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The tourists were taken ill after drinking cocktails in the Warwick Fiji resort but tests have ruled out alcohol poisoning, the Fijian government said

Toxic Pina Coladas

Fiji rules out alcohol poisoning in tourists' mystery illness

Farage's Reform UK party won five seats in the 650-seat UK parliament in July's general election

After Mar-a-Lago meeting

UK's Farage says in 'negotiations' with Musk over funding

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive in Macau ahead of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Portugal to China

Xi hails Macau 'success' in visit for 25th anniversary of Chinese rule

The quake completely destroyed the ground floor of this four-storey building housing several embassies

7.3-magnitude quake

Rescuers hunt for survivors in Vanuatu quake, nine dead

Dubai's marina, a favourite haunt of exiled drug barons who live there

'Remote coordination hub'

End of the Dubai dream for Europe's drug lords?

Macau prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of its handover to China this week

Docile and obedient

Macau's civil society 'falls silent' after 25 years of Chinese rule

Mary Jane Veloso (C) greets relatives as she stands next to her two sons after arriving at a Manila prison on Wednesday

Filipina on Indonesia death row arrives home to 'new life'

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in July on a Japanese warrant

Alleged damages and injuries

Japan 'regrets' release of anti-whaling activist Watson

Djafaruddin says he has recovered from the trauma of collecting bodies when the world's deadliest tsunami devastated Indonesia's western coast two decades ago, though he still breaks down when thinking about the orphaned children

Between blood and mud

'End of the world': tsunami body collector's torment 20 years on

Syrians paint a mural of independence-era flag on a wall in the old city of Homs

Collapse of Assad's rule

UN envoy warns Syria conflict not over yet

Marina beach in Madras, India, on December 26, 2004,as huge twunami waves hit the region, sweeping men, women and children out to sea

Grim anniversary

Indian Ocean nations to mark 20 years since devastating tsunami

Syrian gunmen patrol to push away looters from the Najha military housing complex in southeast Damascus on December 17, 2024

Despite Assad's departure

Syrian conflict 'has not ended': UN

Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones is a household name across Australia, and has for years held immense sway over public opinion through his conservative talk show

Former Wallabies coach

Famed Australian broadcaster denies 'baseless' sex offence charges

Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou waves to reporters before leading a delegation of students to China

Following extensive military drills

Ex-Taiwan leader says China visit to foster cross-strait peace

Cubans show pictures of their relatives who disappeared in January 2023 on a handmade migrant boat somewhere between Cuba and South Florida

Cuba's 'invisible' tragedy: US-bound migrants who disappear in the Caribbean

The couple's daughter Caroline also fears she was a victim

Sentencing pending

A 'destroyed' family still seeks answers after French mass rape trial

(FILES) A Sudanese army soldier mans a machine gun on top of a military pickup truck outside a hospital in Omdurman

Between gunfire and shelling

Sudan's doctors bear brunt of war as healthcare falls apart

This handout picture provided by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows the organization chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during a ceremony to unveil a domestically-made high power radio frequency generator

UN Security Council

No 'credible civilian' purpose for Iran uranium: UK, France, Germany

Evo Morales, a former coca farmer, broke ground as Bolivia's first Indigenous leader but lost support after trying to cling onto power for a third term

Standoff with the state

Bolivia's Morales slams 'brutal judicial war' after warrant issued

Chrystia Freeland, seen in April 2023, has disagreed with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over Donald Trump's US tariff threats

Rock-bottom popularity

Canada's Trudeau battles to hold on after deputy PM resigns

Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule over Syria came to a sudden end on December 8, 2024, after a lightning rebel offensive swept across the country and took the capital

Assad's fall clears way for expanded US strikes on IS jihadists

Igor Kirillov was killed when a explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building

Claimed by Kyiv

Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow blast

Protesters staged marches at a dozen locations across the capital Tbilisi before several thousand gathered outside parliament for 20th consecutive day

Legitimacy crisis

'Game of nerves': Georgians vow to outlast govt in pro-EU protests

The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, as well as her uncle, have been handed long prison sentences

Father, stepmother of murdered UK-Pakistani girl jailed for life

Mayotte's shantytowns never stood a chance against the cyclone

Poorest part of France

How ramshackle housing made Mayotte vulnerable to cyclone assault

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has prompted many exiled citizens to contemplate a return

Following Assad's ouster

UN says one million Syrians may return in first half of 2025

Private welfare organisation Edhi has arranged aid flights to help residents of remote areas of Kurram district stranded by sectarian clashes

Thousands stranded

Aid reaches remote Pakistan valley hit by sectarian clashes

Details emerged last week about Prince Andrew's relationship with Yang Tengbo, a businessman and alleged spy, who had been banned from Britain

China says spying claims involving UK's Prince Andrew 'preposterous'

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