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A spate of attacks in northwest Pakistan on Monday killed at least three civilians and 11 security personnel

Two bomb attacks and a gunfight

At least 14 killed in spate of attacks in northwest Pakistan

Schools in the occupied West Bank have had to slash their teaching hours in response to budget cuts

Bleak future for West Bank pupils as budget cuts bite

US actor James Van Der Beek, star of the TV show "Dawson's Creek," died after a battle with colorectal cancer

Following James Van Der Beek death

Why are more under-50s getting colorectal cancer? 'We don't know'

Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families

Concerns still present

China has slashed air pollution, but the 'war' isn't over

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) meets with his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi in Geneva ahead of fresh negotiations with the US

Mediated by Oman

Iran, United States set for new talks in Geneva

A man passes by a mural depicting various social media apps in Bangalore on March 22, 2018

To combat disinformation flood

India's tougher AI social media rules spark censorship fears

US director Frederick Wiseman made over 40 documentaries, mostly about US institutions

Frederick Wiseman, documentarian of America's institutions, dead at 96

Sending medical missions abroad has long been a key source of foreign currency for Cuba, totaling some $7 billion last year, according to official figures

Shattered economy

Doctors, tourism, tobacco: Cuba buckling under US pressure

Residents of greater Jakarta are grappling with a waste crisis

Indonesia capital faces 'filthy' trash crisis

Tens of thousands of Russians have applied for political asylum in the United States since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many detainees have been subjected to arbitrary detention

Issued humanitarian visas

France grants safe haven to anti-Kremlin couple detained by ICE

US President Donald Trump (L) features as a heavy-handed ICE immigration agent

'Everything is better with confetti'

German carnival revellers take swipes at Putin, Trump, Epstein

Five European countries said that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by a "rare toxin" from a dart frog

Russian poisonings aim to kill -- and send a message

Reports of a cafe on the terrace had sparked anger about the potential commercialisation of a sacred place

Commercialisation

St Peter's Basilica gets terrace cafe, translated mass for 400th birthday

Wolves have been killing more livestock in France, with 12,000 animals lost last year

Once hunted to extinction

France loosens rules on allowing farmers to shoot wolves

China's Eileen Gu has won two silver medals in freestyle skiing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics

Freeski superstar

China's Gu defiant after missing out on Olympic gold again

The remains were tracked down and after two years of forensic examination, have now been officially identified

Emblem of 'liberation theology'

Remains of Colombian priest-turned-guerrilla identified six decades later

A relative of a political prisoner lies on the ground during a protest outside the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) Zona 7 prison in Caracas

Difficult conditions

'How long?': Day Three of hunger strike for Venezuelan political prisoners' release

Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka celebrates after scoring 100 against Australia

Sri Lanka's Nissanka leaves Australia on brink of T20 World Cup exit

Tributes have been left at the site of the activist's death

Under investigation

France opens murder probe as killing of far-right activist stokes tensions

Kollisioun tëscht Trierweiler a Sirzenich de 16. Februar 2026

Trierweiler and Sirzenich

Luxembourg air ambulance deployed in German traffic accident

In this handout photo released by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi holds a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi in Geneva

Strategic waterway

Iran says US 'more realistic' on nuclear issue, as Guards begin drills in Hormuz Strait

Dana Eden had arrived in Athens on February 4 for the shooting of the fourth season of the series

Autopsy underway

'Tehran' TV series producer Dana Eden found dead in Athens

Holes dug by gold-seekers pockmark the earth at a township near Johannesburg

Gold rush grips South African township

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited a community centre in Putney, southwest London, on Monday

Closing a loophole

AI chatbots to face UK safety rules after outcry over Grok

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) is the final stage of a whirlwind trip to Europe

Final stage of whirlwind Europe trip

'Your success is our success,' Rubio tells Orban ahead of Hungary polls

Scarce and unaffordable housing is consistently a top concern for Spaniards

120 billion euros

Spain unveils public investment fund to tackle housing crisis

French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis posed with French actors Katy Correa and D'Johe Kouadio on the red carpet at the premiere of his film 'Dao' in Berlin

African diaspora's plural identities on screen in Berlin

Scorer Mohamed Salah applauds Liverpool supporters after being substituted in an FA Cup victory over Brighton at Anfield.

Making headlines

African players in Europe: Salah hailed after Liverpool FA Cup win

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