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Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.Many animals...

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News OnlineReutersUS President Donald Trump has been ramping up pressure on Venezuela's leader, President Nicolás Maduro.The Trump administration has doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro's capture, and its warships are within...

Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, KyivInna, escaping with her five children, also believes it's time to make a deal. She could no longer hide her kids, aged between nine months and 12 years, from the dangers of living in Kramatorsk. She...

Nigeria has granted asylum to Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate Fernando Dias da Costa just days after a coup prevented the results of the recent election being announced.The 47-year-old, who ran as a candidate for the Party for Social Renewal, was...

A shipment of German ammunition has been stolen from a delivery lorry in the eastern town of Burg, the country's defence ministry has said. Speaking to Germany's DPA news agency, officials did not specify how much was taken. However,...

The Trump administration is considering expanding its travel ban — which currently restricts or bars the entry of nationals from 19 countries — to around 30 nations in the wake of the shooting of two...

A Zambian-American influencer and political vlogger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hate speech for making insulting remarks about Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema.Zambian-born Ethel Chisono Edwards, who also holds US citizenship and works as an estate...

Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its victims, as he wrapped up his three-day visit to Lebanon.He also met some relatives of the 218 people who...

A former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, his wife said Tuesday.Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from...

Ukrainian soldier Pavlo Martsenyuk has lost count of the friends and comrades he's lost since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of his country almost four years ago. The 34-year-old says he does his best to...