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Latvian PM resigns after row over stray Ukrainian drones

Drones bound for Russia crashed down in Latvia last week, prompting a political fallout.

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Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows

As El Niño develops this year, scientists are increasingly confident it could be one of the strongest on record with

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‘Floating armoury’ ship reportedly seized by Iran

A vessel said to be a “floating armoury” in the Gulf of Oman has been seized by Iranian military personnel,

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Ukraine rescuers pull dead from rubble of Kyiv flats after massive Russian strikes

Two children are among at least 16 killed in Ukraine’s capital in massive Russian drone and missile attacks, officials say.

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US Supreme Court restores abortion pill access for now

Abortion pills are the most common method of terminating pregnancies in the US.

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Five Italians die during cave scuba dive in Maldives

Four of the Italians were part of a team from the University of Genoa.

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India’s Adanis agree to pay $18m to settle civil fraud case in the US

The US securities regulator had accused the Adanis of paying bribes and misleading investors, which they denied.

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New outbreak of Ebola kills 65 in eastern DR Congo

Africa’s top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

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‘We didn’t die’: Pilot recounts crash landing in Atlantic with 10 aboard

The 11 survivors spent roughly five hours on a life raft, before being rescued by the US Air Force off

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Former Nigerian minister sentenced to 75 years in rare corruption verdict

Former Power Minister Saleh Mamman was convicted last week – but the authorities do not know his whereabouts.

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War criminal Ratko Mladić’s jail release request denied

A UN judge admits the 84-year-old is “in the final stages of his life”, but says prison conditions in The

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Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.

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‘They shot my neighbour in the head’ – the lakeside city traumatised by war

Rebel fighters and Rwandan troops are accused of committing atrocities after capturing the DR Congo city of Uvira in December.

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Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 22 people, health ministry says

Eight children are among those reported dead after a series of air strikes hit the south of Beirut.

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Flattery and fanfare as Trump welcomed to China – but thorny issues remain

The leaders of the world’s two superpowers were all smiles for the cameras during the US president’s visit to Beijing.

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Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says

The minister says the situation in Cuba is “extremely tense”, as a US-led blockade of oil to the country causes

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Woman isolating on British island in South Pacific after hantavirus contact

The woman who was on a virus-hit ship shows “no signs of illness”, the government of Pitcairn Islands, a British

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Gunshots fired in Philippine Senate where lawmaker wanted by ICC is holed up

Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former police chief, enforced former President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war.

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Pomp and pageantry: Key moments from day one of Trump’s visit to China

China welcomed US President Donald Trump with cheering children and a troop parade on Thursday, before a nearly two-hour long

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Dozens of dogs rescued and suspect arrested in Uganda after BBC investigation

A BBC investigation exposed how scammers posted social content of dogs in distress to dupe donors into giving money.