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Tunisian court hands presidential critic Sonia Dahmani new jail term 

25 May 2026

News|Freedom of the Press Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced to two years in jail for critic...

Train bomb in Pakistan’s Baloch region: Why violence is on the rise 

25 May 2026

At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide car bomb detonated on a train carrying soldiers i...

Russia warns foreigners to leave Kyiv as it prepares ‘systematic strikes’ 

25 May 2026

Russia has warned it plans to launch a “series of systematic strikes” on defence industrial facilities in Kyiv, and ...

Pope says AI must be ‘disarmed’ to prevent domination, exclusion, and death 

25 May 2026

Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery”...

WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 as epidemic ‘outpacing us’ 

25 May 2026

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) says there have been 220 suspected deaths ⁠in the current ...

Australian Gaza aid flotilla activists allege abuse after Israeli abduction 

25 May 2026

Australian activists detained by Israel while on a flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza have returned home, and organi...

Could Brazilian oil emerge as one of the big winners of the Iran war? 

25 May 2026

China and India are increasingly turning to Brazil to make up for lost oil supplies as the fallout from the US-Israel ...

China’s Xi praises ‘unbreakable’ Pakistan ties as Sharif visits Beijing 

25 May 2026

China’s President Xi Jinping has hailed Beijing’s “unbreakable” friendship with Pakistan as he met ⁠visiting ...

Cattle market empties as fear grips Eid preparations in India’s West Bengal 

25 May 2026

Kolkata, India – Less than a week before Eid al-Adha, the sprawling Dhulagarh cattle market on the outskirts of Kolkat...

Israel kills three in attacks on Lebanon, issues more displacement orders 

25 May 2026

At least three people have been killed in Israeli air attacks on vehicles in southern Lebanon, the country’s National ...