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Africa

  • People gather at the side of an explosion in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Bomb attacks in Congo kill at least 12 people including children

    The UN says two camps for displaced people were hit near the city of Goma where thousands are seeking refuge from fighting in surrounding areas
  • An inside courtyard with rooms opening off different levels and potted palms on the floor

    Detained asylum seekers given Home Office booklet saying Rwanda is ‘generally safe’

  • People in Niamey last month demonstrating against the US military presence in Niger

    US confirms Russian forces deployed to same Niger airbase as American troops

  • A woman seen in silhouette with a cigarette in front of the Philip Morris International logo

    Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’

  • A large crowd of people, some of whom hold a placard reading: ‘US army, you leave, you move, you vanish. No bonus, no negotiation.’

    Russian troops enter airbase in Niger where US soldiers are stationed

  • Crowds of people wait at an MSF clinic clinic in Zamzam camp, 15km from El Fasher, North Darfur.

    Essential supplies running out as RSF paramilitary encircles Darfur’s largest city

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Americas

  • A screen grab taken from a Nine News report on Saturday, May 4, 2024, of Perth siblings Callum and Jake Robinson, both in their 30s, with their dog.

    ‘High degree of probability’ bodies found in northern Mexico are missing Perth brothers

    Siblings Callum and Jake Robinson and US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad were travelling on a surfing holiday when they were reported missingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
  • Two men walk through the water with their dogs after being rescued by the Brazilian army in Lake Guaíba, Porto Alegre in Brazil

    Death toll from rains in southern Brazil rises to 57 as 69,000 people displaced

  • Javier Milei’s Inauguration

    Spain rejects Argentinian claim its PM is causing ‘poverty and death’

  • A turbaned man holds a sword in front of a poster featuring the photo of another turbaned man.

    Canadian police charge three over killing of Sikh activist

  • Brazil floods

    Brazil: 37 killed and dozens missing in worst floods in 80 years

  • Police separate pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators on the outskirts of a protest encampment on the grounds of McGill University, in Montreal, Canada.

    Quebec premier says police should dismantle pro-Palestinian student camp

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Asia Pacific

  • Rescuers carry people affected by a flood in Wajo, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Floods and landslide kill more than a dozen people in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island

    Officials say a landslide hit Luwu regency in South Sulawesi on Friday after torrential rain pounded the area
  • a side-by-side image of a woman who shot her dog and a man who likes to look at things

    Experts dismiss Kristi Noem’s ‘dubious’ claim to have met Kim Jong-un

  • Extreme heat revealed a sunken town in the Philippines

    Ruined centuries-old town re-emerges as Philippines dam dries up during heatwave

  • Bob Carr and Winston Peters

    Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’

  • Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a ceremony to mark the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, 2019

    Solomon Islands chooses China-friendly ex-diplomat Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister

  • A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong holds up signs in support of Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who has been in prison since 2020

    Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says report

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Australia

  • Col Blanch

    Perth stabbing: police shoot dead boy, 16, after alleged attack that has ‘hallmarks’ of terror incident

    WA premier Roger Cook suggests teenager who allegedly stabbed man in Bunnings car park in Willetton may have been radicalised online
  • Person in wheelchair pushed by their carer

    Experts hope AI tool can cut use of restraints and seclusion on NDIS participants

  • Minister for Education Jason Clare

    Labor to wipe $3bn from Hecs and Help debts through indexation changes

  • Two people in hats looking at forested hills

    ‘It’s going to be messy’: advocates balance climate action and conservation amid Queensland’s green energy boom

  • Hand-colored lithograph by Henry Constantine Richter of John Gould’s illustration of a Lady Amherst’s pheasant.

    ‘Exceptional’: rare books of illustrations from Darwin’s ‘bird man’ on sale for £2m

  • A range of goods left behind at the airport that are being auctioned by Sydney Airport.

    A jaffle maker, a leaf blower and an autographed photo of Lionel Messi: what travellers left behind at Sydney airport

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Europe

  • Nancy Faeser

    Germany vows to fight violence against politicians after MEP seriously hurt

    Interior minister Nancy Faeser promises ‘tough action’ to protect democracy as political assaults rise
  • Ruined and burning buildings

    Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne left in ruins after Russian barrage

  • Ghassan Abu-Sitta at a press conference

    UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France

  • Paris 2024 Olympic Games countdown clock in France

    Super-rich spending up to $500,000 on exclusive Paris Olympics packages

  • An image of Xi Jinping with Emmanuel Macron displayed at the Auto China show – it is projected on a giant screen, with a silver GAC Trumpchi E9 MPV vehicle seen in the foreground

    Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row

  • Goebbels’ luxury villa overlooking the Bogensee lake near the town of Wandlitz, about 40km (25 miles) north of Berlin.

    Berlin wants to give away Joseph Goebbels’ countryside villa

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Middle East

  • Israeli solider aims their weapons during military operation in the town of Deir al-Ghusun, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem

    Israeli forces kill five people in raid near West Bank’s Tulkarm

    Hamas confirms four of five people killed during raid in village of Deir al-Ghusun were from its armed wing
  • Palestinians in temporary housing in the coastal area of El-Zawaida as Israeli attacks continue on Gaza.

    Middle East crisis: Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks – as it happened

  • Smoke rises into the sky over Gaza

    Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo

  • Oranges and watermelons for sale at the market in Bethlehem with three women in headscarfs in front of the stall.

    ‘We are disappearing’: chef Fadi Kattan aims to keep Palestinian heritage alive through food

  • Friends and family join a funeral procession for a member of the Parsi community at a prayer hall

    ‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites

  • A protester sprays pro-Palestinian slogans on a wall at the University of California Los Angeles

    Israelis voice sadness and defiance over Gaza protests on US campuses

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South and Central Asia

  • Amit Shah

    India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video

    Congress party’s Arun Reddy held over fake video of interior minister Amit Shah
  • Josie Stewart pictured sitting on a park bench near Westminster

    UK whistleblower ‘morally compelled’ to speak out on Afghan withdrawal

  • Voters queue to cast their election ballot outside a village polling station in Assam state

    India election: Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase

  • A girl cools off during the heat wave at the Suhrawardy Udyan water reserve in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia

  • A middle-aged woman holds up a report that says: 'The state of the world's human rights' with the Amnesty candle and barbed-wire logo behind her

    UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

  • Avani Dias

    Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist

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UK

  • Sadiq Khan in London on Saturday

    Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – as it happened

    Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool today
  • Andy Street looks dejected as he leaves Birmingham’s International Convention Centre

    Andy Street’s West Midlands defeat shows the heavy baggage of brand Tory

  • Khan making his victory speech in London yesterday.

    Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures

  • Keir Starmer and Claire Ward hug, clutching a microphone, in front of a crowd holding "Britain's Future" signs

    Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

  • Andy Street

    Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

  • Richard Parker outside a polling station

    Labour’s Richard Parker beats Andy Street to become West Midlands mayor

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US

  • American artist Frank Stella

    Frank Stella, influential American artist, dies aged 87

    His constantly evolving works have been hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements
  • Two young-middle-aged white people in dark blue jumpsuits with white piping smiling broadly in obvious wind in front of a low white plane.

    Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies aged 85

  • Young Middle Eastern woman wearing black mask and graduation robe and gown holds red, green and white Palestinian flag over her shoulders.

    Student protesters interrupt University of Michigan commencement

  • Old white man with a suit and cane on a golf cart

    Warren Buffett backs Apple after firm sells millions of shares in iPhone maker

  • Man in suit speaks in front of microphone

    Will the US campus protests harm Biden – and benefit Trump?

  • A zebra and a police vehicle.

    Zebra on the run in Washington state for six days finally captured

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