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Political analyst Miguel Murado explained on Thursday (April 25) that the decision of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to suspend his public duties was ‘unprecedented’ in the country. Sanchez said on Wednesday (April 24) he would step back "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg flew aboard a German Air Force Eurofighter on Thursday (April 25) as part of his visit to the Rostock-Laage air base, home to the Luftwaffe’s “Air Squadron 73 S” near the Baltic Sea coast.

Venice residents on Thursday (April 25) staged a protest against the introduction of a payment system for tourists, aimed to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Giovanni Andrea Martini, a member of an opposition group in the Town Hall, said the new ticketed system "regulates nothing" and that the city will still suffer from over-tourism.

The Italian city became the first in the world on Thursday (April 25) to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Alice Rizzo has more.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Shanghai on Thursday (April 25), where he met with business leaders and students and reaffirmed the United States' commitment to a stable relationship with China.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday (April 25) he met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt in Kyiv and called for sanctions against Russia to be tightened to stop Moscow bypassing them.

Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, is among 18 people charged in Arizona with illegally seeking to claim the state's 2020 electoral votes for the then-U.S. president, in an indictment unsealed on Wednesday (April 25) that names Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator. Diane To reports.

Portugal marked the half century milestone on Thursday (April 25) with a military ceremony in capital Lisbon and street parties expected later on in the day. The country's "Carnation Revolution" saw the toppling of the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill late on Tuesday (April 23) that gives Chinese tech firm ByteDance up to a year to divest TikTok, or the app will be banned altogether. Reuters spoke to JP Morray, the CEO of music management company Interlude Studios, about the effects of the ban on the music industry. Ryan Chang reports.

Police arrested Pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday evening (April 24) as campus demonstrations in support of Gaza continued to spread around the U.S.

Four pods of pilot whales were stranded at Toby Inlet, about 236 km (146 miles) south of state capital Perth, the Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions said.

Protesters and police clashed on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Wednesday (April 24).

Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a young Israeli-American man who has been held captive in Gaza since Hamas' October 7 attack, made a plea to negotiating parties. Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin told their son to "stay strong" after seeing him in a Hamas-released video on Wednesday (April 24).

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday (April 24) that he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings. Olivia Zollino reports.

Eyewitness video from Athens, Greece, showed an orange sky after dust from the Sahara Desert covered the city on Tuesday (April 23).

Raging floods continued to inundate parts of Kenya over the weekend, forcing thousands of families to flee their homes and seek refuge as heavy rains persisted across more than two dozen counties.

President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress. Alex Cohen has more.

A pre-Roman necropolis was discovered in southern Italy during excavations for the construction of a future electricity station.

The European Parliament approved a proposed law on Wednesday (April 24) that would ban certain single-use plastic packaging like mini shampoo bottles in hotels and thin plastic bags for groceries, in an attempt to curb the rising tide of packaging waste. Larissa Copello, a campaigner at non-profit group Zero Waste Europe, said the legislation was a "step forward" but more needs to be done.

'Three-nil' said Nika Hladka, smiling after her bar in Kharkiv survived a third Russian strike since her country was invaded in February 2022. She told Reuters on Wednesday (April 24) she planned to repair the bar's interior and had no plans to leave Kharkiv despite frequent Russian strikes on the eastern city.

U.S. allies are taking steps to defend or advance their interests in the event former President Donald Trump returns to power in November elections, an even chance based on recent opinion polls in swing states. Lucy Ha has more.

European Union voters are set to be bombarded with lies and disinformation from outside and within the bloc in the June election for the new European Parliament, the president of the assembly, Roberta Metsola, warned on Tuesday (April 23).

The German government plans to resume cooperation with the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza, the foreign and development ministries said in a joint statement on Wednesday (April 24). Lucy Fielder reports.

The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday (April 24).

A European Union lawmaker released a dove in the parliament's debating chamber on Wednesday (April 24) in what he said was a call for peace in Europe and the world.