US avoids government shutdown after bill passes Congress
Getty Images Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gives a thumbs up walking out of the Senate Chamber The US
Tens of thousands without water in Mayotte
Reuters Tens of thousands of people are still without access to water in Mayotte after the French Indian Ocean territory
Video appears to show Russian tanker sinking
Footage released by Russia’s Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office shows a Russian oil tanker broken in half and sinking amid a
Swedish rape inquiry linked to footballer closed
Prosecutors in Sweden have closed an inquiry into a case of alleged rape, which Swedish media had linked to French
Russian prison boss killed in car blast in occupied Ukraine
The former head of a notorious prison in Russian-occupied Ukraine has reportedly been killed in a car blast in Donetsk,
Russia’s ‘meat-grinder’ tactics bring battlefield success
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UK-Greece deal on Parthenon Sculptures ‘close’
EPA A deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures returned to Greece is “close”, a former adviser to the country’s
Spain hotel check-in delay fears as new registration rules begin
Visitors to Spain will face more paperwork from Monday when a new law requiring hotel owners and car hire firms
Swapo’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah faces the IPC’s Panduleni Itula
Voting is under way in Namibia in what could be the most competitive election since independence from white-ruled South Africa
Dozens killed in sectarian attacks
More than 80 people have been killed in renewed sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Another 156 are said