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At least 12 people have been killed after a plane crashed off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on Monday evening, officials said. The aircraft – operated by Honduran airline Lanhsa – crashed into the sea within a minute of take-off…

Political pressure is mounting over a plan by a Hong Kong conglomerate to sell its Panama ports to BlackRock, the American investor, raising questions about the future of the $19 billion deal. John Lee, the leader of Hong Kong, added…

EPA Steve Lodge, whose father Robert Lodge was a correspondent at VOA, stands in protest in front of the organisation’s headquarters in Washington DC Chinese state media has welcomed Donald Trump’s move to cut public funding for news outlets Voice…

Israel’s overnight attacks on Gaza stopped short of an immediate ground invasion, suggesting that its leaders may be waiting to gauge Hamas’s reaction before returning to a full-scale ground war, analysts said on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes, which health officials…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the film production company behind franchises such as The Matrix, the Joker and Ocean’s has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, according to a filing with a Delaware court. The firm has blamed its financial…

When President Trump placed new tariffs on China this month, he doubled down on one of his top demands on Beijing: to rein in the chemical companies fueling the illicit production and trafficking of fentanyl into the United States. Mr.…

Rayhan Demytrie South Caucasus correspondent Reuters Bidzina Ivanishvili is beloved by some Georgians and loathed by others Most of the villagers in Chorvila in north-west Georgia adore Bidzina Ivanishvili, their proudest son who’s widely seen as the country’s real man…

A simmering dispute between the Department of Government Efficiency and an independent agency dedicated to promoting peace broke into an open standoff involving the police on Monday, as Elon Musk’s government cutters marched into the agency’s headquarters and evicted its…

Rushdi Abualouf and George Wright reporting from Cairo and London Explosions seen over Gaza as Israeli military launches new strikes against Hamas The Israeli military says it is carrying out “extensive strikes” in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health…

Israeli forces launched a large-scale strike across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first major attack on the territory since Israel’s cease-fire with Hamas began roughly two months ago. The Israeli military said on Telegram…