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Chilean Former President Sebastián Piñera, who served two terms and was also a billionaire businessman, has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74. Three other people aboard the aircraft survived when it came down in a lake near the…

Rescue teams are searching for a US Marine Corps helicopter that went missing while on a flight to California. The helicopter, a CH-53E Super Stallion, was "reported overdue" by Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, near San Diego, early on…

UN Secretary-General Guterres says he is “especially alarmed” by Israel’s plans to attack Rafah, where 1.9 million Palestinians are sheltering. A draft proposal by Hamas has been released, suggesting a three-stage Gaza ceasefire plan in…

Hungary's new law on "protecting national sovereignty", which the ruling Fidesz party said was necessary to protect against foreign political interference, violates European Union law, the European Commission says on Wednesday. The…

Russia unleashed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning's rush hour, killing five people, wounding more than 30, and damaging residential buildings and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian…

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack on a candidate’s political office in Balochistan province. Pakistan gears up to hold closely watched elections for national and provincial assemblies on Thursday. A major crackdown on the…

New Zealand has called for the immediate release of pilot Phillip Mehrtens who was taken captive by fighters in Indonesia’s troubled Papua province a year ago. Mehrtens, who was flying a single-propeller plane for Indonesia’s Susi Air, was…

Hamas says it has given its response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in Gaza. The details of the deal set out by Israel, the US, Qatar and Egypt have not been released. It was earlier reported to include a six-week truce, when…

Mexican President, Andres Obrador has said he would meet US President Joe Biden's homeland security adviser later to discuss migration as the White House pushes for legislation to provide new funds for border security. The visit of…

A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of a bestselling detective novelist and dissident on charges of “justifying terrorism,” two months after he was pranked by two pro-Kremlin activists into expressing support for Ukraine on a phone call.…