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A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain's perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday after he and…

Two Chinese nationals were wounded on Tuesday by a security guard who opened fire at a garment factory in Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi, in the latest in a string of attacks that have spurred Beijing to demand better security for its…

A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany, and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say. Katarzyna Calow-Jaszewska revealed late last month that four…

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 30 Palestinians since Monday night, Palestinian media and medics said on Tuesday, as the Israeli army tightened its siege on northern areas of the enclave. An airstrike damaged…

Swiss police have arrested 15 drug traffickers operating around the Verbier Mountain Resort as part of the biggest ever swoop in the surrounding Valais canton, police said on Tuesday. A multi-month investigation showed that the 15 French…

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania and other battleground states on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election. The campaign has seen…

Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and Zika - by turning male insects deaf so they struggle to mate and breed. Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air, and…

A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. A video circulating on social media and shared by rights…

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will travel to China this week to attend regional summits, state media said on Monday, in the embattled top general's first visit to the influential neighbouring nation since he seized power in a 2021…

Israel has officially notified the United Nations of its decision to cut ties with its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) as another UN agency warns of an impending famine in genocide-ravaged Gaza. In a statement on Monday, the…