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Somali piracy 2.0 – the BBC meets the new robbers of the high seas
Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their heads to hide their faces glance around furtively as they walk into the room for a secret meeting to tell me...
Farmers protest over Asda’s ‘exclusion of NI produce’
A group of farmers have staged a protest at an Asda supermarket over claims the firm is excluding some Northern Ireland produce from its shelves over Christmas.They held a...
Mourners gather in Magdeburg to honour victims of car-ramming attack
More than a thousand people gathered in Magdeburg on Saturday evening to commemorate the victims of the attack on a Christmas market in the central German city a day...
Albania plans year-long ban of TikTok after fatal stabbing of teen
Albania plans to ban access to the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok for one year, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Saturday.The platform, owned by the Beijing-based ByteDance company, is...
Zelensky vows more strikes after Ukrainian attacks on Russian targets
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has threatened further attacks on military installations in Russia, after Ukrainian strikes hit the Russian city of Kazan and a village in the Kursk border...
Death Toll Rises to 5, Including a 9-Year-Old, After Man Drives Car into Hundreds of Shoppers at Christmas Market
The death toll from the attack in Germany — where a man drove a car into shoppers at a high speed during a Christmas market — rose to five...
Tensions over Essequibo region resurface as Venezuela completes a bridge to a disputed border base
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government Saturday formally protested to Venezuela following the completion by Venezuela's armed forces of a bridge built on a remote river island shared by...
Israeli foreign minister condemns ‘shocking’ attack in Magdeburg
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has offered his condolences following the deadly attack on a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg that left five people dead...
Pakistan jails 25 Imran Khan supporters over violent protests
A military court in Pakistan has convicted 25 people for their role in violent protests following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's armed forces has...
Pope Francis speaks of ‘cruelty’ in Gaza
Pope Francis reflected on the devastating consequences of the Gaza war in an address at the Vatican on Saturday, expressing deep sorrow over the bombing of children in the...