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Guinea's opposition accuses the head of the country's junta, General Mamadi Doumbouya, of making a power grab by moving to rewrite the constitution

Ahead of electoral campaign

Guinea's junta suspends three main political parties

A US judicial commission denied parole Friday to Joseph Lyle Menendez, a day after his brother Erik was also ordered to stay in prison

To remain behind bars

Lyle Menendez denied parole decades after murder of parents

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers denied that he violated restrictions imposed for his detention during his trial

Former president

Bolsonaro defense says Brazil police aim to 'discredit' him

Passengers aboard the tour bus had visited Niagara Falls before the deadly accident

Filled with tourists

Five killed in New York state tourist bus crash

A security member stands guard as cleaners clear debris from the site of a bomb explosion in Cali, Colombia

Worst security crisis in decades

Colombia vows to neutralize guerrilla threat as twin attacks kill 19

Sergio Gor (right), who has been tapped a the next US ambassador to India, walks with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the White House lawn after a trip with President Donald Trump in April 2025

Low-profile aide in the White House

Trump names close political aide as ambassador to India

Caspar Veldkamp resigned as Dutch foreign minister after cabinet failed to agree new sanctions against Israel

Growing political chaos

Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel sanctions showdown

US President Donald Trump said he would make a decision on Ukraine peace efforts in two weeks

Despite US mediation

Hopes dim for Putin-Zelensky peace summit

The Boko Haram jihadist group has been active in the Lake Chad basin for around 15 years

Alleged 'surgical operation'

Boko Haram denies Nigerien army claim to have killed leader

On September 26, 2022, underwater blasts ruptured the two Nord Stream gas pipelines laid under the Baltic Sea

Arrested in Italy

Ukrainian refuses German extradition in Nord Stream sabotage case

FBI agents carry boxes as they arrive at the house of John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser

Former security advisor

FBI raids home of outspoken Trump critic John Bolton

Iran faces a narrowing window of time to avoid snapback sanctions over its nuclear programme

Nuclear programme

Iran, Europeans to meet as snapback sanctions loom

'Robust security guarantees will be essential,' said Rutte, speaking alongside Zelensky

Potential peace deal

NATO chief calls for 'robust security guarantees' on Ukraine visit

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said the famine was entirely preventable

Dismissed as 'Hamas lies'

UN declares famine in Gaza, blames Israel's systematic obstruction of aid

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will learn his fate in a royal insult case that could see him jailed, as the political dynasty he founded falters

Faced 15 years in prison

Thai ex-PM Thaksin acquitted of royal insult charges

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg City launches new green initiative, Colombian attacks, and Menendez denied parole

Hundreds of thousands descend on Gamescom each year for one of the gaming calendar's higlights

Chinese tiger, French berets and space cannons mark Gamescom 2025

President Donald Trump, who has vowed to deport millions of undocumented migrants, visited the center last month

De facto shutdown

US judge orders dismantling of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

California parole officials denied parole for Erik Menendez who, along with his brother Lyle, murdered his wealthy parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989

Closed hearings

Erik Menendez denied parole, decades after parents' murders

The images of an elaborate ceremony showed an overcome Kim presenting medals, placing them beside portraits of the fallen, and consoling the returned soldiers

North Korea's Kim decorates troops who fought for Russia against Ukraine

Members of Colombian security forces inspect the area of a bomb explosion in Cali, Colombia, where at least six people were killed and dozens were injured

Putting elections at risk

Two separate guerilla attacks kill 18 in Colombia

Russian forces launched their largest aerial attack on Ukraine in weeks overnight

Open to bilateral meeting

Zelensky says Russia trying to 'wriggle out' of peace talks

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (L) shakes hands with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of a summit in Cairo in 2024

Cautious pragmatism

Pakistan woos old rival Bangladesh, as India watches on

Members of the Australian navy watch the Chinese naval task group operating near Australia and New Zealand earlier this year

Tensions heighten

Documents show New Zealand unease over Chinese warships in South Pacific

Under president Barack Obama, the United States government blocked arms sales to Nigeria

Killing civilians with impunity

$346 mn US-Nigeria arms deal sets rights groups on edge

A fan of Universidad de Chile bleeds while being hit by fans of Independiente during the stadium violence

Stones, bottles, grenades

Chile, Argentina football fans trade blame over stadium violence

Palestinian fighters in the Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburbs

Palestinian camps in Lebanon begin disarming

Israel heavily restricts aid coming into Gaza but has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation

Calling for urgent measures

Malnourished Gaza children facing death without aid, says UN

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