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Palestinian medical officials and witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on civilians heading to a humanitarian aid point on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, the third such incident in three days. The army says the shooting was directed at…

Three British nationals accused of smuggling almost a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia are appearing in court on the popular tourist island of Bali. They face the death penalty under the country’s harsh drug laws. In Indonesia, those convicted of…

Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, which left at least three people dead and many injured, was described as “brutal” by President Volodymyr Zelensky. A series of rocket strikes hit residential buildings and a medical facility…

Conservative Karol Nawrocki has won Poland’s presidential election over the weekend, according to the final vote count. Mr Nawrocki won 50.89% of the vote in a tight race with Warsaw’s liberal mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, who won 49.11%. The tense fight…

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Sunday he will not testify at his retrial on sex crimes charges in New York. This means that a jury will soon begin considering the case against the former head of the film studio, who became…

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would send a delegation to Istanbul on Monday for a new round of direct peace talks with Russia, despite Russia’s recent missile strike on Ukraine that killed 12 troops and launched the largest drone attack…

Sir Keir Starmer has promised a raft of new investment to transform the UK Armed Forces into a “powerful, integrated fighting machine” as part of the government’s UK defence review. The country’s prime minister noted that the funds would be…

John Swinney accused Nigel Farage of “hatred and racism” during a campaign rally ahead of the opening of polls in the Hamilton by-election at the weekend. Scotland’s First Minister has slammed the leader of the Reform UK party, claiming he…

Strauss’s Blue Danube Waltz has finally made it into space, nearly half a century after it was barred from flying on NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. On Saturday, the European Space Agency’s large radio antenna in Spain transmitted a waltz into…

Hamas is seeking to amend a recent US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, a senior Hamas official said, but US special envoy Steve Witkoff described the response as “totally unacceptable”. A Hamas spokesman said the proposed changes concern “guarantees…