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A security guard shows his finger marked with ink as he holds a weapon after casting his vote in Afghanistan's presidential elections. Initial data suggests turnout at a record low
World
26.05.2024
With nearly all data in, Afghan turnout at record low
Nicolas Sarkozy, 64, lost his final appeal to France's highest criminal court, and risks a year in prison and a fine of 3,750 euros ($4,085) if found guilty
World
26.05.2024
French ex-president Sarkozy to face campaign finance trial
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in annual speech that his government's economic reforms "are beginning to bear fruit"
World
26.05.2024
Zimbabwe's leader begs for patience to fix ailing economy
Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee says defiant youth activists such as Greta Thunberg should be in the running for this year's award
World
26.05.2024
Youth activists like Greta Thunberg deserve Nobel nod: 2011 laureate
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Catalan separatists joined a night-time operation to shine lights from 130 peaks in Catalonia to demonstrate their desire for independence
World 26.05.2024
Separatists urge 'civil disobedience' if Catalan leaders convicted
Parents of children at the Franklin elementary school in Rouen, northern France, on Tuesday were asked to come fetch the students because of a persistent oily smell after a huge fire at a chemicals plant in the city last week.
World 26.05.2024
Pressure mounts on French govt over chemical factory fire fallout
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government will be making a new offer on a Brexit deal very soon
World 26.05.2024
Britain says new Brexit proposal imminent
Protesters clash with an Iraqi riot police during a demonstration against state corruption and poor services in Baghdad
World 26.05.2024
One dead after volley of gunfire disperses Iraq protest
Riot police move into position around the Congress building in Lima after President Martin Vizcarra announced he was dissolving the opposition-dominated legislature
World 26.05.2024
Peru in crisis as president dissolves congress
In 1492, the Spanish crown ordered the country's Jewish community, which numbered at least 200,000, to either convert to Catholicism or be burned at the stake
World 26.05.2024
More than 132,000 Sephardic Jews apply for Spanish nationality
Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, arrested on money laundering charges, is to stay behind bars after a third appeal for his release was turned down
World 26.05.2024
Tunisia court rejects release of presidential runner: lawyer
Thousands of demonstrators are protesting the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, seen here at his May 2019 swearing-in ceremony
World 26.05.2024
Malawi police fire tear gas at marchers protesting vote result
Members of the Mali Armed Forces (FAMA) patrol in the streets of Gao, in central Mali, in July 2019
World 26.05.2024
Mali army in major clash with jihadists
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