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'Living a nightmare': Rhodes fire survivors recount escape

When the church bell of his village on the Greek island of Rhodes furiously began ringing Monday to warn residents to flee the approaching flames, Giorgos Latos was sipping his morning coffee.

Greta Thunberg fined over Sweden climate protest

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was fined on Monday for disobeying Swedish police at a rally last month, but said she acted out of necessity due to global warming and joined a new protest hours later.

BBC newsreader George Alagiah dies aged 67

George Alagiah, the BBC newsreader recognisable to millions worldwide who reported on many of the most important global events in recent decades, died on Monday aged 67, his agent said.

Hong Kong questions more families of wanted activists

Hong Kong national security police on Monday took in family members of businessman-turned-activist Elmer Yuen for questioning, one of the eight fugitives with bounties on their heads for allegedly breaching national security.

11 dead after school gym roof collapses in China

Eleven people died after the roof of a school gym collapsed in northeastern China, state media reported Monday.

Thousands more evacuated as Greece battles wildfires

Authorities evacuated nearly 2,500 people from the Greek island of Corfu on Monday as crews fight several wildfires in heat-battered Greece.

Suspicion and regret on Arctic border still open with Russia

Assault rifles at the ready, binoculars pointed at the Russian shore, the patrol boats carrying Norwegian soldiers power up the Pasvik River at full speed.

Thousands of tourists desperate to flee fire on Greek island

Thousands of British, French and German holidaymaker were camped out at Rhodes airport Sunday trying to get a flight home after wildfires on the island drove them from their hotels.

Thousands of tourists flee wildfire on Greece's Rhodes island

Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday as terrified tourists scrambled to get home.

Locals, tourists flee wildfire on Greece's Rhodes island

Locals and tourists fled hotspots on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday, as firefighters, backed by water jets and helicopters, battled a blaze that sparked the country's largest-ever fire evacuation.

Rhodes wildfires prompt biggest ever Greek fire evacuation

High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters' battle to contain a blaze burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, sparking the biggest ever fire evacuation in Greece.

Peru police clash with protesters demanding president step down

Protesters and police clashed over the weekend during renewed demonstrations against Peru's interim President Dina Boluarte in the capital Lima, where demonstrators are demanding she step down and hold elections.

Greece fears high winds will fan Rhodes wildfire

High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters' battle to contain a blaze burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, where some 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate.

High winds feared as Rhodes fire rages

High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters' battle to contain a blaze burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, where some 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate.

Thousands moved to safety as wildfires rage on Greek island of Rhodes

Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes evacuated thousands of locals and tourists from villages in the southeast of the Aegean island, where wildfires were raging out of control for a fifth day.

30,000 people moved to safety as Rhodes wildfires rage

Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes said Saturday they had moved 30,000 people threatened by wildfires to safety -- including 2,000 who had to be ferried off beaches.

Voice actors warn Comic-Con over rampant AI threat

"Pandora's Box is open" when it comes to artificial intelligence, voice actors behind some of the world's most popular animations and video games warned at this week's Comic-Con event.

Iraq, Iran act against Sweden after Koran protests

Demonstrators marched in the Iraqi and Iranian capitals Friday to denounce Sweden's permission for protests that desecrate the Koran, as Stockholm withdrew staff from its Baghdad embassy.

Hopes fade for Indian landslide victims as rescuers struggle

Hopes faded Friday for the survival of dozens missing after a landslide smashed into a village in India, as rescuers battled rains and difficult terrain.

Trump docs trial set for May 2024 at height of White House race

A US judge on Friday ordered Donald Trump's trial for mishandling top secret documents to begin in May of next year, at the height of what is expected to be a bitter and divisive presidential election campaign.

Women burn down house of accused from India naked women video

A group of furious women set on fire the house of an Indian man accused of parading two women naked in a northeastern state where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead, footage showed Friday.

All boar, no roar: 'Lioness' search near Berlin ends, wild pig suspected

German police on Friday called off a search for a wild animal initially believed to be a lioness roaming the outskirts of Berlin after determining it was more likely a wild boar.

'Get him!': Witness recalls US soldier's dash to North Korea

When a member of a tour group visiting the Demilitarized Zone on South Korea's border suddenly sprinted away from the pack, a US soldier shouted: "Get him". But it was too late.

Saudi, Iran summon Swedish diplomats over Koran protests

Middle East powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran have summoned Swedish diplomats to denounce Stockholm's permission for protests that desecrate the Koran on free speech grounds.

At least 16 killed in India landslide, dozens missing

At least 16 people were killed Thursday after a landslide smashed into their village in India's Maharashtra state, officials said, with locals fearing the toll could rise significantly.

One dead, 48 injured in unexplained Johannesburg blast

A body was found in central Johannesburg early Thursday after an unexplained blast ripped through a busy street at rush hour the previous evening, the emergency services said.

Young Senegalese football lovers flock to artificial turf

Cheikh Thiam passes the ball to one of his friends, a group of students and fellow football fans, and darts across an artificial pitch in Senegal's capital Dakar.

Hong Kong man jailed for replacing national anthem with protest song

A Hong Kong man was sentenced to three months in prison on Thursday for insulting China's national anthem by swapping it in an online sports video with a song from the city's 2019 democracy protests.

Iraq protesters storm, torch Swedish embassy over planned Koran burning

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters stormed and set fires inside Sweden's embassy compound in Baghdad early Thursday, angered by an expected burning of the Koran later in the day in Stockholm.

Rescued Australian castaway leaving canine companion in Mexico

An Australian sailor rescued with a stray dog after more than two months adrift on the Pacific Ocean has decided to leave his canine companion in Mexico with the captain of the ship that saved them.

Italy's 'miracle' of the pizzas spurs Vatican to action

On the third of every month, hundreds of the faithful gather in a windswept field in a village near Rome where they believe a statue of the Virgin Mary is crying tears of blood.

Iraqi protesters torch Swedish embassy in Baghdad

Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden.

Flooded US town fights to stop repair of its leaking canal

Fixing a crucial but leaking, century-old canal that severely flooded the city of Fernley might have seemed like a no-brainer.

Heavy rains hinder rescue effort after Colombian landslide kills 20

Heavy rains on Wednesday complicated the search for nine people still missing after a landslide that killed at least 20 in central Colombia, authorities said.

Two killed in shooting as New Zealand city hosts World Cup opener

New Zealand's prime minister said a shooting that killed two people in central Auckland hours before the women's football World Cup opener Thursday was not linked to a national security threat and the tournament will go ahead as planned.

Heavy rains thwart rescue effort after Colombian landslide

Heavy rains on Wednesday complicated the search for 13 people reported missing after a landslide that killed at least 15 in central Colombia, authorities said.

Namibian MPs back anti-gay law despite Supreme Court ruling

Namibian lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation to ban same-sex marriage and punish its supporters, in what critics said was an unconstitutional attack on the LGBTQ community.

Fiery bus crash kills 34 in Algeria's remote Sahara region

A road crash in Algeria killed 34 people when a passenger bus collided head-on with a pickup truck carrying fuel cans and burst into flames Wednesday, deep in the southern Sahara region, officials said.

Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban

Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to squeeze them out of public life.

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