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Efforts to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine will dominate this week's meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers, host Italy's top diplomat Antonio Tajani said on Monday (April 15), with the West struggling to get its voice heard. Olivia Chan has more.

Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. Alice Rizzo explains how global warming affects coral reefs and what the future might hold for these fragile underwater ecosystems.

The Israeli military displayed on Tuesday (April 16) what is said was a part of an Iranian ballistic missile which was retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran launched hundreds of projectiles in its first direct attack on Israel. Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Iran knew firing missiles would cause a "dangerous escalation" in the region.

A fire ripped through Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital's most famous landmarks, on Tuesday (April 16). Resident Klavs Lockwood told Reuters how he helped save an artwork from the burning building.

A Ukrainian man who alleges he was tortured by Russian occupying forces has filed a legal complaint halfway around the world in Argentina, an unusual bid to seek accountability for alleged war crimes at a time when prosecutors in Kyiv are overwhelmed. Sean Hogan has more.

A fire ripped through Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital's best-known buildings, on Tuesday (April 16), engulfing its spire which collapsed in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris' Notre-Dame.

More than 300 houses and nearly 700 residential plots have been flooded in Russia's Kurgan region straddling the Tobol River near the border with Kazakhstan, Russia's emergency ministry said on Tuesday.

Georgia's parliament began debating the first reading of a bill on "foreign agents" on Tuesday (April 16) as opponents called for a second day of protests against a measure they see as authoritarian, and threatening Georgia's candidacy to join the European Union. Olivia Chan reports.

Two German schoolboys found a bone that scientists say belonged to prehistoric elephants which lived outside Munich around 10 million years ago.

A fire hit Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday (April 16), one of the Danish capital's best-known buildings, engulfing its spire which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral. Lauren Anthony reports.

South Korea remembered the 304 people, most of them school children, who died on the Sewol ferry on the 10th anniversary of its sinking on Tuesday (April 16), with families calling for a proper apology for the unnecessary deaths of their loved ones.

A group of scuba diving experts and enthusiasts are setting up coral nurseries in a popular dive spot south of Philippines' capital Manila to help in the propagation and recovery of damaged coral. Gabe Singer has more.

A fire hit the Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday (April 16), one of the Danish capital's most iconic buildings, engulfing its spire which collapsed onto the roof. There were no reports of injuries.

The U.S. House of Representatives will consider aid to Israel and Ukraine as separate legislation this week, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday (April 15), more than two months after the Senate passed a bill combining the two. Ryan Chang reports.

Australian police on Tuesday (April 16) said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

An informal survey conducted by the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in upstate New York has found that rising costs due to inflation, in tandem with a drop in donations, are putting pressure on animal sanctuaries across the United States. Syakir Jasnee reports.

A knife attack during a service at an Assyrian church in Sydney that injured a bishop was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, Australian police said on Tuesday (April 16).

The San Diego Zoo has welcomed its 250th California condor chick in what is being hailed as an important milestone for the critically endangered species.

The US House of Representatives will consider aid to Israel and Ukraine as separate bills this week, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday (April 15), more than two months after the Senate passed a bill combining the two.

Heavy rain and winds on Monday (April 15) caused flooding on the roads of Manama, Bahrain.

Pro-Palestinian activists protesting the war in Gaza shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California on Monday (April 17).

Friba Rezayee, the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics, has been appalled by the treatment of women since the resurgence of the Taliban and is now campaigning for the country to be kept out of the Paris Games. Kristy Kilburn has more.

A bakery in Gaza City has started operating for the first time in six months with aid from the World Food Programme (WFP), providing desperately needed food in a part of the territory where a U.N.-backed report has warned of imminent famine. Angela Johnston has more.

Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia's Urals region were flooded on Monday (April 15) as melt waters swelled the tributaries of the world's seventh longest river system. More than 111,000 people have been evacuated in Kazakhstan.

Hannah Gutierrez, the chief weapons handler for the Western movie "Rust," was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot when actor Alec Baldwin was handling a gun during the film's production in 2021. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.