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Biden and his administration announced nearly $6 billion in aid disbursed to Ukraine, as Trump's imminent return casts doubt on future support

To fight Russian aggression

US announces $5.9 bn in military, budget aid for Ukraine

Nine children and a security guard were killed at an elementary school in Belgrade last year

Grave offence against public safety

Serbian court jails parents of Belgrade school shooter

The former US embassy in Tehran is now a museum know as the

No fond memories

In Iran, late Jimmy Carter remembered as 'architect of sanctions'

Former presidents including Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, pictured here with Jimmy Carter in 2013, paid tribute to the one-time peanut farmer and Nobel laureate

US and foreign leaders praise Jimmy Carter's legacy

October's floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, killed more than 200 people

Climate change brought extreme weather, heat in 2024: UN

Thousands of people protested in Belgrade on December 22, blaming government corruption and inadequate oversight for the station roof collapse

Former Serbian minister among 13 charged over fatal train station accident

Jimmy Carter -- seen at the Democratic National Convention in 2008 -- served one term from 1977 to 1981 as US president

Human rights legacy

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

Flags fly at half mast across South Korea as the country investigates the worst plane crash in its history

National mourning

South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash

From January 1, it will be forbidden to sell single-use vapes in Belgium

Protecting young people's health

Belgium becomes first EU country to ban disposable e-cigarettes

Gisele Pelicot was hailed as a hero for her courage and dignity throughout the three-month trial

Dominique Pelicot

Ex-husband convicted in French mass rape trial will not appeal: lawyer

This handout from the South Korean Presidential Office taken on December 3, 2024 shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivering a speech to declare martial law in Seoul

Summoned three times

South Korea investigators seek arrest of impeached president over no-show

An Afghan woman stands at a window in Kabul on January 31, 2024

Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas

People cheer as Sudan's de facto leader, armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrives at the market in Port Sudan

Sudan government rejects UN-backed famine declaration

While it can be expensive to hire a detective, Lentz said firms will be looking to get rid of highly unproductive workers at a time of mounting economic woes

Rising sick leave rates

For German 'sick leave detective', business is booming

Indian construction workers are part of Israel's effort to fill a void left by Palestinians barred from entering Israel since the Hamas attack in October, 2023

Indian workers replace Palestinians in Israel's building sector

Cuban president Fidel Castro (L) calls for time as former US president Jimmy Carter (R) prepares to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in a baseball game in May 2002 in Havana

'Democracy and freedom': Jimmy Carter's human rights efforts in Latin America

Jimmy Carter's 1977-1981 presidency included successes like the Camp David peace accords, but also enough controversy for US voters to see him as weak and vote him out after serving only one term

Success and controversy

Key moments in the life of Jimmy Carter

Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the wreckage of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport, 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024

South Korea grieves after deadliest plane crash kills 179

Then US president Jimmy Carter looks on in September 1978 as Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat (left) shakes hands with Israeli premier Menachem Begin during negotiations at the Camp David retreat on a historic peace deal

Jimmy Carter, a transformative diplomat despite Iran

Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says 'we need to rewrite the constitution', which the UN has also called for

Wide-ranging interview

Syria's leader says elections could take 4 years: Al Arabiya interview

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the aeroplane that crashed in Kazakhstan was shot at over Russia

Piling on the pressure

Azerbaijan demands Russia admit to shooting at plane before crash

Desi Bouterse, ex-president and former dictator of Suriname spent years hiding in an undisclosed location following a conviction for the killing of political opponents in 1982

After years of hiding

Suriname ex-dictator died of liver failure, autopsy shows

Nomads voting in Mandelia

Boycotted by opposition

Chad votes in general election after three years of army rule

'Almost completely destroyed'

179 dead in South Korea's worst plane crash

Mikheil Kavelashvili is known for his expletive-laden parliament speeches and tirades against government critics

New man in charge

Mikheil Kavelashvili, ex-Man City striker and Georgia's disputed far-right president

Supporters of Abdullah Ocalan rallied in Cologne, Germany, in February 2024 to mark the 25th anniversary of his arrest

Jailed PKK leader says 'ready' to support Turkey peace drive

Georgia's Salome Zurabishvili was a French diplomat before entering the politics of her ancestral homeland

Former French diplomat

Salome Zurabishvili: outgoing Georgian leader defying the government

Former footballer Mikhail Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgia's new president behind closed doors

Political turmoil

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown

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