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Flames engulf a museum honouring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

After student-led protest

Bangladesh protesters raze buildings linked to ousted leader

Tokyo police have arrested seven people suspected of running a sex ring that reportedly targeted tourists

Tokyo police bust alleged prostitution ring targeting tourists

The Kenya-led force is already underfunded, with only 800 of its planned 2,500 personnel currently deployed

'America first'

US waives aid ban to boost Haiti mission

Argentine President Javier Milei called Covid-19 lockdowns 'one of the most bizarre crimes against humanity'

'Automatic alignment'

Five ways in which Argentina's Milei has mirrored Trump

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, asked specifically about the Trump proposal, said 'any forced displacement of people is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.'

Potential US takeover

UN chief warns against Gaza 'ethnic cleansing' after Trump comments

American personnel erect tents for migrant detention operations at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Unspecified charges

Pentagon says 10 'high-threat' migrants being held at Guantanamo

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) praised Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo at a news conference

Avoiding friction

Guatemala promises surge in deportation flights, courting Rubio

People pray for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a church in Bukavu

Advancing towards capital

M23, Rwandan troops launch fresh DR Congo offensive

US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025.

US appears to backtrack as Trump Gaza plan sparks global outcry

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou gets to live to fight another day

Veteran centrist

French PM survives no-confidence votes

'Compromises' are needed, former chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday

Compromises needed

Merkel urges parties to calm pre-election 'turmoil'

A decree signed by Zelensky in 2022 rules out direct talks with Putin

Potential negotiations

Kremlin calls Zelensky's readiness for Putin talks 'empty words'

Tributes were left at the adult education centre where 10 people were killed by a gunman on Tuesday

Eleven casualties

Sweden mourns after school massacre

Tania Cernuschi is aiming to raise $1 billion to make up for US contributions

WHO worker aims to raise $1 bn to cover US pullout

President Donald Trump's order to suspend US foreign assistance could have devastating impacts in Africa, critics warn

Suspended assistance

'People are going to die': USAID cuts create panic in Africa

US President Donald Trump with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he announces that he wants to take over the Gaza Strip

International backlash after Trump proposal to take over Gaza

Speaker of the House Martin Romualdez wields the gavel as he confirms the impeachment vote of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte

After fallout with President

Philippine House votes to impeach VP Sara Duterte

Myanmar's junta put Aung San Suu Kyi's mansion up for auction with a reserve price of $140 million, and for the third time received no bids

Bid to sell Suu Kyi's Myanmar mansion flops for third time

Police have not disclosed any information about the identity or ages of the dead, nor whether they were students or teachers at the school

Ten people dead

Sweden reels from worst mass shooting in its history

Wild monkeys egged on by YouTubers have been rampaging at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat complex

UNESCO heritage site

YouTubers causing monkeys to attack tourists at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) takes a dip in sacred waters at the world's largest religious festival

A week after deadly stampede

India's Modi takes ritual dip at Hindu mega-festival

Morning Roundup

Trump floats contentious Gaza plan, flu outbreak strains Luxembourg, and 2°C climate goal considered 'dead'

US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be Health and Human Services Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025

Confirmation hearing

US health secretary nominee RFK Jr passes crunch Senate vote

The UN says more than 1.9 million people -- or 90 percent of Gaza's population -- have been displaced by Israel's offensive

Following Trump remarks

Leaders 'should respect' wishes of Palestinians to stay in Gaza: Palestinian UN envoy

The police would not confirm media reports the suspected gunman turned his gun on himself

Serious incident

'Around 10' dead, including gunman, in Sweden's worst mass shooting

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele hosts US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at his residence at Lake Coatepeque on February 3, 2025

Trump backs jailing Americans in El Salvador if has 'legal right'

Trump has long railed against Washington's levels of funding of multilateral bodies, calling for other countries to increase their contributions

Farewell Human Rights Council

Trump signs order withdrawing US from UN bodies

Rubio's first trip as US secretary of state is to several Latin American nations

Secretary of State

Rubio brushes aside aid uproar

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