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Louis Benavides has not seen his wife since she was ordered into pre-trial detention in July 2025

Salvadoran anti-corruption lawyer jailed to 'silence her', husband says

Streets and squares all over California are named after Cesar Chavez, a labor rights activist who has been accused of sexually abusing women and girls in the movement he led

Following New York Times investigation

California to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse claims

IS regarded the Yazidis -- followers of a non-Muslim monotheistic faith -- as heretics

First French case on IS crimes on minorities

Yazidi woman tells French court of rape, slavery and escape from IS

US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'I told him, don't do that'

Trump says told Netanyahu not to attack Iran gas fields

Ghalibaf is a veteran of Iranian politics

'We are in an unequal war'

Ghalibaf: Iran's new strongman running war effort

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil

'A provisional and urgent measure'

UN shipping body urges 'safe maritime corridor' in Gulf

Dylan Contreras spent 10 months in US custody after his arrest by immigration officials

'Everything we’ve gone through is unfair'

Venezuelan student freed after months in US immigration custody

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for talks during a state visit

First state visit in 37 years

Nigeria 'challenged by terrorism', president says on UK state visit

US President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office

Offhand remark sparks unease

Trump to Japan PM: 'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?'

EU summit in Brussels

PM promises targeted measures if energy prices rise "substantially"

The IMF's spokesperson warned that food price inflation could be 'substantial' if fertilizer prices remain elevated for a long period due to the war

No formal requests for emergency financing

IMF raises concern over global inflation, output over Iran war

The pair discussed Lukashenko potentially visiting the United States

'Significant humanitarian milestone'

Belarus frees 250 political prisoners in US-brokered deal

Warning from history: the group wants to preserve former concentration camp sites

Importance of remembering

Call to add Nazi camps to UNESCO list

'World Happiness Report'

Luxembourg named ninth happiest country worldwide

Morocco were declared winners of their 'home' Africa Cup of Nations when Senegal were stripped of the title because of a player walk-off

'I would like to congratulate all Moroccans'

New Morocco coach praises 'well-deserved' Cup of Nations decision

Sadio Mane captained Senegal to Africa Cup of Nations success

Following revocation

Senegal to appeal CAF Africa Cup of Nations decision

US President Donald Trump holds a tense meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on May 21, 2025. The two countries had the same scores on freedom in the latest study by Freedom House.

As Trump asserts power

US earns its lowest-ever score on freedom index

Lamine Yamal and Barcelona taught Newcastle United a lesson in the Champions League this week

Following a humbling week

Europe's super elite teach English clubs a Champions League lesson

People wearing medical scrubs and face masks walk across campus at the University of Kent in Canterbury which is the centre of a deadly, unprecedented outbreak of meningitis

What we know about the UK's deadly meningitis outbreak

Iran has virtually blocked oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and on Monday major oil fields in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates were hit

95% shipping drop

What cargo ships are passing Hormuz strait?

The fire at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong was the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980

Hong Kong panel hears safety measures failed on day of deadly fire

All nine policymakers voted to hold the benchmark rate

Treading cautiously

Bank of England holds interest rate amid Middle East war

Iran executes more people than any nation other than China

Including teenage wrestling champion

Iran hangs three men in first executions over January protests

China's tech titans, including Alibaba, are racing to develop AI agents

66-percent plunge

Alibaba pins hopes on AI as quarterly net profit drops

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past Club Chemistry, a nightclub linked to an unprecedented deadly outbreak of meningitis in Canterbury, southeast England

UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 27: official

Iran is scheduled to play all their World Cup group matches in the US

Match relocation talks with FIFA

Iran 'boycotting' USA but not World Cup: football federation chief

Engelberg ski resort

One killed as cable car plunges down Swiss mountainside

The cherry season for Tokyo starts when the official sample tree at Yasukuni Shrine opens at least five flowers

Offering hope at time of war

Tokyo's dazzling cherry blossom season officially begins

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