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Five people are missing and eight others injured after a restaurant with apartments was "completely destroyed" by fire in the Swiss town of Thusis, police have said.Initial investigations indicate the blaze broke out on the second floor and the...

Panama Canal's operator is to cut the number of vessels passing through the key waterway due to low rainfall caused by El Niño.The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) told shipping firms on Thursday that 32 vessels a day will be...

British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several sexual assault offences but could not reach a decision on others. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres...

Lee and Chow were also leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance (HKA).The HKA was founded in May 1989 to support students holding pro-democracy rallies. Weeks later, the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square with troops...

Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence.Sunao Takami, 58, had doused the...

A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison for insulting a sacred religious event on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali.In a now-removed video, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, had filmed himself walking to an empty beach during...

The US has imposed a new round of sanctions on Cuban officials and companies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.Nine state-owned mining, metal and building firms, the Ministry of Construction and officials connected to a Cuban-based international institute have...

Los Angeles — U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in late 2025 and early 2026, newly released emails show, revealing a working relationship between the U.S. and Iranian governments despite tensions mounting...

The U.S. Army is planning to phase out a drone battalion tasked just last year with studying and taking on board lessons on drone warfare, including from the ongoing Ukraine war, an Army official confirmed...

Internal power struggles, factionalism, insistence that power rotates through the regions and disciplinary measures have all added to the sense of disillusionment within the party.The PDP has been robbed of high-profile figures and talent, including the loss of ...