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Cristosal lawyer and rights activist Ruth Lopez arrives at court in El Salvador following her arrest

Controversial anti-crime policies

El Salvador rights group says forced out by Bukele 'repression'

The massive cuts to US humanitarian aid funding under US President Donald Trump have included crucial food aid to several countries

$9 billion in cuts

Slashed US aid showing impact, as Congress codifies cuts

Argentine President Javier Milei refers to journalists as 'scum'

'Anti-woke' warrior

Milei steps up attacks on media as election nears

The priest of Holy Family Church in Gaza City, Father Gabriel Romanelli, was injured in the strike

Site sheltered displaced civilians

Israel PM voices regret after three killed at Catholic church in Gaza

Some 900 Afghans and 3,600 family members have so far been brought to Britain under the scheme

According to UK media

Afghan data breach unmasked UK spies, special forces: reports

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah in 1986 during his trial

Detained since 1984 for diplomat killings

France court orders release of Lebanese militant after 40 years in jail

Downing Street said the two leaders had agreed to boost exports of military goods

Merz first official visit

UK, Germany vow to tackle people smuggling gangs

Druze gunmen deploy in the Sweida province village of Al-Dur after government troops pulled out before dawn.

Assuming control

Syria troops quit Druze heartland after violence leaves over 500 dead

Crowds have gathered at Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

Reconnecting ties

'Like a dream': Druze reunited across Golan Heights buffer zone

Cristosal lawyer and rights activist Ruth Lopez arrives at court in El Salvador following her arrest

Vocal critics Cristosal

El Salvador rights group says forced into exile by Bukele crackdown

Ukraine's new prime minister will be Yulia Svyrydenko

To inject fresh energy

Ukraine's wartime reshuffle: what we know

Some 260 people were killed when an Air India Boeing 787 crashed into a neighbourhood near Ahmedabad airport on June 14

After devastating crash

Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues

A dog stands by a polling station sign in Hackney, east London, on July 4, 2024 when Britain held its last general elections

Biggest reform since 1969

UK to lower voting age to 16 in general elections

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz sign a bilateral cooperation treaty in London with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, behind, looking on

Eyeing landmark treaty

Britain seeks German help against people smuggling gangs on landmark Merz visit

Zelensky has proposed his current economy minister to take over as head of government in major reshuffle for the war-torn country

Young politician

Ukraine's new PM: a deal-maker as head of wartime government

Onlookers gather in front of a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut after a fire tore through it, killing at least 60 people

Iraq shopping mall fire kills more than 60

Accused of threatening president

Turkey journalist critical of Erdogan faces jail term

Generals Mbaye Cisse (R) and Pascal Ianni salute as the Senegalese flag is raised

Abandoning permanent camps

French army leaves Senegal ending military presence in west Africa

Taipei came to a brief standstill when air raid sirens forced people off the streets and into underground shelters in a rehearsal for a Chinese attack

Yearly training

Taipei holds air raid drill to prepare for Chinese attack

Smoke plumes rising from reported explosions on the Magic Seas cargo ship, attacked by Huthi rebels in the Red Sea

'I thought I was going to die': sailor recounts Huthi attack in Red Sea

Morning Roundup

Government criticised over silence on labour talks, construction costs spike, and fire destroys Tomorrowland main stage

A view of the damage following Israeli strikes on the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters in Damascus

As Israel strikes Damascus

Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request

Indirect negotiations for a ceasefire in war-ravaged Gaza are now in their second week

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's

Gaza aid point crush kills 20 people

Tomorrowland main stage engulfed in flames days before start of festival

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has endured a rocky first year as PM

Reassert authority

UK's Starmer suspends several Labour rebels

Some 900 Afghans and 3,600 family members have so far been brought to Britain under the scheme

'Serious questions' over UK secret Afghan relocations: PM

Path towards a two-way state solution?

Summit on Palestinian statehood planned for September: diplomatic source

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to testify in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself from royal defamation charges

Facing up to 15 years in prison

Thai ex-PM Thaksin appears on stand in royal defamation case

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