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Catherine, Princess of Wales has become a central figure in Britain's royal family

Set to make more appearances in 2025

UK's Catherine turns 43 hoping for better year

Houses in Tibet's Shigatse were collapsed by Tuesday's earthquake

North of Mount Everest

Rescuers search for survivors after quake in China's Tibet kills at least 126

Ahmad al-Awdeh's forces don't belive in dissolving, a spokesman has said

Defying new rulers

South Syria fighters reluctant to give up weapons: spokesman

Britain's anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq (shown in 2019) is the niece of Bangladesh's ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, whose family is being probed over alleged $5 billion embezzlement

Cooperation wanted

Bangladesh orders banks to assist UK minister graft probe

Morning Roundup

Alert for snow, Trump tells NATO members to raise defence spending, and Meta ends fact-checking

Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro walk past the headquarters of the 'Catedral Combativa,' a pro-government group known as a 'colectivo,' in downtown Caracas

Armed civilians

Venezuela's 'colectivos' ready to pounce as opposition plans protest

Police tape at the scene where former a former Cambodian MP was shot dead in Bangkok, Thailand

Thai police hunt suspect over Cambodian politician shooting

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a meeting with members of the armed forces days before his swearing-in

'Unpredictable' situation

Venezuela on tenterhooks ahead of rival protests, Maduro swearing-in

A man watches the presidential residence of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol from a hill in Seoul

Barbed wires, vehicle blockades

S. Korea's impeached President Yoon holds out in capital 'fortress'

In a rambling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump threatened Canada, Panama and Greenland

Headline-grabbing remarks

Trump's provocative, often confusing, US foreign policy is back

Weapons seized by Mexican security forces are pictured at a military headquarters before being destroyed

Disarmament programme

Mexicans offered $1,300 to hand in a machine gun

Years of protests and US sanctions imposed over previous elections tainted by fraud allegations have failed to dislodge Nicolas Maduro, who has the support of the military

Unspecified crimes

Venezuela arrests two Americans, five other 'mercenaries'

Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100, served a single term from 1977-1981 and was widely praised for his post-presidential humanitarian efforts

Military ceremony

Former US president Carter lies in state after somber Washington procession

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned on Monday, facing dwindling domestic political support and a possible trade war with the United States

Overview of frontrunners

Race begins to replace Canadian PM Trudeau

The US announced sanctions against Mohamed Hamdan Daglo seen here in June 2022, the commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

Based on 'systematic' murder

US says Sudan's RSF committed 'genocide' in Darfur

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan threatens to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accept Ankara's conditions

Demanding 'bloodless' transition

Turkey threatens military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was a

Following Trump annexation threats

'Snowball's chance in hell' Canada will merge with US: Trudeau

Mohamed Hamdan Daglo 'Hemeti', Sudan's powerful RSF commander

Control of the country

Daglo, feared Darfuri general accused by US of genocide

Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland for a private visit

Danish autonomous territory

Trump Jr. in Greenland on 'tourist' trip as father eyes territory

Map showing shake intensity in the region of Tibet and Nepal affected by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake on January 7

At least 6.8 magnitude

Quake in China's Tibet kills 126 with tremors felt in Nepal, India

Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) members stand near the spot where former Cambodian MP was reportedly shot in Bangkok

On a motorcycle

Former Cambodian opposition MP shot dead in Bangkok: Thai media

At press conference in Florida

Trump makes bold statements on renaming Gulf of Mexico, military action, and NATO funding

Residents evacuated after giant sinkhole appears in Villerupt

French President Emmanuel Macron's comments about France's military withdrawal from Africa caused allies to bristle

Macron irks allies, left with Africa 'forgot to say thank you' jibe

Mahama won 56 percent of the vote in the presidential election

Ghana's John Mahama sworn in after presidential comeback

Marine Le Pen (L) and Jean-Marie Le Pen

Key dates in the rise of the French far right

The residence (top) of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen in Seoul before an arrest warrant deadline passed

Holed up in residence

South Korea investigators get new warrant to arrest President Yoon

Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia has vowed to return home to take power

Tensions mount in Venezuela ahead of Maduro swearing-in

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