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A convoy of vehicles left the Lannemezan detention centre in the early morning on the day Abdhallah was scheduled for release

Killed two diplomats

Lebanese militant released after 40 years in French jail

A Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Britain and Australia said Friday they will sign a 50-year commitment to their nuclear-powered submarine pact with the United States.

50-year commitment

UK, Australia back embattled submarine deal with US

Residents ride in a wooden boat past a submerged sign in Bulacan province, north of Manila on Friday

As typhoon settles

Boats bring Philippine flood victims to safety as death toll rises

South Africa's Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu was suspended over corruption allegations

S.African DJ's murder exposes nexus between crime and power

Cattenom plant eyes 60-year lifespan and next-gen reactors

Morning Roundup

Frieden briefs press ahead of summer recess, France to recognise Palestinian state, and Hulk Hogan dies

Fear and relief in Thai shelter as Cambodia clashes rage

Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi has racked up several prison terms since the president's 2021 crackdown

Despite government crackdown

Once a leading force, battered Tunisian party awaits elusive comeback

Anti-immigration protesters are seen outside The Bell Hotel, believed to be housing asylum seekers, in Epping, northeast of London on July 20, 2025

'Not just a one-off'

UK fears new summer of unrest, year after Southport riots

Emmanuel Macron said France would recognise the State of Palestine at the UN in September

First G7 nation

Macron says France will recognise State of Palestine, angering Israel

Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia read out her decision in front of a packed London court

Five players implicated

Canada hockey players found not guilty of sexual assault

Some aid is getting in to Gaza but not enough to stave off chronic shortages of food and other essentials

Mass starvation spreading

Why are Gazans not getting sorely needed aid?

Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, lies near the Russian border and has been under persistent bombardment for more than three years

Overnight strikes

Russian attacks kill 5, including family, in east Ukraine

Bazoum's lawyers have launched multiple proceedings with international bodies including the UN

To deter foreign military intervention

'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by junta

Yekatom was arrested after firing a gun in parliament

Committed during civil war

ICC convicts pair over Central Africa war crimes

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen (L) warns that China's ties with Russia were now the 'determining' factor in its relations with the European Union

'Correct strategic choices'

EU says China's links with Russia now 'determining factor' in ties

Torture and arbitrary detention

UN says Taliban committing 'rights violations' against Afghan returnees

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in an undated image released by prosecutors at her 2021 trial

Back in the headlines

Justice Dept to meet Epstein accomplice Maxwell on Thursday: US media

International criticism is growing over the plight of the more than two million Palestinian civilians in Gaza

Strict blockade

International media groups urge Israel to allow access to Gaza

Despite recent gains in the northwest, the military remains overstretched

Shootout and airstrikes

Troops kill at least 95 'bandits' in northwest Nigeria

International criticism is growing over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza

Under evaluation

Hamas says responded to latest Gaza ceasefire proposal

Robyn Bedell Zalewa and her sister Sophia communicate through an online translator tool

Adopted in US, Greek Cold War kids find long-lost families

A Palestinian woman clears debris from her home after an Israeli strike on the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 9, 2025

Mass destruction

Gaza today: under debris and in darkness

Russia's far eastern region of Amur where the remains of a crashed passenger plane were located on Thursday, 24 July 2025.

Update – No evidence of survivors

Plane carrying nearly 50 crashes in Russia's far east

US President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House earlier this week

Never-ending saga

Tariff negotiations with US 'not finished', says Philippines

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg rocked by major telecom outage, ECB expected to hold rate cuts, and England face Spain in the Women's Euros final

Ospreys can take off and land vertically like a helicopter and rotate their propellers forward to fly like a plane

Military aircraft

US Osprey makes emergency landing in Japan

Amid support for Russian agression

North Korea's Kim urges troops to prepare 'for real war'

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