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At least 32 people were killed and 16 others injured after an overcrowded passenger bus plunged into a ravine in south-western Pakistan. The bus was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar, when it crashed in the Dana Sar mountain range, on the border between Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, at about …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his justice minister should be sanctioned by the British government, dozens of MPs have urged the UK foreign secretary. A letter to Yvette Cooper, signed by 71 cross-party MPs and peers, says the “systematic and well-documented torture of Palestinian civilians lies with the government …

An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who is believed to have orchestrated a bombing in Monaco that injured three people, reportedly including a Ukrainian tycoon. The suspect – confirmed to be a woman by a Monaco judicial source – has since been spotted in Germany, said the …

One nugget that stood out to me as I dug through all the various polls of the last several months was a survey conducted by The Times that suggested, despite the overall pessimism about the Dream in this moment, “61% of poll respondents said they believed in the concept”. Brandon …

Now, weeks after Iran allowed the partial reopening of the strait – under a ceasefire agreement with the US that is mostly holding – the sea is calm once more and fishermen are returning. One of them, Abdol Rahman, took the BBC through the strait for a close-up view of …

As rumors swirl about her imminent New York City nuptials, megastar Taylor Swift – a master at controlling her public image – has kept any details under wraps. Swift, 36, who has been mum on the subject, may be marrying Kansas City Chiefs football star Travis Kelce, 36, on Friday. …

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈 Sky News are the first international journalists on the ground in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes devastated parts of the capital Caracas and the north of the country. We tell you what it’s really like inside Venezuela – a country still in …

A trial of potential treatments for the strain of virus behind the current deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has begun, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The first patient has been enrolled in the DRC, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday. More …

Three people have been sentenced to life in prison by a South African court for the kidnapping, robbing and murder of a British couple in February 2018. Rachel Saunders, 64, and her husband Rodney, 73, were kidnapped while in the Ngoye Forest, 150km (93 miles) north of the port city …

Police in Albania have clashed with protesters during an anti-government demonstration linked to a luxury resort connected to Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Officers fired tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon at demonstrators outside parliament in the capital Tirana on Thursday after some protesters threw rocks, eggs and plastic …

A man has been rescued alive after being trapped for eight days in the rubble of a building that collapsed after twin earthquakes in Venezuela. Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble. Almost 2,300 people …

At least 16 people have died and another 20 injured in a bus crash in South Africa. Authorities said 78 people were on the Cape Town to Idutywa service when the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday in the Eastern Cape. The bus is believed to have overturned …

The PM’s former top aide Morgan McSweeney has told the BBC he found US President Donald Trump to be “much funnier than I expected him to be”. He said that during his first phone call with the PM Sir Keir Starmer, officials in the room had been “barely able to …

An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing eight, officials said. Five monks died at the scene, while three others later died in hospital, Vorayan Bunarat, governor of the Mukdahan province, said at ​a press conference. …

An outbreak of salmonella with more than 100 confirmed cases has been linked to flavoured noodles. The ongoing situation spans 14 countries, including the UK, with most of the cases among children and young adults. “Flavoured noodle products are the most likely source of an ongoing multi-country outbreak of infections, …

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Defiance. It is the word I heard more than any other during my week in Cuba. Not from politicians. From ordinary Cubans – people living through an unceasing crisis shaped by a failing economic experiment, an ageing but entrenched dictatorship and the pressure of a hostile superpower. I met people …

Russian forces have launched a major drone and missile air attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least one person. Several neighbourhoods were evacuated as airstrikes rocked buildings throughout the city, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia was preparing for a “massive” attack. Some people remain trapped …

When one of China’s biggest stand-up comedians opened his show with a joke about the extraordinarily long rule of the country’s leader Xi Jinping, it drew a cheer, alongside a smattering of approving profanities. “This is fire,” a man shouted in Mandarin. Few in China would dare to joke about …

A teenager alleged to be a member of the criminal cyber hacking group Scattered Spider – which was linked to attacks on M&S and Transport for London – has been arrested, according to US authorities.  The FBI and Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that Peter Stokes had been detained …