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Dust from the Sahara desert covered the city of Athens in Greece on Tuesday (April 23).

An aide to a member of the European Parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany has been arrested on suspicion of "especially severe" espionage for China, the latest in a spate of such arrests across Europe. Kristy Kilburn reports.

Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed. Angela Johnston explains.

Columbia University students came back for in-person classes on Tuesday (April 23) with some students, like Ava Lyon-Sereno, sharing their frustrations about recent actions taken by the school's administration following student protests.

Five people, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France on Tuesday (April 23), hours after Britain passed a bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda to try to deter the dangerous crossings. Lauren Anthony reports.

A Russian court on Tuesday (April 23) rejected the latest in a series of appeals by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage.

Four spears taken from Australia by a British explorer more than 250 years ago were on Tuesday (April 23) returned by the University of Cambridge to descendants of the indigenous community which crafted them, in the latest high-profile repatriation of artefacts. Fiona Jones reports.

U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies there, according to spokesperson for the High Commissioner Ravina Shamdasani. This video contains graphic content.

A Peruvian woman suffering from a degenerative illness has died by euthanasia after a lengthy court battle ended in a landmark ruling allowing her to end her life with medical assistance, her lawyer said. Ilan Rubens reports.

We will see "more dangerous risks being taken in the Channel", Kay Marsh, Media and Advocacy Manager at Dover-based charity Samphire said on Tuesday (April 23), after Britain passed a bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in a move to deter the dangerous journeys. Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat on Tuesday, hours after the bill was passed.

Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University and New York University in as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S. university campuses.

Food aid was handed out in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp on Monday (April 22) as the strip continues to grapple with the risk of famine. Crowds of children with their families queued to receive the meals cooked in large pot and distributed to residents amongst damaged roads and buildings.

South Korea's Constitutional Court began hearing on Tuesday (April 23) a case that accuses the government of having failed to protect 200 people, including dozens of young environmental activists and children, by not tackling climate change. Olivia Chan reports.

Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday (April 23), killing all 10 crew members aboard, the Defense Minister, Mohamed Khaled Nordin said in a statement.

China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Monday (April 23) called for Germany to stop its "Cold War" mentality after reports that Germany arrested a EU parliamentary staffer on espionage for China charges.

Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S. university campuses. Ryan Chang has the details.

Clean up efforts began on Tuesday (April 23) following a series of quakes that rattled the rural Taiwan county. Taiwan's Central Weather Administration said the spate of more than 200 earthquakes starting Monday (April 22) afternoon were aftershocks from the large 7.2 magnitude quake on April 3 that killed at least 17 people.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday (April 22) threatened possible legal action against claims that it may have covered up the issue of Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, as global sports groups piled pressure on the regulator and demanded an investigation into the case. Diane To reports.

Far from the trenches, at orderly new centers across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers opportunities to join the war. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and major chipmaker TSMC said it saw no impact on operations. Devi Rajaram reports.

Elon Musk lashed out at Australia's prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control "the entire internet." Gabe Singer reports.

Police officers moved on the New York University (NYU) crowd shortly after nightfall on Monday (April 22), after hundreds of demonstrators for hours had defied university warnings that they faced consequences if they failed to vacate a plaza where they had gathered.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Monday to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of parliament finally passed required legislation, delayed for weeks by attempts to alter the plan. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by dozens of aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties.

Rescue operations were underway after unseasonably heavy rain caused rivers to overflow, triggering landslides in Yingde city in China's flood-ravaged Guangdong province, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday (April 23).