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Twelve people have been killed after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims veered off a road in Croatia on Saturday. All 31 surviving passengers are injured, with some fighting for their lives in hospital, officials said. The trip, organised by the Brotherhood of St Joseph Catholic group, included three priests and …

Israel says it has arrested 19 members of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in raids across the occupied West Bank, after carrying out airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip. Eleven people have been killed in the air strikes, including a child and PIJ leader Tayseer Jabari. Israel said the …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that China would not succeed in isolating Taiwan, as she capped off her Asia tour on Friday amid a flurry of Chinese military exercises that have sent fears of conflict in the region skyrocketing. Pelosi’s brief and unannounced trip this week to Taiwan brought to the fore …

At least 13 people were killed and 41 others injured after a fire swept through at a nightclub in Chonburi province in south-eastern Thailand. The fire broke out at 1:00 local time on Friday (18:00 GMT Thursday) at the Mountain B nightspot in Sattahip district, said police. Footage circulating online …

A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges. As Griner, 31, was being led out of the courtroom in handcuffs, she was heard saying: “I love my family.” The double Olympic winner has admitted possessing cannabis oil, but told the …

The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday. He and Osama Bin Laden plotted the 9/11 attacks …

The Prince of Wales accepted a payment of £1m from the family of Osama Bin Laden, the Sunday Times reports said. Prince Charles accepted the money from two of Osama Bin Laden’s half-brothers in 2013, two years after the al-Qaeda leader was killed, it adds. The Prince of Wales’s Charitable …

US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 again, in what has been described as a “rebound” infection by his doctor. The 79-year-old first contracted the virus on 21 July, when he was revealed to be experiencing mild symptoms. On Saturday Mr Biden said he was not experiencing symptoms …

Pope Francis has said the time may soon come when he needs to consider stepping down – and would do so if he felt his health meant that could not serve in the way he should. He made the comments at the end of a trip to Canada – where he …

The US Justice Department is examining Donald Trump’s actions in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, say US media. Federal prosecutors have reportedly asked witnesses directly about the behaviour of the former US president. So far, they have chosen not to open a formal criminal …