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At least 25 people lost their lives after the boat they were travelling in overturned in a river near the town of Boda in Bangladesh on Sunday.

A commentator said the Queen was being given too much respect by world leaders despite failing to apologise for British colonialism.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia to hold demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Thousands of men and women have taken to the streets in Iran after a woman who was arrested for breaking hijab laws died in police custody last week.

An Australian fisherman happened to discover a rare shark that looked more scary than beautiful.

Seventeen cats were killed after a massive fire broke out at a strip mall in Palms, Los Angeles and engulfed a boarding hotel for pets on Saturday.

A senior Chinese official on Saturday warned people to avoid physical contact with foreigners so as to prevent getting the monkeypox infection.

At least 458 children have died as a result of the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, accounting for nearly one-third of the total fatalities recorded so far.

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of carrying out "blatant genocide" in the recently liberated Balakliya town in the Kharkiv oblast

Mikizo Ueda, who was the oldest living man in Japan, passed away at the age of 112 in the city of Nara last week.

Hong Kong businessman Richard Li has decided to pay HK$10m (around £1m) to the dancer who received severe injuries during a Mirror concert in July.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the death of Queen Elizabeth as the end of a chapter in history, as leaders across the Pacific mourned the death of the 96-year-old monarch.

U.S. President Joe Biden will co-host a food security summit later in September while in New York for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, U.S.

Byzantine, politicised or just plain stupid, European Union fiscal rules have been called many names and changed many times.

Last residents of Siversk caught in the crossfire

South Korea on Thursday offered to hold talks with North Korea on reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties.

U.S. President Joe Biden approved an additional $675 million weapons package for Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, as U.S.-allied ministers met to discuss how to give Kyiv long-term support in countering Russia's invasion.

Misinformation online and false claims of election fraud by former President Donald Trump and his allies have sharply eroded public trust in the integrity of U.S.

Steve Bannon, a onetime top strategist to former U.S.

Japan's ruling party says half its MPs had Unification Church ties

2022 Europe's hottest summer on record: EU monitor

The European Union said on Thursday it would provide additional support to an African military mission in Mozambique, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the bloc's reliance on Russian energy.

Burundi's parliament on Wednesday swore in a new prime minister a week after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned that some unnamed people were plotting to overthrow his government.

Anger over bloated new Sri Lanka government

In Maracaibo, the once wealthy Venezuelan oil city, two innovators are trying to push a new trend: small electric and solar-powered cars that offer an alternative for people fed up with regular fuel shortages and long lines as the gas station.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ukraine on Thursday and will announce $2 billion in new foreign military financing to Ukraine and 18 other countries at risk of future Russian aggression, State Department officials said.

Floods caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor have battered South Korea and have led to a significant loss of lives and property.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the grain leaving Ukrainian ports after a blockade that fuelled a global food crisis was mostly reaching Europe instead of developing nations and questioned the merits of the deal.

A processed picture of the Einstein Ring from the distant galaxy, J0418, made rounds in the Reddit Astronomy community.