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Donald Trump’s latest efforts to get re-elected include promising to reveal footage from the real life X-Files with the public – even though he says he doesn’t believe in aliens

A famous white whale accused of being a Russian spy was shot to death by poachers, animal rights groups claim.

A disputed law passed by the Georgian parliament in June, which requires organizations receiving more than 20% of their funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents,”...

Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuse

Don Antonio Coluccia was leading anti-crime march when he was reportedly assaulted with planks, bottles and sticks

Greta Thunberg has been arrested during a Palestine protest in Denmark.

Over the past year, 7,568 people were abducted in Nigeria, with kidnappers demanding the equivalent of over US$6 million in ransom, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian consulting firm. Experts blame unemployment and corruption for the dramatic spike in kidnapping incidents.

The 2024 African Youth Survey shows that 80% of young people in Africa see corruption as an obstacle to progress, pushing three-in-five to consider emigration to the Global North, according to a survey conducted by a non-government organization.

Media freedom advocates have condemned the guilty verdict handed down by a Hong Kong court to two reporters who now face up to two years in prison for articles criticizing the government.

Bella Nilsson’s company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste

Sentencing of Alexander Shiplyuk is latest prison term for scientists working on military programmes

US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian superyacht sank in a sudden, violent storm off Sicily on August 19

A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the highly anticipated July election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won.

Plans underline European carmakers’ problems in switching from petrol and diesel vehicles to electric models

Abd al-Rahman Milad was member of Libyan Coast Guard also considered to be the leader of a criminal organisation

Alternative für Deutschland leader speaks of ‘historic success’ of top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony

Hvaldimir was first spotted near the Norwegian island of Ingoya in April 2019. He was wearing a harness and what appeared to be a mount for a small camera which read "equipment St Petersburg".

The United States has released Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the former Gulf Cartel leader who created the Zetas and ushered in the hyper-violent organized crime wars that have marked Mexico since the turn of the century.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat and Almog Sarusi discovered in Gaza tunnel; families forum says they could have been saved, urges protests

A suspected gang of burglars have been arrested over a spate of burglaries in Ibiza - including on the home of radio DJ Nick Grimshaw

Advocates say the guilty verdict against the two Stand News former editors sets a “dangerous precedent” for press freedom in the China-ruled territory.

Seven American troops injured during battle in Anbar desert, says central command