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Thailand's Supreme Court has cleared self-exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of negligence on Monday, in a case dating back to her time in office in 2013. Yingluck, a prominent member of the influential Shinawatra family, has…

The government of Haiti has declared a 72-hour state of emergency after armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison, leading to the killing of at least 12 people and the escape of around 4,000 inmates. Gang leaders say they want to…

US Vice-President Kamala Harris says people in Gaza "are starving" and has urged Israel to "significantly increase the flow of aid" there. She said "there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks", which would "get…

South Korea's Health Minister has said authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school…

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni canceled a joint visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto for security reasons, according to a Canadian spokesperson. Report says two groups of…

An Italian navy ship has shot down a drone flying towards it in the Red Sea, the defence ministry said. A ministry statement described the action as self-defence by the Duilio, which is helping protect trade routes from drone and missile…

Russia's defence ministry said its air defences have destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, over Leningrad region, which borders the Gulf of Finland, and a second one in Belgorod region. The Leningrad regional…

Thailand's parliament has opened a seminar on the political situation in Myanmar, including opponents of the neighbouring country's military government, despite the junta's objection. "What we are doing today is the first step in…

A senior member of Slovakia's government met his Russian counterpart in a rare high-level encounter between a European Union member state and a country the EU has sought to isolate. Slovakia's Foreign Minister, Juraj Blanar held talks…

Several hundred protesters briefly broke into a plant owned by chemicals group Arkema near Lyon in southeastern France to protest against alleged pollution from the site and eight people were arrested, local authorities said. "An action…