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Thousands of Bangladeshis rallied at a 'March for Unity' in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the student-led uprising five months ago that led to the ouster of longstanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and remember the more than 1,000…

A U.N. Human Rights Office report on Tuesday condemned Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, saying they had devastated the Palestinian enclave's health system and raised serious concerns about Israel's compliance with international law.…

A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in a criminal investigation into his martial law decree, marking the first time that a sitting president of the country has faced arrest.…

The fund created by the US government to help compensate victims of the late fraudster Bernard Madoff has begun making its final round of payments, according to a statement by the Department of Justice (DoJ). The payouts being made by…

The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHO’s China office noted a…

Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency as gang violence in the Caribbean nation continues to escalate. President Christine Carla Kangaloo issued the declaration on the advice of Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who had been…

The parents of a boy who last year killed 10 people in a primary school in Belgrade in a mass shooting that shocked the country were sentenced on Tuesday to 14.5 years and three years in prison, respectively, for neglect and abuse of a…

Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with Kyiv bringing home 189 former captives, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Zelenskiy thanked the United Arab Emirates and other partners for…

The head of the World Health Organization has called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza. "Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds, and the health system is under severe threat," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.…

The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash-landed over the weekend waited for their loved…