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Several killed as Iran protests over rising cost of living spread Iranian president seeks to calm tensions, acknowledging protesters’ ‘legitimate’ grievances over inflation. Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against economic…

Firework accidents kill two in Netherlands as fire ravages Amsterdam church The Neo-Gothic Vondelkerk, a 19th-century Roman Catholic church, has been used for other purposes since the 1970s. Firefighters work…

Gabon government sacks Aubameyang, suspends national team at AFCON 2025 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and one other played banned after Gabon eliminated from Africa Cup of Nations group stage. Gabon’s forward Pierre-Emerick…

‘Only sheets to cover us’: Sudan’s displaced face little shelter in Kosti Thousands of families fleeing renewed fighting in Kordofan and Darfur arrive in the city of Kosti, only to…

Israel faces widespread condemnation as NGO ban comes into effect Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns. The ban…

Donald Trump pauses US tariff hike on furniture, cabinets for one year The tariff pause comes as Trump’s Republican Party faces questions of affordability going into the midterm elections. US…

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s request for house arrest Bolsonaro’s latest petition, one in a series, comes after he spent the week in hospital for a hernia and hiccups.…

EXPLAINER Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers? Four activists from the proscribed Palestine Action group in the UK are still on hunger strikes in prison. Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers…