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Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai has been charged with fraud and detained until a court hearing in April next year. On Thursday a court denied him...

A gang of armed men has stormed a city in northern Brazil, attacking a bank and taking hostages. The overnight attack on Cametá appears to be almost identical to one...

Armed men have violently stormed the southern Brazilian city of Criciúma, mounting an assault on a bank. Shooting started about midnight local time (03:00 GMT) and lasted more than an...

A French judge has placed four police officers under criminal investigation over the beating of a black music producer at his studio in Paris earlier this month. Video of the...

Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president. Answering reporters' questions for the first time since losing...

Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must "do what needs...

There is "credible evidence" that Australian elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people during the Afghan war, a long-awaited report has found. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has released findings from...

Renewed clashes have broken out near Thailand's parliament in the capital, Bangkok, as lawmakers debate possible changes to the constitution. Police used water cannon and a tear-gas solution against protesters...

Four people have gone on trial in France over an August 2015 plot to attack Americans on a high-speed train. Ayoub El-Khazzani is accused of opening fire on board a...

Several people have been wounded in a bomb attack at a Remembrance Day ceremony attended by foreign diplomats in the Saudi city of Jeddah. The embassies of France, Greece, Italy,...