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'Silence of virgin girl can be treated as consent': Taliban formally recognises child marriage with special rules in Afghanistan

Maduro’s ‘bag man’ sent to US as Venezuela deports Alex Saab in dramatic U-turn

Ebola virus outbreak: WHO declares international health emergency after rare strain kills 87 in Congo

Canada reports suspected hantavirus case linked to deadly cruise ship outbreak

4 Indians arrested in extortion-kidnapping in Canada, cop says he's never seen case like this

61 victims in 9 months: 39-year-old Indian man sent to jail in Australia, diagnosed with voyeuristic disorder

Video: 8 killed, over 20 injured as freight train crashes into bus in Bangkok

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: Over 80 dead, 246 cases reported in Ituri province; health emergency declared

After Donald Trump, Putin to visit China's Xi Jinping on May 19 for two days

'ISIS greatly diminished': Trump announces killing of 'most active terrorist' Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in Africa

After Donald Trump's Beijing visit, Taiwan detects 8 Chinese naval vessels, one ship in its territorial water

Meet Zhou Qunfei: Once she worked in a glass factory, now she runs a $26 billion company and sits alongside Elon Musk and Tim Cook at China’s state dinner

Scientists used AI and high-tech scans in Peru’s Nazca Desert; the result was 303 hidden geoglyphs

Australia to focus on skilled migrants and onshore applicants for permanent residency

10 countries with highest anaconda population in the world: From Brazil to French Guiana

Taiwan's message to China after Trump-Xi meet: US arms sales safe, Washington ties to deepen

Only 2.5 years sentence for Sukhwinder Sidhu, truck driver who crashed and killed ex-Olympian in Canada

Cannabis hits peacemaking in Senegal's Casamance

Amelia Earhart’s 90-year disappearance mystery took a haunting turn: What scientists found after years of analysis shocked researchers

Australia bans neo-Nazi network under new law that criminalises hate groups

A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded

Kazakhstan to introduce AI in secondary education under new presidential decree

Russia’s ‘City of the Dead’: Inside the 10,000 graves hidden in a mysterious mountain valley that still haunt visitors

The 7 longest mountain ranges ranked: Why the true giant is hidden underwater

5 massive pyramids still standing today: Why the largest one is not in Egypt

Quote of the day by Mahatma Gandhi: “In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

Quote of the day by German philosopher Walter Benjamin: “In the end, we get older, we kill everyone who loves us through the worries we give them, through the troubled tenderness we inspire in them, and the fears we ceaselessly cause.”

Child’s bones and mysterious ancient tech found in a remote Pyrenees cave at 2,235 meters

5 snake-filled waters in Queensland surrounded by rainforest and wetlands

Indiana Jones comes to life: 12 skeletons found in a hidden Petra tomb beneath the Treasury

Quote of the day by Banksy: “I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”

Lights out in Havana: Protests erupt as 'absolutely no fuel' left in Cuba

Lost beneath Sudan’s sands: Scientists discover 6,000-year-old massive monuments from a forgotten civilisation

The 5 deepest ocean trenches on Earth: Why one basin owns every single slot

The hidden ocean: Why Australia’s invisible underground water system is larger than the entire state of Alaska

22.1 million excess deaths recorded during Covid-19 pandemic: WHO

Why Australia became home to one of the world’s largest lizard populations

Somalia is in a deadly drought again. Most humanitarian aid isn't there this time

Japan takes 'half step' toward fixing slow retrial system

18 Bronze Age ornaments buried in Poland may reveal long-lost secrets of the Lusatian culture

By day a priest, by night a wrestler: Meet the Mexican hero who raised money for an orphanage by fighting in wrestling rings

The ancient city of Troy was rebuilt over itself for more than 4,000 years

Switzerland’s summer hack: People swim through a river to get home from work

27-year-old Indian man killed in rare bear attack in Canada; last fatal incident reported 6 years ago

Top 10 countries with the most gold in 2026: USA tops, China and India lead the global rankings

Hidden pipeline found in Petra: Rare 116-meter discovery reveals Nabataeans’ high-pressure hydraulic mastery

Mexico City’s underground secret world: Ancient temples, ritual skulls and a lost civilisation still hidden beneath modern streets

The $22 million mystery: Why a secret donor handed a small Canadian hospital the gift of a lifetime

Archaeologists found a hidden 1800s whisky distillery deep in the Scottish Highlands

Gunshots heard at Philippine Senate as Duterte aide, accused of crimes against humanity, tries to evade arrest for ICC trial - watch

A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat

Operator of hantavirus-hit ship is awaiting more information before deciding on vessel's cruises

10 deepest lakes in the United States: From Crater Lake to Lake Ontario

In 1871, a farmer abandoned 5 cows on Amsterdam Island; 130 years later, scientists were stunned by what they found

"Fundamentals of Japanese economy strong and resilient": Bessent praises Japan's economic resilience during Tokyo visit

Mass protests in Argentina decry Milei's funding cuts to prized public universities

The Diamond Sutra: The world’s oldest printed book was sealed inside a secret cave in China with thousands of ancient texts

Hidden for centuries: Germany’s ‘gilded dead’ and the church’s secret gold skeletons revealed

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