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More than 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7. magnitude earthquake that was also felt in neighbouring countries The majority of the fatalities are in Myanmar’s …

Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November. The Israeli military said …

A rescue team in Mandalay, Myanmar, tells the BBC the number of deaths caused by today’s earthquake is not yet known – “but is at least in the hundreds” The 7.7 magnitude quake …

A high-powered delegation of US officials will spend Friday at a remote military base on Greenland in what is being viewed as the latest move by the US as it …

French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year jail sentence and a 300,000-euro (S$433,710) fine for French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar …

South Africa, with the help of the World Bank, has a $3 billion plan to reverse the decline in services and infrastructure in eight of its biggest cities. It will …

Russia has said some Western sanctions must be lifted before it begins a maritime ceasefire with Ukraine. Within hours of the US announcing the two sides had agreed to halt …

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order requiring people to present proof of citizenship when they register to vote. “The Election Assistance Commission will require documentary, government-issued …

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate deals with the US, after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Washington said …

South Korean rescuers are searching for a motorcyclist who fell into a large sinkhole that opened up on a road in the capital Seoul. The man was riding his motorbike …