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'Terrorist agents' from Israel and US have sparked violence in Iran, state media claims

Iranian state media has claimed "terrorist agents" from the US and Israel have set fires and sparked violence on the streets.

One dead and 38 missing after landfill collapse sends avalanche of garbage into village

One person has died and 38 others are missing after a landfill collapse in the Philippines.

Political prisoners are being freed from a brutal jail in Caracas. This is significant

It's the shape of a three-sided pyramid - originally built to become a shopping mall in Venezuela's capital Caracas - but El Helicoide has for years been a sinister prison, headquarters of the secret police and famous for the torture of its inmates.

Reviving Venezuela's oil industry may be harder than Trump thinks

Oil sits at the heart of Donald Trump's Venezuelan gamble. Within a day of the US operation which ousted President Nicolas Maduro, Trump made his top priority clear: reviving the country's oil industry.

1,000 days of war in Sudan: 70% of population in need as key cities bombed

A thousand days of war in Sudan has left millions deprived, displaced and longing for a political solution to the disastrous armed violence tearing the country apart.

What happened on Iran's 'Bloody Saturday'?

In a place called Malekshahi, in western Iran, protesters converge on a base run by the revolutionary guards.

'Extremely dangerous situation': Ex-Danish PM reacts to US 'act of aggression' over Greenland

The former prime minister of Denmark has told Sky News her country is "being bullied" by the US over Greenland, and that it views this as "an act of aggression".

Starmer says 'more could be done to protect' the Arctic in call to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer has said "more could be done to protect" the Arctic region and agreed with Donald Trump on the "need to deter an increasingly aggressive Russia in the High North" during his second call in two days with the US president, Downing Street has said.

'Catastrophic' Australian bushfires force evacuations and school closures

Uncontrolled bushfires raged in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday, forcing communities to evacuate and hundreds of schools to close.

US senators vote to curb Trump's ability to take more Venezuela military action

The US Senate has voted for legislation that would bar Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without authorisation from Congress.