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The Donetsk region has become one of the main flashpoints of the fighting

Russia Claims More Ukraine Land As Hopes For Summit Fade

Russia on Saturday said its forces had taken two villages in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, increasing the military pressure as world leaders struggle to broker an end to the conflict.

Seoul Says Fired Warning Shots After North Korean Troops Crossed Border

A general view shows the North Korean side (back) of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas at South Korea's Odusan Unification Observatory -- Seoul says it fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the border

South Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers that briefly crossed the heavily fortified border earlier this week, Seoul said Saturday after Pyongyang accused it of risking "uncontrollable" tensions.

Berlin's 'Moors' Street' Renamed After Years Of Controversy

A worker installs a sign with the street's new name, after years of controversy and a last-minute courtroom drama over the old name, 'Moors' Street'

A Berlin street was officially renamed on Saturday for an 18th-century African philosopher after years of debate over its previous name that many considered outdated and offensive.

The IPC projected that the famine would expand to Deir el-Balah and Khan Yunis governorates by the end of September

'Far Too Late': Palestinians Despair After UN Declares Famine In Gaza

Desperate Palestinians clutching pots and plastic buckets scrambled for rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Saturday, a day after the United Nations declared a famine in the war-battered territory.

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US Senator Chris Van Hollen (L) shaking hands with Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia (R), a US resident wrongfully deported to his home country, at a hotel in San Salvador

Salvador Man At Center Of Trump Deportations Row Freed

A wrongly deported Salvadoran man returned to the US during a fierce row over President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies was released Friday from prison, where he had been detained on human smuggling charges, his lawyer told AFP. The US Supreme Court had ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was mistakenly deported in March to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a press conference in Ottawa

Canada Removing Tariffs On US Goods Compliant With Free Trade Deal

Canada will remove all tariffs on US goods that are compliant with the existing North American free trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday, matching exemptions affirmed earlier this month by Washington.

Could Trump's tariffs mean the party's over for Bordeaux wines?

Embattled Bordeaux Winemakers See Trump's Tariffs As Latest Blow

The sun is shining, the grapes are ripe and a good harvest is expected but a heavy cloud is looming over Laurent Dubois's vineyard in southwestern France.

Iran faces a narrowing window of time to avoid snapback sanctions over its nuclear programme

Iran, Europeans To Meet As Snapback Sanctions Loom

Iran will meet next week with Britain, France and Germany on its nuclear programme, the parties said Friday, as the European powers warned Tehran to engage swiftly to avoid snapback sanctions.

The Boko Haram jihadist group has been active in the Lake Chad basin for around 15 years

Doubts Over Niger Claim That A Boko Haram Leader Killed

Niger's army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast doubt over the unverified claim.

UN Declares Famine In Gaza, First Ever In Middle East

The United Nations on Friday officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first time it has done so in the Middle East, with experts warning 500,000 people face "catastrophic" hunger.

There were 15 million stray dogs recorded nationwide in a 2019 Indian census

India Walks Back Order To Clear Delhi Of Stray Dogs

India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise.

Israel says it is pushing for a ceasefire deal while at the same time launching a military operation to conquer Gaza City

Israel Vows To Destroy Gaza City If Hamas Doesn't Disarm, Free Hostages

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed Friday to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel's terms.

President Donald Trump, who has vowed to deport millions of undocumented migrants, visited the center last month

US Judge Orders Dismantling Of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A US federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration and Florida state government from bringing any new migrants to the detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" and ordered much of the site to be dismantled, effectively shuttering the facility.

Jonas Vingegaard follows Visma team-mate Matteo Jorgenson through the Alps in the Tour de France and both will be back in the mountains in the Vuelta

A Rise In The Mountains As Vuelta A Espana Cranks Up The Climbing

Dane Jonas Vingegaard is the man to beat at cycling's final Grand Tour of the season when the Vuelta a Espana rolls out of Turin on Saturday for a 21-day run packed with mountains.

A White House official says President Donald Trump's administration has not agreed to 'special treatment' for EU alcohol under a tariff deal

US Wine Sellers Left In Limbo Despite EU Tariff Deal

At a wine shop in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood, bottles sourced from Europe are becoming costlier to import -- and soon, pricier for customers to buy, the owner says -- thanks to a resident just down the road in the White House.

North Korea only confirmed it had deployed troops to support Russia's war in Ukraine in April, and admitted that its soldiers had been killed in combat

North Korea's Kim Decorates Troops Who Fought For Russia Against Ukraine

New images released by North Korean state media on Friday showed leader Kim Jong Un kneeling before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, as well as hugging an emotional survivor of the conflict.

Malick Fofana (C) in action for Lyon against Lens on the opening weekend of the Ligue 1 season

Marseille Plunged Into Crisis With Season Just Getting Started

A crisis is never far away at Marseille but the speed at which things have unravelled for the French giants at the start of this season is unprecedented.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (L) shakes hands with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of a summit in Cairo in 2024

Pakistan Woos Old Rival Bangladesh, As India Watches On

Decades after Pakistani troops killed his friends in Bangladesh's independence war, veteran freedom fighter Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed eyes warming ties between Dhaka and Islamabad with cautious pragmatism.

The United States is not Nigeria's top weapons supplier, typically trailing third behind China and Russia

$346 Mn US-Nigeria Arms Deal Sets Rights Groups On Edge

Rights groups are questioning a multimillion-dollar arms sale by the United States to Nigeria as security forces in the west African nation continue to be accused of killing civilians with impunity.

Eberechi Eze scored Crystal Palace's winner in the FA Cup final

Palace's Eze On Verge Of Arsenal Move As He Misses European Tie

Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze appeared to be moving closer to a transfer to Arsenal worth a reported GBP60 million ($81 million) after the England international was left out of the Eagles' team for their European tie on Thursday.

Palestinian fighters in the Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburbs

Palestinian Camps In Lebanon Begin Disarming

Some armed Palestinian groups in Lebanese refugee camps began handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday after reaching a deal earlier this year, with Washington hailing the move as a "historic step".

Members of Colombian security forces inspect the area of a bomb explosion in cali, Colombia on August 21 2025. Five people were killed and dozens were injured when a vehicle bomb targeted a military base on a busy street in the Colombian city of Cali on A

Five Dead As 'Thunderous' Bomb Attack Hits Colombian City

Colombian authorities said five people were killed and dozens more injured when a truck bomb tore through a busy street in the city of Cali on Thursday, deepening the country's most serious security crisis in decades.