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Erik Menendez (C) and his brother Lyle are seeking parole more than 35 years after they killed their parents at the family's luxury Beverly Hills home

Full accountability taken

Menendez brothers face parole board seeking freedom after parents murders

Thailand's suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok on Thursday

Suspended Thai PM in court for case seeking her ouster

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faces 40 years in prison over an alleged coup plot

Facing 40 years in prison

Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and son of obstructing coup trial

A woman holds a sign that reads in

Most prominent opposition

Pensioners on the frontline of Argentina's fiery politics

(FILES) A worker shovels pebbles from a mound into a wheelbarrow near a heavily-damaged buildings at a site in the Lamab suburb on the southwestern outskirts of Sudan's capital Khartoum

Resilient moves

Sudanese lay first bricks to rebuild war-torn Khartoum

More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers fled to multiple Democratic states in an effort to block the passage of the proposed blueprint during a special legislative session

Fiddling with electoral policies

Texas Republicans advance map that reignited US redistricting wars

Since US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska, Trump has considered promises to Kyiv to end the Russian invasion

Trump flirts with Ukraine security, with narrow margins

The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson sailed near the Colombian coast in the Pacific Ocean in 2024

Gunboats and bounties

US sends three warships near Venezuela coast

Bullet holes left by the attack that killed two aides of Mexico City's mayor in May

No motive detected

Thirteen arrested over murders of Mexico City officials

The truce plan greenlit by Hamas proposes an initial 60-day truce

Hours after Hamas truce proposal

Israel approves plan to conquer Gaza City, calls up reservists

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia must be part of talks on security guarantees in Ukraine

Tempering hopes for deal

Russia says must be part of Ukraine security guarantees talks

Sanctioned judges

US ramps up attack on international court over Israel

Drone crash in Poland

Warsaw speaks of Russian 'provocation'

Nine leaders sat around a long wooden table at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington

White House meeting

How Europe tried to speak Trump

Pin-straight lines of Chinese soldiers took part in a rehearsal under the sweltering sun in Beijing to prepare for a military parade in September

Marking 80 years since end of war

Chinese troops swelter through rehearsal for major military parade

Several protests have occurred outside the Bell Hotel

Logistical headache

UK set for more legal challenges over migrant hotels

'Seriously discussing security guarantees without the Russian Federation is a utopia, a road to nowhere,' said Lavrov

Russia says discussing Ukraine security guarantees without Moscow 'road to nowhere'

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 77, is on trial on charges under Hong Kong's national security law that would see him jailed for life

'Not wrong to support freedom of expression'

Defence begins closing arguments in Hong Kong trial of Jimmy Lai

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said China threatens European interests

German minister says China's 'assertiveness' threatens European interests

Taliban calls for investigations

Afghanistan bus crash death toll rises to 78

Kiruna Kyrka, an imposing 672-tonne Swedish Lutheran church from 1912, is being moved five kilometres (three miles) on remote-controlled flatbed trailers

Entire town relocated

Historic Swedish church inches closer to new home

Kenya's President William Ruto (R) is among the African leaders attending a development conference hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Alternative to China

Japan hosts African leaders for development conference

Morning Roundup

Findel passengers caught with false IDs, New Zealand sentences soldier, and Israel demands hostage release

The rise of Bolivian presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz can be credited, in part, to his popularity on the social media platform TikTok

Surprise top finisher

From TikTok to frontrunner, inside Paz's presidential campaign in Bolivia

Luxembourg maintains aid

NGOs fear dwindling global support as humanitarian crises multiply

Mediators are awaiting an official Israeli response to the latest truce plan

Guarded optimism among mediators

Israel demands release of all hostages after Hamas backs new truce offer

Hundreds of fans cheered outside the central London court in June when O'Hanna made his first appearance in June

No stranger to controversy

Kneecap rapper faces court on terror charge over Hezbollah flag

First spy conviction

NZ soldier sentenced to two years' detention for attempted espionage

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