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It is unclear whether the latest U.S.-backed effort can overcome the most entrenched sticking point between Israel and Hamas.

President Trump’s agenda passed in the Senate. It now goes to the House. Plus, we take a close look at this Supreme Court term.

Video shared on social media shows drone attacks, which some say have helped pacify gangs inflicting violence on Port-au-Prince

• Warning: this story contains footage that readers might find distressing

The earth beneath Jimmy Antoine’s apartment shuddered and for a split second he feared another natural disaster had struck, like the 2010 cataclysm that brought Port-au-Prince to its knees.

“The ground shook like it does during an earthquake. You tremble like everything might collapse,” said the 23-year-old trainee mechanic, recalling how he and his panicked neighbours raced out on to the street.

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Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, admits to filming assaults of patients and acquaintances in his apartment and workplace

A New York City doctor charged with raping or otherwise sexually abusing several hospital patients and acquaintances has pleaded guilty.

Zhi Alan Cheng, a gastroenterologist, acknowledged filming assaults in his apartment and the hospital where he had previously worked, New York-Presbyterian Queens, state prosecutors said in a statement on Monday after his guilty plea.

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The exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism issues a landmark announcement as he turns 90, ending years of uncertainty.

A Hamas official told the BBC the group is "ready and serious" to reach an agreement if it ends the war.

The aging Tibetan spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum that might arise after his death.

Two people were found dead by firefighters tackling a blaze in Spain's Catalonia region.

Family of Avtar Singh Khanda, who was thought to be on Indian authorities’ radar and died in 2023, call for inquest

The family of a Sikh activist who died suddenly in 2023 have made new calls for an inquest after a pathologist found the result of the postmortem exam “does not mean that a poisoning can be completely excluded”.

Avtar Singh Khanda, 35, died in June 2023, four days after being admitted to a hospital in Birmingham feeling unwell. The official cause of death was acute myeloid leukaemia, a blood cancer.

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