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‘Farcical’: Venezuelan opposition denounces arrest before weekend vote 

A top figure in Venezuela’s opposition has been arrested on charges of “terrorism” before parliamentary elections ...

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‘Killing for fun’: Israeli strikes kill 76, no aid yet for northern Gaza 

Skip linksSkip to Content blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in Is...

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Paris court convicts eight over 2016 Kim Kardashian armed heist 

A Paris court has found eight men guilty of involvement in a 2016 armed robbery of the US celebrity Kim Kardashian, who ...

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US lifts first sanctions on Syria following Trump’s surprise announcement 

23 May 2025

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has taken its first concrete action to deliver sanctions reli...

DRC’s ex-president Kabila slams justice system after losing immunity 

23 May 2025

Joseph Kabila, former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has attacked the country’s justice syst...

Trump seeks to boost US nuclear power, roll back regulations 

23 May 2025

United States President Donald Trump has signed a series of new executive orders aimed at boosting nuclear energy produc...

Lebanon launches process to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps 

23 May 2025

A joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee tasked with the removal of weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s re...

A lens on poverty and the environment: Sebastiao Salgado is dead at age 81 

23 May 2025

Known for sweeping black-and-white photography that captured the natural world and marginalised communities, Brazilian p...

US judge blocks Trump effort to bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students 

23 May 2025

A United States judge has issued a temporary restraining order against an effort to prevent Harvard University from enro...

‘No soldiers, no occupation’: Israel’s anti-war protests small, but growing 

23 May 2025

“One of the guards came up to me and asked if I was there to save Gaza’s children, then he punched me in the stomach...