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Thousands of sanitation workers cleaned up 20,000 tonnes of waste left by hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees at the Kumbh Mela mega-festival

Tonnes of waste

Massive clean up after India's Hindu mega-festival ends

Builders renovate a house in Israel's northern kibbutz community of Hanita near the border with Lebanon

'Amazing feeling'

Residents of Israel's north slowly returning home after Hezbollah truce

Supporters of arrested and impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered to show their loyalty

Impeached South Korea president still in detention despite court order

Women's rights activist Erika Renner was drugged and mutilated by an ex-partner

Murder of Japanese woman

Hungary femicide sparks outcry on gender violence

Young men play in sea foam created by record-breaking waves in Coolangatta

Cyclone 'Alfred'

Australians told 'prepare for worst' as tropical cyclone nears

Zelensky to meet Saudi crown prince ahead of Ukraine-U.S. peace talks

Four years after the death of football star Diego Maradona, seven health care professionals are set to go on trial in Argentina

Medical negligence

Trial of Maradona's medics to start four years after star's death

Morning Roundup

PM Frieden backs EU defence push, fuel prices down and dog obesity gene shared by humans

Health centers and family planning clinics in several provinces have reported shortages of abortion pills and condoms following drastic cuts to the national sexual health program

Health clinics ring alarm bell

Abortion access under threat in Milei's Argentina

Gang gunfight in Ecuador leaves 12 dead

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office

Biggest military alliance

Trump again casts doubt on his commitment to NATO

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), at Brussels talks with EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa

All 27 leaders present

EU leaders agree defence boost as US announces new talks with Kyiv

Syria: religious and ethnic composition

Loyalist gunmen

48 killed in 'most violent' Syria unrest since Assad ouster: monitor

Trump takes credit for record-low apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the US-Mexican border

'Repel the invasion'

Drop in US border crossings goes deeper than Trump

The disputed Essequibo region makes up two-thirds of Guyana's territory and is home to 125,000 of its 800,000 citizens

In Essequibo border region

Guyana appeals to UN court as Venezuelan plans vote in disputed zone

Dodik's move risks plunging Bosnia into uncertainty

Political tension

Bosnian Serb leader rejects prosecutor summons as crisis deepens

Caroline Darian said her legal action was a message to all victims of sexual abuse

A 'message to all victims'

Gisele Pelicot's daughter says has filed sex abuse case against father

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025

Dysfunctional negotiations

US-Hamas talks complicate Gaza truce efforts: analysts

Russia and Ukraine are not members of the convention and have both used cluster bombs in their three-year-long war

Concerns over Russia

Lithuania quits treaty banning cluster bombs despite outrage

Far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu remains defiant

Presidential election

European court rejects bid to overturn Romania vote annulment

Mexican artist Roberto Marquez installed a portrait of Pope Francis outside the Rome hospital where he is being treated

Health concerns

Pope Francis resting, stable as nears three weeks in hospital

Moscow had accused Washington of fuelling the conflict in Ukraine

As Trump woos Russia, Kremlin shifts blame to Europe

South Korea's Air Force said one of its fighter jets had accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise, resulting in civilian injuries

'Casualties and property damage'

S. Korea fighter jets accidentally drop bombs, civilians among 15 injured

Israelis raise cutout portraits of hostages during a protest in Tel Aviv calling for the implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire

Firm opposition

Hamas says Trump's 'DEAD' threat to Gaza undermines ceasefire

Outgoing Israel armed forces chief Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi (C-L) and his successor, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir (C-R) listen to a reading from the Torah during a visit to the Western Wall

Uncertainty over ceasefire

Trump warns Gaza 'you are dead' if hostages not freed

A fire truck next to the hotel in Kryvyi Rig hit in a Russian strike

Zelensky urges pressure on Russia after deadly hotel strike

Sri Lankan police are seeking their fugitive boss -- and have issued a public appeal for help

Sri Lanka police seek public help to arrest chief

Mexican artist Roberto Marquez instals a portrait of Pope Francis outside the Rome hospital where the pontiff is hospitalised

Relying on oxygen mask

Pope Francis resting after 'peaceful night': Vatican

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