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Former leader moved out of prison during heavy fighting as other ex-officials escaped during a jailbreak amid the chaos.

Court names US entities and officials - including ex-President Obama - ruling they played a role in directing ISIL.

Hundreds of Indigenous athletes compete in Sao Paulo state in their version of the Olympic Games.

Recurrent rumours of a body double resurged after President Putin visited troops in occupied Kherson last week.

The wayward rocket launched from the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden lands in an uninhabited area of Norway.

Pakistani man, 25, diagnosed with the virus, once called monkeypox, after recently arriving from Saudi Arabia.

A Lebanese gold mining magnate in Canada and an Egyptian economist in the US are both successful Arabs living abroad.

In Varanasi, the elderly can break the tenuous cycle of death and rebirth, an article of faith for many Hindus.

A Taiwan politician also faces charges of 'secession' while a Chinese journalist has been accused of spying.

US-brokered ceasefire between Sudan's warring generals enters day two but sporadic gun battles and air raids reported.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says there is now 'very little difference' between the European Union and NATO alliance.

His growing family in Tamil Nadu finds itself paying for seafood for the first time.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says the European Union needs to do more to protect media workers.

Traditional landowners say pension funds have obligation to prevent 'adverse human rights impacts' from energy projects.

Two-stage Han Kuang drills start next month amid heightened tension across the strait after recent China war games.

Move seen as sign that Moscow may take further action if Russian assets abroad are seized to pay for Ukraine war damage.

As the war enters its 427th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the first Portuguese leader to suggest an apology for his country's role in slave trade.

Family of Tangaraju Suppiah had pleaded for clemency, saying he had not had adequate legal counsel in fighting the case.

Foreign minister also warns on Taiwan, Xinjiang but says countries must work with China on world's pressing problems.

UN envoy to Sudan says that both sides in the conflict believe that 'a military victory over the other is possible'.

First Republic’s stock closes down nearly 50 percent amid questions about San Francisco lender's future.

President Yoon Suk-yeol's six-day visit marks the 70th anniversary of the US-South Korean alliance, forged in 1953.

The leader has yet to be identified but may have been killed early in April amid Taliban operations against ISIL (ISIS).

President Gustavo Petro calls on leaders from 19 countries and the EU to 'rebuild the path of peace' in Latin America.

Prosecutors say a 'pattern' of irresponsibility and corruption led to the detention-centre fire that killed 40 people.

Sudanese caught in the crossfire are struggling to find food, shelter, and medical care as conflict in Sudan continues.

Kyiv says Moscow used S-300 air defence missiles to attack Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, hitting the town's museum.

Leaders from northern European states pledge huge investment in green energy.

The case represents the 'single largest North Korea sanctions penalty' in the US Department of Justice history.

US prosecutors accuse group's leaders of 'seditious conspiracy' in alleged plot to prevent peaceful transfer of power.

White House spokesperson tells Al Jazeera the US is working with regional partners to stop the violence as primary goal.

Flight controllers lose contact with spacecraft moments before the planned touchdown.

'Latin America in general is a huge gap between the rich people and the poor people.'

British and French sports ministers challenge IOC's plan to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutrals.

Some of the refugees were from Pakistan, Syria, Tunisia and Egypt, a Libyan coast guard officer said.

Janet Yellen warned that a default would result in job losses while driving household payments on higher interest rates.

'One of the fighting parties' has seized control of a laboratory in Khartoum and 'kicked out all the technicians'.

An acute housing crisis in Sao Paulo is fuelling the rise of precarious settlements in environmentally protected areas.

The Black Sea grain deal will expire on May 18 unless Russia agrees to its renewal.

Carroll is suing Trump for alleged rape under new New York law and defamation; she says attack took place in mid-1990s.

Businesses also shut down after offering services to women not wearing headscarves deemed appropriate by government.

Trailblazing Black actor and singer known as 'King of Calypso' was involved in US civil rights movement in the 1960s.

The decision comes after a warrant issued against Russia's Putin and before a BRICS summit in South Africa in August.

Most of the people being deported are from Comoros, which said it refused to allow a boat with deportees to dock.

President Erdogan has been accused of cracking down on PKK-linked opposition to muster support ahead of elections.

The Swedish company says it had 515 million active monthly users as of the end of March, beating expectations.

Explosive weapons can be highly inaccurate and are not meant to be used in densely populated areas.

Rising nuclear tensions could lead to worldwide conflict, according to former Russian President Dimitry Medvedev.

Paul Mackenzie, the cult's leader, has been arrested twice previously after the deaths of children due to starvation.