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A boat carrying 90 passengers and five crew members has capsized on a lake in Zimbabwe, with rescue ‌efforts under way, police say.

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.

Donald Trump secretly left Turkey through a catering container to a military jet over a threat from Iran, according to US reports.

A record 230 people crossed the English Channel in a single boat on Monday.

Dozens of migrants reached the Spanish mainland after entering Ceuta during the mass influx into the enclave, police sources have told Sky News.

A Thai official has been killed after a gunman opened fire inside a local government office – in the country’s second deadly shooting in three days.

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin’s wake have inundated several provinces in China’s east, cancelling of hundreds of flights.

A British couple jailed in Iran over alleged spying have ended a three-month-long hunger strike against their sentence, their son has said.

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