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three girls sitting on the ground holding mobile phones

Australia 'taking back control' from tech giants with ban

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the country is "taking back control" from powerful tech giants with landmark laws banning children under 16 from social media.

World • 4 hrs

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of QatarSheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani

Gaza truce talks at 'critical moment', says Qatari PM

Negotiations on consolidating the US-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a "critical" moment, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said.

Middle East • 06 Dec

Crime scene tape in front of police vehicles at the scene of a shooting in South Africa

Mass shooting at South African bar leaves 12 dead

Gunmen stormed an illegal bar in South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including a three-year-old boy, police said.

World • 06 Dec

Volodymyr Zelensky participates in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome, Italy

Zelensky says he had 'substantive' call with Witkoff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he had a long and "substantive" phone call with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

US • 07 Dec

A man stands next to a burnt out car in the courtyard of a damaged residential building following an air attack in Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine, US to hold new peace deal talks in Miami

Ukrainian negotiators and US officials will hold fresh talks on Washington's plan to end Russia's invasion at a meeting in Miami, a Kyiv official has said.

Ukraine • 06 Dec

A man inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting southern Lebanon

Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon after warnings

Israeli raids have hit south Lebanon as its military said it was striking Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, a day after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades.

Middle East • 04 Dec

Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants stand next to a white body bag believed to contain the remains of an Israeli hostage in northern Gaza

Israel says received presumed remains of Gaza hostage

Israel has announced that it had received hostage remains found in Gaza from the Red Cross, which were being transported to the morgue for identification.

Middle East • 03 Dec

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 03: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds his closing press conference at the end of the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting at NATO headquarters on December 03, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. As part of the agenda for Wedne

Trump 'only person' able to break Ukraine war deadlock

The General Secretary of NATO has said that US President Donald Trump was the only person in the whole world who was able to break the deadlock over the war in Ukraine.

World • 04 Dec

'We don't want them': Trump attacks Somali immigrants

US President Donald Trump has attacked Somali immigrants, saying they should be unwelcome in the United States.

US • 03 Dec

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov sit across from US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at a table in the Kremlin.

Russia says no compromise reached in peace talks with US

Russia and the US did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump's top envoys, the Kremlin has said.