normal levels due to climate change, officials said. Temperatures hit 49C the previous day in Mohenjo Daro. The city,…

The DUP’s interim leader has told rival unionists it is not too late to co-operate to deliver victories for pro-union candidates in several key battlegrounds in Northern Ireland in the upcoming UK general election. Gavin Robinson also vowed to pursue…

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer traded blows over immigration and the economy on Thursday as the first full day of campaigning for the UK’s July 4 General Election got under way. Mr Sunak started…

A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled on Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed permanently following restoration. The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore,…

A German party set for big gains in upcoming European elections suffered another setback on Thursday when it was expelled from a right-wing group in the European Parliament. The Identity and Democracy group decided to expel Alternative for Germany (AfD)…

Nigel Farage has announced he is not standing as a candidate in the British general election, but will “do my bit to help” the Reform UK party in the campaign. The party’s honorary president said in a statement posted on…