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The fire began before dawn, ripping through the Grand Kartal Hotel near the northwestern town of Bolu

12-storey hotel

Huge fire guts Turkish ski resort hotel, killing 66

Scammers tricked their French victim into believing she was in a relationship with Pitt

Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraud

Palestinians carry their belongings as they return to Rafah in southern Gaza, surrounded by destruction

Israel army chief resigns over October 7 'failure'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz predicted that US President Donald Trump and his administration 'will keep the world on tenterhooks in the coming years'

Scholz vows to 'defend free trade' after Trump tariff threat

South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to appear for the first time at the Constitutional Court

Constitutional court

South Korea's suspended president attends impeachment hearing

Sheikh Hasina's governement was accused of widespread human rights abuses during her 15 years in power in Bangladesh

Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances

Bangladesh probe reveals children held in secret jails

Unfathomable destruction

Syrians return to homes devastated by war

China says it remains committed to the WHO after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of it following his inauguration

Multinational arrangements

China says committed to WHO, Paris climate deal after US pulls out

US President Donald Trump (L) and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the Liberty inaugural ball in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Morning Roundup

Fire at Goodyear factory, update on city knife attack, and Trump's first actions as US President

Hundreds of LGBTQ couples are set to marry in Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom becomes the biggest nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage

Thailand's same-sex marriage milestone

Supporters of Donald Trump gathered outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, before violently storming the building / © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

Immediate release from prison

Trump pardons sentences related to 6 January, 2021 events

US President Donald Trump said he was not confident a ceasefire deal could hold in Gaza

Trump 'not confident' Gaza deal will hold

Trum's executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization is the second time he has tried to sever ties with the international group

'World Health ripped us off'

Trump signs order to pull US from WHO, citing funding disparities

Donald Trump's return to the White House drew reactions from around the world

International reactions

'Dear friend': Nations react to Trump inauguration

Nguyen Thi Hiep is joining a wave of workers rejecting Ho Chi Minh City for a quieter life back home

Working all day long

'Too hard': Vietnam's factory workers return to country life

A resident in Tainan shows damage to his home after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan

'No major damage'

6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes Taiwan

US President Donald Trump took aim at Panama in his inaugural address

In first hours back

Trump vows to take Panama Canal, urges Putin to make Ukraine deal

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France

EU meeting Tuesday

Facing Trump and Musk, EU lawmakers seek sure footing

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves Britain's High Court with his Barrister David Sherborne after testifying in June that he had suffered lifelong press invasion

Alleged unlawful media tactics

Prince Harry's battle against Murdoch UK tabloids goes to trial

Marco Rubio will immediately have the task of executing the potentially erratic foreign policy of Donald Trump

First cabinet nominee confirmed

Rubio wins unanimous nod to be top US diplomat

Pockets of Colombia are still controlled by assorted left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug cartels

Conflict outbreaks

Colombia vows 'war' as guerrilla violence kills 100

President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal migration devastated some migrants at the US-Mexico border

'Criminal aliens'

'Please let us in': Trump crackdown leaves migrants in tears

Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the number of people crossing the US-Mexico border during his presidential campaign

Setting sights on immigration

Trump says to declare national emergency at border, use military

On the campaign trail Trump railed against diversity, equity and inclusion policies

Executive orders

Trump says 'only two genders', will end diversity programs

US First Lady Melania Trump stands for a benediction after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025

‘International woman of mystery’

Melania Trump brings steely fashion game back to Washington

Axel Rudakubana, 18, admitted killing three young girls in Southport last year

Most violent riots in a decade

UK teen pleads guilty to girls' murders that sparked riots

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office as Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump look on during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.

47th president of the United States

Trump sworn in as US president, promises 'golden age'

In the northern area of Jabalia, hundreds headed back to an apocalyptic landscape piled with rubble and destroyed buildings

Israel-Hamas truce holding after first hostage-prisoner swap

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