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Georgia judge dismisses 2020 election interference case against Trump

A Georgia judge has dismissed the sprawling 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, ending the final effort to prosecute the president for allegedly attempting to overturn his loss to Joe Biden.Peter Skandalakis, who took over the case after the initial prosecutor's removal, asked...

Soldiers seize power in Guinea-Bissau and detain the president

A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had been detained.The officers then appeared...

‘I panic every time she coughs’ – Delhi’s toxic air is making its children sick

The toxic haze shrouding the Indian capital, Delhi, spares no-one, but its children are counting the biggest cost of the city's worsening and recurrent pollution problem.Nowhere is this more evident than at paediatricians' clinics. The BBC visited one such facility in Noida, near Delhi,...

US suspends immigration requests for Afghans after National Guard shooting

The US has suspended the processing of all immigration requests for Afghan nationals pending a review of "security and vetting protocols", the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced.In a post on X, the agency said: "The protection and safety of our homeland and of...

Meow or never as cat lovers compete at Saudi Pet Expo

RIYADH: The Saudi Pet Expo 2025 brought animal lovers together at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre from Nov. 24 to 26.Now in its fourth run, the expo gathered grooming experts, animal-care brands, veterinary clinics, tech startups, breeders, and enthusiastic owners, reflecting the...

Amnesty denounces war crimes by Sudan’s militia

CAIRO: Amnesty International on Tuesday said that atrocities committed by a Sudanese paramilitary group in a Darfur city constituted war crimes, the latest such accusation in the country’s devastating war.In a report, the international rights group said that it gathered testimony describing barbarities carried...