[ad_1] The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has voted to pass a budget deal to avert what would be the first US federal government shut down since 2019. The deal, which
[ad_1] Daniel Arce-Lopez/BBC Rio gangsters mix religion and crime as they take over territory When police in Rio de Janeiro seize blocks of cocaine and bundles of marijuana they may
[ad_1] A selection of news photographs from around the world. Luis Tato/AFP A Maasai warrior competes in a traditional high-jump event at the Maasai Olympics in Kajiado, Kenya. Roberta Ciuccio/AFP
[ad_1] Gisèle Pelicot: ‘I never regretted decision to make trial public’ French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot walked out of a court in southern France for the last time on Thursday
[ad_1] The ex-husband – who is under investigation for other attacks – has a divided personality, a doctor finds. [ad_2] Source
[ad_1] Watch: BBC goes inside Syrian prison holding IS detainees As the new Syria struggles to take shape, old threats are re-emerging. The chaos since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad
[ad_1] A riot inside a prison in the southern Mexico state of Tabasco has left seven inmates dead, leading to family members attempting to break inside to check on their
[ad_1] Getty Images Hideko Hakamata, 91, fought half her life to free her brother – the world’s longest serving death row inmate When a court declared Iwao Hakamata innocent in
[ad_1] AFP Kenyan business student Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with private firms. Recent Kenyan
[ad_1] Gisèle Pelicot: ‘I never regretted decision to make trial public’ French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to Gisèle Pelicot for the strength she showed in the mass rape