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<p>Nedal Hamdouna, a Palestinian journalist, returns to his destroyed family home in north Gaza</p>
Middle East

I walked 11 hours to finally return to my home in Gaza

Nedal Hamdouna, a Palestinian journalist, has been displaced seven times by the 15-month war in Gaza. Here, he describes the joy he felt in being able to return to Beit Lahia in the north of the strip – and the pain of knowing just how much needs to be rebuilt

<p>Ukrainian-made drones</p>
Europe

Waves of Ukrainian drones target Russian power and oil facilities

<p>Security officers stand guard at the site of a stampede on the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers</p>
India

Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes

<p>The supect told police that his daughter continued to share videos on TikTok after returning to Pakistan</p>
Americas

Man who moved family to Pakistan kills daughter over TikTok content

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<p>Aftermath of stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj</p>
LiveIndia

At least 30 dead in stampede at Kumbh Mela in India: latest

<p>File. An IndiGo flight from Jodhpur to Bengaluru was delayed after a man opened the emergency exit minutes before takeoff</p>
News & Advice

Man arrested after 'accidentally' opening emergency exit on flight

<p>File. Tourists visit Mount Hakodate in the Hokkaido prefecture of Japan</p>
News & Advice

Japanese city hires security guards at site of iconic sea view

<p>Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Japan, on 28 January 2025</p>
Japan

Truck driver disappears into swimming pool-sized sinkhole

<p>A woman touches the snake figure on the stone wall ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake</p>
Lifestyle

Chinese new year: What does the year of the snake mean for you?

<p>A policeman gestures as the belongings of Hindu devotees lie scattered after a stampede when Hindu devotees rushed to take a holy bath in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges</p>
India

Kumbh Mela stampede: A look back at deadly crowd disasters in India

<p>Kumbh Mela 2025 </p>
India

In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela?

<p>Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on an Air Busan airplane at the Gimhae international airport in Busan, South Korea, on 28 January 2025</p>
News & Advice

Passengers and crew evacuated as plane catches fire on runway

Obit Earleen Fisher
Europe

Longtime AP international journalist Earleen Fisher, whose career spanned five decades, dies at 78

Europe

Longtime AP international journalist Earleen Fisher, whose career spanned five decades, dies at 78

Obit Earleen Fisher
<p>The 55-year-old man had three times the legal alcohol limit in his blood</p>
Europe

Man fined for drunk-driving drone in Sweden

<p>Wooden chalet, houses and snow mountains landscape panorama in bulgarian ski resort Bansko, Bulgaria</p>
Europe

Irish tourist dies after falling from mountain in Bulgaria

Germany Economy
Europe

Germany's government slashes its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%

<p>Russia Ukraine war latest: Putin rejects talks with ‘illegitimate’ Zelensky as North Korean cannon deployed</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war: Putin rejects talks with Zelensky

<p>Russia Ukraine war latest: Putin rejects talks with ‘illegitimate’ Zelensky as North Korean cannon deployed</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war: Putin rejects talks with Zelensky

<p>Police forensics examine the crime scene where a 15-year-old was fatally hit and another severely wounded when attackers opened fire on a pizzeria before fleeing the scene on bicycles in Malmo, Sweden</p>
Europe

Sweden set to send criminals abroad as prisons overflow

<p>Greenlanders do not wish their island to become part of the United States</p>
Europe

Poll reveals what Greenland really thinks about Trump's takeover plans

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Middle East

<p>From left to right: Agam Berger, Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses are all set to be freed by Hamas</p>
Middle East

Hamas set to release 3 Israelis and 5 Thai nationals from Gaza

<p>Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

Palestinians return to their destroyed homes in north Gaza

<p>President of Ireland Michael D Higgins’s speech was met with protests by Jews (Niall Carson/PA)</p>
Middle East

Israeli minister’s fears for Jews in Ireland after president’s speech

<p>Tens of thousands have been killed inside Gaza following Israel’s siege of the strip</p>
Middle East

How a year of war in Gaza has unfolded as hostages released

<p>A drone view shows Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel’s order during the war, making their way back to their homes in northern Gaza</p>
Middle East

200,000 Palestinians trek home to northern Gaza as part of ceasefire

<p>Displaced Palestinians inspect the ruins of their home, which was destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

Israel says eight hostages due for release by Hamas are dead

<p>Tens of thousands have been killed inside Gaza following Israel’s siege of the strip</p>
Middle East

How a year of war in Gaza has unfolded as hostages released

<p>A drone view shows Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel’s order during the war, making their way back to their homes in northern Gaza</p>
Middle East

200,000 Palestinians trek home to northern Gaza as part of ceasefire

<p>Displaced Palestinians inspect the ruins of their home, which was destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

Israel says eight hostages due for release by Hamas are dead

<p>IDF soldiers walk ahead of Palestinians displaced by an Israeli military operation and evacuating from the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on Thursday 23 January 2025 </p>
Middle East

Gaza has a ceasefire – but war could be starting in the West Bank

Middle East

Gaza has a ceasefire – but war could be starting in the West Bank

<p>IDF soldiers walk ahead of Palestinians displaced by an Israeli military operation and evacuating from the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on Thursday 23 January 2025 </p>
<p>Civilians were seen heading for their homes in northern Gaza on Monday morning </p>
Middle East

Trump’s idea to clean out Gaza is ‘frightening trick’, locals warn

<p>President Donald Trump (pictured with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2020) called for Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting after the Hamas-Israel war. Trump said he wants enough take so ‘we can just clean out’ Gaza </p>
US politics

Trump says he wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza and move Palestinians

News

Families of released Israeli hostages thank Donald Trump

<p>Palestinians gather near a roadblock on the al Rashid Street as they wait to return to their destroyed homes in northern Gaza on 26 January 2025</p>
Middle East

Palestinians start returning home to destroyed northern Gaza

<p>Palestinians gather near a roadblock on the al Rashid Street as they wait to return to their destroyed homes in northern Gaza on 26 January 2025</p>
Middle East

Palestinians start returning home to destroyed northern Gaza

<p>Thousands of Palestinians have been gathering as they wait to be allowed home to northern Gaza </p>
Middle East

Deal made to release Israeli hostage and allow Palestinians home

<p>Relatives, friends and supporters of the hostages gather in Hostage Square on Saturday </p>
Middle East

Gaza hostage families say ceasefire only chance to get relatives home

US

<p>President Donald Trump may have hoped for more fanfare for his legislation. But it was eclipsed by the chaos triggered by the OMB funding-freeze memo</p>
US politics

The Trump administration causes even more chaos

<p>Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather adopted the children, ages 5 ro 16, and brought the family to West Virginia in May 2023</p>
US Crime News

White couple guilty of forced labor against adopted Black kids

Trump
Americas

FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

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US politics

Meta to pay Trump settlement for suspending his Facebook accounts

<p>Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Heynard allegedly joined a fight during a board meeting this week</p>
US politics

Controversial mayor involved in massive brawl at board meeting

<p>Bezos-founded tech giant is concerned records could reveal trade secrets</p>
Americas

Amazon sues to stop WaPo records release in Bezos v. Bezos battle

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk have argued the government needs to cut costs and eliminate left-wing influence from agencies </p>
US politics

‘Hold the line’: Federal workers rally on Reddit against Trump buyout

<p>President Donald Trump walks into the East Room before signing the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation passed during his second term in office</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump orders opening of migrant detention camp at Guantanamo: Live

Trump Federal Aid Environment
Americas

Trump rescinds funding freeze but uncertainty lives on for wide array of environmental programs

Americas

Trump rescinds funding freeze but uncertainty lives on for wide array of environmental programs

Trump Federal Aid Environment
US Florida TV Crew Attack
Americas

Killed Florida TV reporter's parents claim his employer failed to provide for his safety in lawsuit

<p>Harvey Weinstein appears in State Supreme Court for a hearing in his sexual assault case on Wednesday. He begged the judge to move up his retrial date due to his declining health</p>
US Crime News

Weinstein begs judge to move up his retrial: 'I can’t hold on anymore‘

<p>Trump’s disapproval rating has climbed five percent since he entered office</p>
US politics

Trump's disapproval rating jumps after blitz of executive orders

<p>Detriot priest Carlos Martins was arrested after allegedly using a teenage girl's hair as floss</p>
Americas

Priest accused of using teen girl's hair as floss

<p>Detriot priest Carlos Martins was arrested after allegedly using a teenage girl's hair as floss</p>
Americas

Priest accused of using teen girl's hair as floss

<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025</p>
US politics

Watching RFK Jr.’s hearing with his biggest fans as an autistic person

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US politics

White House abruptly backs off Trump's federal funding freeze

Europe

<p>Oscar Jenkins in Russian captivity </p>
Europe

Australian teacher believed killed by Russia is alive, minister says

<p>Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in st. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025</p>
Europe

Pope Francis issues AI warning as Vatican document offers new rules

<p>HOLOCAUSTO-CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS</p>
News

Auschwitz commandant's daughter relives childhood with 'wonderful dad’

<p>A Ukrainian serviceman of Azov brigade stands atop of a self-propelled howitzer Dita after firing towards Russian positions at frontline in Donetsk region</p>
Europe

Why Ukraine-Russia peace talks are not as simple as Trump makes out

<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets soldiers who took part in a training in North Korea last March </p>
Europe

North Korea troops partially withdraw from front in Russia’s Kursk

<p>A still image taken from a handout video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry shows Russian servicemen waving flags on the roof of a building in Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk region</p>
Europe

Where Russian forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine: Mapped

<p>Giorgia Meloni has been placed under criminal investigation </p>
Europe

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni investigated for releasing Libyan warlord

<p>Italian navy ship Cassiopea, carrying migrants as part of a deal with Italy to process thousands of asylum-seekers caught near Italian waters</p>
Europe

Italian ship drops off 49 migrants in Albania despite court rejections

<p>Gibraltar is British but the waters are disputed</p>
Home News

After five years, Brexit is still causing tensions in Gibraltar

Home News

After five years, Brexit is still causing tensions in Gibraltar

<p>Gibraltar is British but the waters are disputed</p>
<p>Serbian prime minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation in a press conference on Tuesday</p>
Europe

Serbian PM Milos Vucevic resigns as corruption protests sweep country

<p>Brigitte Hoess called her father a loving and kind man and as a child lived in the house next door to the death camp where more than a million innocent people were sent to their deaths </p>
Europe

What really happened inside the home of the monster of Auschwitz

<p>Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane patrolling over the Baltic Sea</p>
Europe

Cables under the Baltic Sea keep getting damaged - what is Nato doing?

<p>Just two North Koreans soldiers have been captured alive by the Ukrainians</p>
Europe

The extremes North Korean soldiers will go to avoid capture in Ukraine

<p>Just two North Koreans soldiers have been captured alive by the Ukrainians</p>
Europe

The extremes North Korean soldiers will go to avoid capture in Ukraine

<p>Poland Auschwitz 80th Anniversary</p>
Europe

Auschwitz survivors return to camp on 80th anniversary of liberation

<p>Rescue workers pull a small boat after the storm Herminia has unleashed downpours on the region</p>
Europe

Residents rescued from flooded homes as Storm Herminia batters France

Africa

<p>Pug Life: Cheryl Gaw plays with some of the 2,500 pugs she has rescued in South Africa at her home in Johannesburg</p>
Africa

The woman who rescued more than 2,500 pugs

Africa

The woman who rescued more than 2,500 pugs

<p>Pug Life: Cheryl Gaw plays with some of the 2,500 pugs she has rescued in South Africa at her home in Johannesburg</p>
<p>Congolese government troops deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo</p>
Africa

Dead bodies on streets as rebels battle government in DR Congo’s Goma

Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of eastern Congo’s largest city

<p>M23 rebels stand with theirs weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo in this file photo from December 2022</p>
Africa

What is happening in east Congo? And who are the M23 rebels?

<p>FILE PHOTO: Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan</p>
Africa

Drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur kills at least 70

<p>FILE PHOTO: Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan</p>
Africa

Drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur kills at least 70

<p>David Lammy with UN officials at the Adre crossing between Sudan and Chad</p>
Africa

Lammy warns against hierarchy of suffering as Sudan crisis forgotten

<p>Employees walk after work, outside the new building of Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, Egypt</p>
Africa

Fears new law will force doctors to leave Egypt

<p>Reconstruction of Tameryraptor markgrafi </p>
Science

Giant dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils destroyed in WW2

<p>File: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda</p>
Africa

Tanzania confirms outbreak of highly infectious Ebola-like virus

<p>An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa</p>
Africa

Hunt for gang leader ‘Tiger’ who escaped South African death mine

<p>South Africa Miners Horrors</p>
Africa

Miner describes horrors as people starved to death underground

<p>Forensic workers at the site of the abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Wednesday</p>
Africa

What did 87 people die trapped in South Africa goldmine?

<p>File. A medical worker carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact in Uganda with a carrier of the Marburg virus</p>
Africa

Bleeding eye disease kills eight after outbreak in new country

<p>Families of miners and activist protest as South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu visit the gold mine</p>
Africa

78 dead in illegal South Africa gold mine, with hundreds still trapped

<p> The government of the Republic of South Africa launch a rescue operation to extract the illegal workers at the abandoned Stilfontein mine in North West, South Africa</p>
Africa

Hundreds of miners were stuck underground. Police blocked their supply

Asia

<p>lunar new year 2025</p>
Lifestyle

What is lunar new year and how is it celebrated?

<p>Floor signage for the offices of DeepSeek in Beijing</p>
Tech

DeepSeek goes quiet for lunar new year despite worldwide buzz

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Cricket

Afghanistan women cricketers reunite for a match after three years

<p>A Siberian tiger at the Beijing Zoo </p>
China

Zoo under fire for selling tiger urine at £5 a pop

<p>The experiment bay at facility in Mianyang is 50% larger than U.S. NIF, researcher says</p><p></p>
China

Satellite images ‘show China building secret fusion research facility’

<p>File. A man reads news of social media platform X blockade on a computer in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 21 February 2024</p>
South Asia

Bill jailing people for 3 years over disinformation passed in Pakistan

<p>A Siberian tiger at the Beijing Zoo </p>
China

Zoo under fire for selling tiger urine at £5 a pop

<p>The experiment bay at facility in Mianyang is 50% larger than U.S. NIF, researcher says</p><p></p>
China

Satellite images ‘show China building secret fusion research facility’

<p>File. A man reads news of social media platform X blockade on a computer in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 21 February 2024</p>
South Asia

Bill jailing people for 3 years over disinformation passed in Pakistan

<p>The dog adopted by Princess Siribha Chudabhorn</p>
Southeast Asia

Thai princess adopts dog that went viral for mourning dead owner

<p>DeepSeek logo is seen on a phone in front of a flag of China</p>
Tech

The questions China’s new DeepSeek AI refuses to answer

<p>Representational</p>
Tech

OpenAI moves to block Indian media groups joining copyright lawsuit

<p>Bangladesh train strikes 2025 </p>
South Asia

Trains cancelled across Bangladesh as rail union goes on strike

<p>Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing</p>
India

India and China agree to resume direct flights after five years

<p>File. Donald Trump with Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 25 February 2020</p>
Americas

India’s Modi set to be one of first world leaders to visit Trump

Business

DeepSeek AI launch sees $1tn wiped off world’s biggest tech companies

<p>Fuji TV head Koichi Minato and Fuji Media chairman Shuji Kano at a press conference in Tokyo on 27 January 2025</p>
Japan

Japan TV executives resign after misconduct claims against presenter

Australasia

<p>Elizabeth’s older sister Jayde Struhs told reporters she was “relieved” that those responsible for her death had been found guilty.</p>
Australasia

Cult found guilty of manslaughter after prayer fails to heal girl

Australasia

Cult found guilty of manslaughter after prayer fails to heal girl

<p>Elizabeth’s older sister Jayde Struhs told reporters she was “relieved” that those responsible for her death had been found guilty.</p>
<p>Jayde Struhs speaks outside of the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Australia Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Russell Freeman/AAP Image via AP)</p>
Australasia

Australian religious sect member convicted over death of diabetic girl

<p>Graffitti is seen on England's King George V statue</p>
Australasia

Multiple monuments in Australia defaced to protest national day

<p>Representative image. A doctor measuring a Botox injection</p>
Australasia

Three people hospitalised in Sydney with suspected botulism

<p>US president Donald Trump and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, attend the commander in chief ball in Washington, US, 20 January 2025</p>
Australasia

The Donald Trump lie that upset New Zealanders the most

<p>US president Donald Trump and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, attend the commander in chief ball in Washington, US, 20 January 2025</p>
Australasia

The Donald Trump lie that upset New Zealanders the most

<p>The explorer paved the way for the British to send its First Fleet to the island in 1788 </p>
Australasia

Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red ahead of Australia Day

<p>The new funnel-web spider dubbed ‘Big Boy’ or Atrax christenseni</p>
Australasia

Scientists discover new species of one of world’s deadliest spiders

<p>Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her upcoming memoir which she hopes will help “anyone who ever doubted themselves”</p>
Australasia

Ardern says memoir is for ‘anyone who has ever doubted themselves’

<p>Margo Neas holds her cat Mittens at her home in Melbourne</p>
News & Advice

Mittens the cat takes three flights after being forgotten on plane

<p>Aerial view of Sunbury Ring G</p>
Archaeology

Origin of Australia’s 1,400-year-old mystery rings finally revealed

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Tennis

Djokovic explains why he boycotted Australian Open interview

<p>Gauff frequently has posted on TikTok, often mimicking popular trends</p>
Tennis

Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on TV camera at Australian Open

The woman was arrested south of Brisbane, Australia on Thursday
Australasia

Australian influencer charged with poisoning her baby girl

<p>File. Anthony Albanese</p>
Australasia

Australia calls Russian ambassador over video of captive Melbourne man

Australasia

Mysterious marble-sized balls wash up on Sydney beaches

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