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Israeli bombing puts ancient ruins at risk, archaeologi...

Roman ruins in Lebanon lie just a short distance from sites that have been hit b...

Botswana to legalise undocumented Zimbabweans - president

The new president tells the BBC thousands of illegal Zimbabweans should be given...

Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks

Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.

Indian experts hail breakthrough in bid to save huge na...

The birth of a great Indian bustard chick through artificial insemination has gi...

How a Chinese maths 'prodigy' unravelled in cheating storm

A 17-year-old student was hailed as a genius, until it emerged she'd cheated.

Dozens of monkeys escape US research lab

Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the...

Fresh Spain floods sweep away dozens of cars near Girona

No casualties were reported in the latest round of flooding, after more than 200...

No guarantees Trump will give Netanyahu all he wants

Trump's win has been welcomed by Israel but the change he brings may not be to i...

Indian officials misplace Rushdie book ban order

India’s ban on the import of Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses is under scrutiny - he...

COP29 chief exec filmed promoting fossil fuel deals

Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ah...

Easy-fit prosthetics offer hope to thousands of Gaza am...

Children are among the thousands to have lost limbs in Gaza, forcing them to lea...

Watch: Moment road worker dodges high-speed truck crash

Footage shows a truck crash and almost hit a highway worker on the side of an In...

Susie Wiles appointed - who else could be in Trump's ne...

The president-elect's transition team starts vetting potential candidates to ser...

Gaza’s top Islamic scholar issues fatwa criticising 7 O...

It is an embarrassing critique for Hamas, which has used religious arguments to ...

Russian anti-war teenager faces five years in jail afte...

Arseny Turbin, one of Russia's youngest political prisoners, has lost an appeal ...

Germany engulfed by political crisis as Scholz coalitio...

Europe’s most powerful economy is left rudderless, when EU leaders are nervous a...