Barbados heads to the polls with Mottley poised for a third term
Polls and on-the-ground reporting point to another victory for Mia Mottley even as cost of living and crime remain live issues.
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One killed and three injured in shooting at Russian technical college in Anapa
Anadolu reported that a student opened fire at a technical college in Anapa, leaving a guard dead and three people wounded.
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School shooting in Hat Yai leaves one dead and three injured
A shooting at a school in Hat Yai, southern Thailand, killed one person and injured three others, including the suspect.
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Colombian senator Aida Quilcué and two bodyguards abducted in Cauca
Authorities later found the senator and her security detail after an abduction on a road in Cauca Department, raising alarms over political safety.
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Tirana protest turns violent as Albania’s corruption anger boils over
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon in central Tirana as demonstrators pressed demands for the resignation of Albania’s government over corruption allegations tied to Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.
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Philippine court says same-sex partners may co-own property
The Supreme Court ruled that relationships the law had left “invisible” can be recognised when both partners contribute to a home or other asset.
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Canada’s RCMP says nine killed in Tumbler Ridge school shooting
Police say nine people were killed in the Tumbler Ridge shooting, including the suspect, and no ongoing threat remains to the public.
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Five dead and five missing after kidnapping of mining workers in Sinaloa
Prosecutors say bodies have been found as the search continues for workers abducted from a Canadian company's silver project in Mexico.
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Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong national security case
The Hong Kong media tycoon received the city’s longest national security sentence after being convicted of foreign collusion and sedition.
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Iran sentences Narges Mohammadi to prison and internal exile in new crackdown
A lawyer says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been given a six-year prison term, a two-year travel ban and exile to South Khorasan, though the verdict can still be appealed.
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Australia’s Coalition reunites after second split in a year
Sussan Ley and David Littleproud struck a deal to reunite the Liberal-National Coalition after another split, restoring a shared opposition frontbench.
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People’s Party wins Aragon election but falls short of a majority
Spain’s ruling party came first in Aragon while losing ground, leaving coalition arithmetic to decide who can govern.
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Takaichi’s Party Wins Supermajority in Japan’s Lower House
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house, giving Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi room to pursue a sharper conservative agenda after only three months in office.
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Senegal Police Arrest 14 in Child Abuse Network Case
Senegalese police say they have arrested 14 suspects in a child abuse network allegedly run by a French citizen, exposing a case that stretched across years and crossed borders.
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Venezuelan Opposition Figure Guanipa Freed, Then Taken Again Hours Later
Juan Pablo Guanipa was released from prison in Caracas after more than eight months, only for armed men in civilian clothes to kidnap him hours later, turning a brief moment of relief into a fresh crisis.
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Morgan McSweeney Resigns as Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff
Morgan McSweeney stepped down as UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, saying he was responsible for advising the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.
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Storm damage forces local election delays as Portugal heads to presidential vote
Portugal kept its presidential election on schedule overall, but some municipalities postponed voting by a week after a series of Atlantic storms caused deaths, flooding and heavy damage.
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Thailand’s Bhumjaithai party leads election but still needs coalition partners
AP says Bhumjaithai has taken a commanding lead in Thailand’s 2026 general election, but the party still needs coalition partners to govern.
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Russia stabbing attack injures eight at Bashkir State Medical University, including Indian students
Several people, including four Indian nationals, were injured in a stabbing attack in Ufa on February 7, according to the supplied report.
Read report »Greek police detain 313 after campus clash at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki
Greek authorities released everyone they detained after a predawn raid at Aristotle University that followed an attack on riot police with more than 100 Molotov cocktails.
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Haiti’s transitional council winds down with gangs still in command
The nine-member council is ending its mandate with Port-au-Prince still dominated by gangs and the US-backed prime minister facing the job of organizing August elections.
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Excavators recover 22 more sets of infant remains at Tuam site
The latest discovery brings the total found in the former home’s burial area to 33 as forensic and DNA identification work continues.
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EU preliminarily finds TikTok design may breach Digital Services Act
Regulators say infinite scroll, autoplay and personalized recommendations can encourage compulsive use, while TikTok rejects the findings as meritless.
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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years after corpse abuse case
Jon Hallford received a 40-year state prison sentence after pleading guilty to abusing 189 bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes.
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