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At 70, skyscraper Stalin 'gifted' to Warsaw still evokes strong feelings

South African president removes minister criticised by key coalition partner

Russian Orthodox Church official to meet Pope Leo in Vatican, RIA reports

Russian TV shows teenagers at 'world's biggest drone factory' making arms to hit Ukraine

Pope speaks against forced mass displacement of Gaza civilians

Fitness classes help elderly Ugandan women fight rising rates of obesity and diabetes

South Korea reviewing various options to improve North Korea ties

UK to hold inquiry into miners strike 'Battle of Orgreave' four decades on

'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk

Explainer-What you need to know about Trump, Epstein and the MAGA fracture

Italian prosecutors appeal against Salvini's acquittal in migrant kidnapping case

Israel's Netanyahu called Pope Leo after Gaza church strike, Vatican says

EU eases Schengen visa rules for Turks; envoy urges further moves

Violence erupts at Bangladesh youth rally, media report four killed

French PM's plan to scrap two holidays stirs outcry, and memories of a toppled predecessor

Cuba fires minister who said beggars were all fakes

Former Tibet Communist Party secretary gets suspended death sentence over bribery

'Japanese First' party shakes up election with alarm over foreigners

Cuban minister under pressure for saying country has no beggars

Church of England votes to remove outdated document on sexuality from clergy selection

Moroccan community calls for calm after anti-migrant clashes in Spanish town

Factbox-What are the details of Gaza ceasefire deal Hamas has accepted and Israel is considering?

Netanyahu under mounting political pressure after party quits

Cameroon's Biya, 92, brushes off health fears in bid for new term

Heatwaves in Spain caused 1,180 deaths in past two months, ministry says

Spaniards struggle to enjoy their own beaches in tourist deluge

Trump's 'good English' praise prompts eye rolls in Liberia, and some cheers

Romania arrests 13 in phishing scam targeting British tax office

Australian antisemitism report proposes university funding cuts, deportations

Women's rights face 'full-on assault' due to UN and aid funding cuts

Pope Leo meets Zelenskiy, offers to host Ukraine peace talks

Poland to report Musk's chatbot Grok to EU for offensive comments

China detains female erotica writers in pornography crackdown

Turkish court jails mayor of opposition-run Adana pending trial as crackdown widens

Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, NTV says

China says US is in 'no position' to point fingers over Tibet issues

UK inquiry to seek answers over Southport girls' murders

Ireland to begin excavation of mass grave at Church-run Mother and Baby home

Istanbul mayor's jailed lawyer denounces 'fabricated' charges