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The co-founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group has been freed from prison after serving 20 years for her part in a 1974 embassy siege. Fusako Shigenobu, 76, had "evaded capture" for decades before being arrested in Osaka in 2000.…

A gunman who attacked a primary school in Texas on Tuesday was able to enter the building unobstructed, police say. Texas Ranger Victor Escalon said "no armed guard challenged the teenage attacker and it is unclear if the school door was…

Matamba: Police kill Colombian gang leader who walked out of cellOne of Colombia's most wanted fugitives has been killed by police, the country's president has announced. Juan Castro, better known as Matamba, had escaped from La Picota…

A Palestinian official has said that an investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shows Israeli forces deliberately shot and killed the veteran journalist. The findings echoed the results of a "preliminary…

Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week, with the number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits already near five-decade lows. Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 8,000 to 210,000 for the week ending May 21,…

Spain will “strengthen judicial control” over its secret services in the wake of a scandal over the hacking of the mobile phones of top politicians, according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The scandal broke in April when it emerged…

Pandemic-hit Shanghai, China's financial hub, unveiled more post-lockdown plans on Thursday as it moves towards a return to normalcy, but a country-wide economic recovery is still a distance away, heightening a sense of urgency for more…

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan 'disbanded' a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament, but threatened that they would return unless an election was called within six days. Khan had…

A UK-EU trade war would be "shocking" and "unnecessary," the Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has said. He called on the UK government to "get into the tunnel and negotiate" over changes to the post-Brexit trade arrangements for…

A Tanzanian MP angered by poor conditions of roads in his constituency turned parliament into a circus with a handstand on the microphone rows. Flatei Massey, the MP for Mbulu constituency in northern Tanzania, was 'commenting on…