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A Red Cross vehicle carrying the bodies of two people believed to be dead hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the Kissufim border crossing with Israel on Thursday (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

world

Red Cross says it has transferred unidentified remains of three people to Israel

The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late on Friday, but it was unclear if they are dead hostages.

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of two people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

world

Israel hands over bodies of 30 Palestinians as ceasefire agreement edges forward

Lebanese president Joseph Aoun shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, in Beirut (Lebanese Presidency press office via AP)

world

Lebanon’s president calls for mutual talks to end continued Israeli strikes

France Louvre

world

French minister vows Louvre anti-intrusion devices after security lapses found

Russia Ukraine War

world

Russia sends 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Zelensky says

Jamaica Extreme Weather

world

Despair spreads across historic Jamaica seaport demolished by Hurricane Melissa

UN US Caribbean Strikes Human Rights

UN human rights chief: US military strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’

US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop, the UN human rights chief said.

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Hospital officials in Gaza say Israel has handed over bodies of 30 Palestinians

Hospital officials in Gaza say Israel has handed over the bodies of 30 Palestinians, a day after Palestinian militants in Gaza turned over the remains of two hostages to Israel.

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

South Korea APEC

China’s Xi promises to protect free trade at Apec as Trump snubs major summit

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told Asia-Pacific leaders that his country will help to defend global free trade at an annual economic regional forum snubbed by US President Donald Trump.

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

APTOPIX Haiti Extreme Weather

Recovery begins as islands count the dead and cost of Hurricane Melissa

The rumble of large machinery, whine of chainsaws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and assessed the damage left behind.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Sexual Misconduct Diddy

Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs asks court to quickly consider legality of his conviction

Hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs wants a federal appeals court to quickly consider the legality of his conviction on prostitution-related charges and his more than four-year prison sentence.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Tyrannosaur Mystery

Research may solve mystery of whether fossil is young T. rex or new species

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: was it a young Tyrannosaurus rex or another type of dinosaur?At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go by, making it hard to tell if it ...

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Palestinian militants hand over the remains of two more hostages

Israel’s military said on Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over two coffins containing the remains of dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Brazil Gang Raid

Protests after police raid leaves at least 121 dead in two Rio slums

A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, authorities said on Thursday morning. The operation began on Tuesday in two of the city’s favelas, sparking intense gun battles.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Netherlands Election

Far-right populists and centrist party set for unprecedented tie in election

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders’ far-right Party For Freedom and the centrist D66 were tied with nearly all votes counted on Thursday in the Dutch general election in an unprecedented neck-and-neck race to become the biggest party.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Jamaica Extreme Weather

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up pieces after destruction wrought by Melissa

People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday, as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

South Korea China Trump Asia

Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea

US President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American ...

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Trump Nuclear Testing Explainer

Trump appears to suggest US will resume testing nuclear weapons

When he spoke to reporters later aboard Air Force One as he flew back to Washington, he offered little clarity

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Netherlands Election

Neck-and-neck finish in Dutch election as Wilders’ far-right party and D66 tie

Anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom and the centrist D66 were tied with 98% votes counted in the Dutch general election, in an unprecedented neck-and-neck race to become the biggest party.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

France Louvre

Five more arrests in Louvre jewel heist investigation

Five more people have been arrested in the investigation into the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Netherlands Election

Exit poll suggests Dutch election result too close to call

An exit poll published immediately after voting ended in the Netherlands’s general election suggested the result is too close to call, with the centre-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of Geert Wilders.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Spain Floods

Spain holds memorial ceremony for flood victims year after disaster

Spain has commemorated the anniversary of last year’s massive floods that killed more than 230 people with a national memorial ceremony led by King Felipe VI.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Sudan

Sudan’s paramilitary ‘killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur’

Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the UN, displaced residents and aid workers.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

France Louvre

Two Louvre heist suspects ‘partially’ admit participation, says Paris prosecutor

Laure Beccuau told a news conference that the two face preliminary charges of theft committed by an organised gang and criminal conspiracy

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Jamaica Extreme Weather

Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti and causes damage in Jamaica and Cuba

Flooding from Hurricane Melissa has killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials said.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Jamaica Extreme Weather

'That was hell': Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti and causes damage in Jamaica and Cuba

Jean Bertrand Subreme, mayor of the southern Haitian coastal town of Petit-Goave, told The Associated Press that 25 people died after La Digue river burst its banks and flooded nearby homes.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Aligned Data Centers-Deal

Chipmaker Nvidia becomes first five trillion dollar company

Nvidia has become the first five trillion dollar (£3. 8 trillion) company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was the first to break through the four trillion dollar (£3 trillion) barrier.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Aligned Data Centers-Deal

Chipmaker Nvidia becomes first five trillion dollar company

Nvidia has become the first five trillion dollar (£3. 8 trillion) company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was the first to break through the four trillion dollar (£3 trillion) barrier.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Cuba Extreme Weather

Hurricane Melissa churns across Cuba as Category 2 storm

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across Cuba as a Category 2 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the US National Hurricane Centre said.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Russia Putin

Russia’s nuclear-armed underwater drone tested successfully, Putin says

Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said, declaring that the new weapon cannot be intercepted.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Russia Putin

Russia’s nuclear-armed underwater drone tested successfully, Putin says

Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said, declaring that the new weapon cannot be intercepted.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel’s military says ceasefire back on as Gaza strikes death toll reaches 104

Israel’s military has said the ceasefire is back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy air strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel’s military says ceasefire back on as Gaza strikes death toll reaches 104

Israel’s military has said the ceasefire is back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy air strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Turkey Building Collapse

Building collapse in Turkey kills two children

A seven-storey apartment building in Turkey’s north-western city of Gebze has collapsed, trapping a family of five under the rubble and killing two of them.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

NATO US Europe

US to draw down troops on Nato’s eastern flank

The US has informed its Nato allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s Defence Ministry said.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

NATO US Europe

US to draw down troops on Nato’s eastern flank

The US has informed its Nato allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s Defence Ministry said.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Turkey Building Collapse

Turkey building collapse kills two and traps three others under rubble

A seven-storey apartment building in Turkey’s north-western city of Gebze has collapsed, killing two people and trapping three others under the rubble, officials and state media said.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Nigeria Immigration Visa

Nigeria’s Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka says his US visa has been revoked

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka has said his non-resident visa to enter the US has been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticised President Donald Trump.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Nigeria Immigration Visa

Nigeria’s Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka says his US visa has been revoked

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka has said his non-resident visa to enter the US has been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticised President Donald Trump.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

France Louvre

Paris police acknowledge major gaps in Louvre’s defences after jewel theft

Paris police have acknowledged major gaps in the Louvre’s defences – turning this month’s dazzling daylight theft into a national reckoning over how France protects its treasures.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

France Louvre

Paris police acknowledge major gaps in Louvre’s defences after jewel theft

Paris police have acknowledged major gaps in the Louvre’s defences – turning this month’s dazzling daylight theft into a national reckoning over how France protects its treasures.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

North Korea Worker's Party Anniversary

North Korea touts missile tests as Donald Trump visits South Korea

North Korea says it has conducted successful cruise missile tests, in the latest display of its growing military capabilities. The announcement was made as Donald Trump visits South Korea on his tour of Asia.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

North Korea Worker's Party Anniversary

North Korea touts missile tests as Donald Trump visits South Korea

North Korea says it has conducted successful cruise missile tests, in the latest display of its growing military capabilities. The announcement was made as Donald Trump visits South Korea on his tour of Asia.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Australia Message in a Bottle

First World War soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during the First World War have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Australia Message in a Bottle

First World War soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during the First World War have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to carry out ‘powerful’ strikes in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered the army to immediately carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians US

Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds on Congress to end shutdown

Vice president JD Vance said that he believes US military members will be paid at the end of the week, but did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding in the second-longest government shutdown.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians US

Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds on Congress to end shutdown

Vice president JD Vance said that he believes US military members will be paid at the end of the week, but did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding in the second-longest government shutdown.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Jamaica Extreme Weather

'Storm of the century': Hurricane Melissa barrels through Jamaica causing chaos

Jamaican officials told public to shelter; three dead in Jamaica and four dead in Haiti and Dominican Republic

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Brazil Bolsonaro

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro appeals against 27-year prison sentence

Lawyers for Brazilian former president Jair Bolsonaro have filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025