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Pop singer Gulsen charged with inciting hatred after religious schools joke

A Turkish pop-singer faces up to three years in prison after being charged with “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke she made about...

Iran seizes two American sea drones in second incident in days

Iran said its navy seized two American sea drones in the Red Sea before letting them go – the latest maritime incident involving the...

Sniffer dog finds €1.4 million of cocaine hidden in wheelchair at Milan airport

A ‘disabled’ man started walking – and was arrested – at a Milan airport after a sniffer dog tipped police off to 13kg of...

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to three years for voting fraud

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years’ imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement...

Anne Heche’s son files court papers to control late star’s estate

The 20-year-old son of Anne Heche has filed court papers to control her estate after the actress died without leaving a will. Homer Laffoon, Heche’s...

China locks down 21 million in Covid-19 outbreak

Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Residents have been ordered to stay...

Millions under new Covid lockdown as China keeps strict policy

China has placed millions of its citizens under renewed lockdown following fresh outbreaks of Covid-19, authorities reported, as the government persists in its hard-line...

Heavy rain brings floods risk to China’s drought-hit areas

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated to safer areas as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding to a region of south-west...

WHO chief: I cannot reach ‘starving’ Tigray relatives amid government blockade

The director-general of the World Health Organisation says he cannot send money to his “starving” relatives in Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid a blockade by...

Moscow film festival opens with praise of soldiers in Donbas

The 44th Moscow International Film Festival opened on Friday with reduced foreign representation amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Festival head Nikita Mikhalkov, the Academy Award-winning director...

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