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South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old…

Ecuador has declared a state of emergency after an “extremely dangerous” druglord escaped from maximum-security detention and unrest broke out at several prisons in the…

An explosion rocked northern Gaza on Tuesday as fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the besieged territory continued. Fighting near the main hospital…

Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed his role in the siege of the US Capitol on the third anniversary of the attack, arguing that those prosecuted…

The Nazi salute and associated hate symbols have been criminalised in Australia. Legislation banning the salute and the display or sale of symbols associated with…

Sheikh Hasina has secured her fifth term as Bangladeshi prime minister in an election whose outcome was decided the moment its schedule was announced in…

Location of 600 patients, health workers from Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital “unknown”, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after hospital director says they were forced…

China has announced sanctions against five US arms manufacturers over weapons sales to Taiwan. Beijing claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and…

North Korea has threatened an immediate military strike against South Korea in response to any “provocation”. Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister and key ally…

Six people have been killed during an Israeli air strike in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. “An Israeli occupation…