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The United Nations refugee agency on Monday (June 17) named British actor Theo James as a global goodwill ambassador.

Former Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko presented the shell-blasted seats of a Kharkiv stadium built for Euro 2012 in Munich on Monday (June 17), as cheering Ukraine fans vowed to keep fighting the Russian invasion.

Beijing has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imported pork from the European Union five days after Brussels announced curbs on China's electric vehicle exports. Fiona Jones reports.

A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's east-central Poltava region on Monday (June 17) injured at least twelve people and damaged power lines, knocking out electricity for over 55,000 consumers.

Australia and China will take steps to improve military communication to avoid incidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after meeting Premier Li Qiang on Monday (June 17), in the first visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years. Sean Hogan reports.

Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe party will join an opposition alliance, including the radical left Economic Freedom Fighters, as it takes on what the former president called a "white-led unholy alliance" in South Africa's new coalition government. David Doyle has more.

On a stifling summer evening in the Greek capital of Athens, actors take to a stage like no other: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight. The performers are inmates, as are the audience that observe them. Lauren Anthony has more.

Over a dozen people have died and others have been injured in a train collision in the east Indian state of West Bengal, police said. Fiona Jones reports.

At least four people have died and two are missing as torrential rain triggered landslides in China's Fujian province, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday (June 17). Video showed rescuers evacuating civilians from flooded homes, and helping people cross a river with the help of ropes.

As South Korea resumes the use of loudspeakers to wage psychological warfare against the North, experts explore the questions surrounding their effectiveness, with one North Korean defector explaining to Reuters why he still tries to broadcast messages to his homeland. Diane To reports.

Thailand faces a critical week of court cases – involving the country's most powerful politicians – that could trigger a political crisis in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. Gabe Singer explains.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese Premier Li Qiang met on Monday (June 17) in the first visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years, with trade ties, regional security and a jailed Australian writer on the host's agenda.

A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday (June 17), killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said, in an accident that railway authorities blamed on a disregarded signal.

With Thailand set to legalise same-sex marriage this month, the lives of lesbian couple Vorawan "Beaut" Ramwan and Anticha "An" Sangcha are expected to change for the better. Gabe Singer has the story.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday (June 17) in the first such visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years, with trade ties, regional security and a jailed Australian writer on the host's agenda.

England fans celebrated their team’s 1-0 win over Serbia at the Euro 2024 on Sunday (June16) but many had hoped for more.

U.S. Border Patrol and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) police are joining forces to target human smugglers who transport undocumented migrants across a stretch of the U.S. southern border. Zachary Goelman produced this report.

Scuffles between dozens of people left blood on the ground and glass shattered on Sunday (June 16) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, where Serbia and England play their opening match at the Euro 2024.

The Israeli military said on Sunday it would hold daily tactical pauses in military activity along a main road in southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the enclave, where international aid organizations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis. Zachary Goelman produced this report.

The vast majority of more than 90 countries attending a Swiss summit on peace for Ukraine supported its final declaration, but some countries that attended the summit did not put their name to the communique and there was no clarity on whether future talks would involve Russia. Alice Rizzo reports.

An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit on Saturday (June 15) evening before shooting himself after being cornered by police, authorities say. Kristy Kilburn reports.

German police shot at a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 soccer fan parade in central Hamburg on Sunday, according to a police spokesperson Sandra Levgruen. This video contains graphic footage. Ilan Rubens reports.

Palestinians in Khan Younis held Eid al-Adha prayers on Sunday (June 16) among ruins, as the city lacked any signs of celebration amid the continuous war. “This Eid we are in pain because of losing our beloved and a lot of martyrs," said Palestinian Nour al-Beheiry.

Thousands of women in Brazil protested on Saturday (June 15) against a bill that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide. “If Brazil were a country that was concerned about people, women and children, it would have already taken this step instead of these setbacks that we have to fight against every week,” said obstetric doctor Flavia Estevan.

Ten of thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday (June 15) after they took to the streets calling for the release of hostages and in protest of the government.