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Hunt under way for Benin coup plotters and their hostages

1 hour 52 min ago
Nigeria sent fighter jets to help oust the mutineers from the national broadcaster and a military camp.
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One hundred abducted schoolchildren released in Nigeria

3 hours 17 min ago
Details of the release of the schoolchildren are still unclear and 165 people remain unaccounted for.
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Thousands flee Thai-Cambodia border after deadly clashes

3 hours 24 min ago
At least five people have been killed in the most serious confrontation between both sides since July.
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Thieves snatch eight Matisse artworks from library in Brazil

3 hours 58 min ago
The thieves enter the library in normal opening hours, stuffing the art works into a canvas bag.
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Syrians share their thoughts one year on from the fall of Assad

5 hours 56 min ago
The BBC's Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega speaks to Syrians about how life has changed since the revolution.
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One hundred abducted schoolchildren released in Nigeria

6 hours 6 min ago
Details of the release of the schoolchildren are still unclear and 165 people remain unaccounted for.
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Woman who blackmailed Son Heung-min gets four years in jail

6 hours 31 min ago
The woman claiming she was carrying the ex-Tottenham captain's child and extorted $200,000 from him.
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Man found guilty of Australian beach murder after hiding in India for years

7 hours 26 min ago
The half-buried body of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley was discovered by her father in October 2018.
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Man found guilty of Australian beach murder after hiding in India for years

7 hours 26 min ago
The half-buried body of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley was discovered by her father in October 2018.
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Japan protests after Chinese fighter jets lock radar on Japanese planes

7 hours 30 min ago
Tokyo has vowed a 'calm and resolute' response as tensions with Beijing continue to escalate.
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Japan protests after Chinese fighter jets lock radar on Japanese planes

7 hours 30 min ago
Tokyo has vowed a 'calm and resolute' response as tensions with Beijing continue to escalate.
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Jeremy Bowen: Syria feels lighter without the Assads' crushing weight - but now there are new problems

8 hours 33 min ago
One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses
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White South Africans divided on US refugee offer

9 hours 29 min ago
Donald Trump says white South Africans are being persecuted and so qualify for asylum but black farmers are also being killed.
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Zelensky due at Downing Street for high-level Ukraine talks

10 hours 31 min ago
Sir Keir Starmer will also welcome the leaders of France and Germany as Europe looks to respond to a US-led push for a peace deal.
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Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books

11 hours 27 min ago
The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum's security infrastructure under scrutiny.
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Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books

11 hours 27 min ago
The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum's security infrastructure under scrutiny.
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Death of Venezuelan opposition figure in custody 'vile', US says

15 hours 37 min ago
Alfredo Díaz, 56, died in prison cell on Saturday, human rights groups say, prompting opposition outcry.
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Death of Venezuelan opposition figure in custody 'vile', US says

15 hours 37 min ago
Alfredo Díaz, 56, died in prison cell on Saturday, human rights groups say, prompting opposition outcry.
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Benin coup thwarted by loyalist troops, president tells nation

16 hours 41 min ago
Patrice Talon says the situation is "totally under control" not long after explosions were heard in Cotonou.
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Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties

18 hours 26 min ago
Texas Representative Henry Cuellar is running for re-election as a Democrat after Trump pardoned him.
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