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President Joe Biden has warned Israel against launching a military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, without a "credible" plan to protect civilians, the White House said on Sunday.Mr Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid Israel's plans for an offensive in the region that borders Egypt, to the south of the strip.Despite the call, however, Mr Netanyahu appeared defiant during an interview with ABC News on Sunday.Netanyahu […]

The final results of Pakistan's election have put independents, who mostly support jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, in the lead with 93 of 264 seats.The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) of Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister, was in second place with 75 seats after Thursday's vote. The 74-year-old lacks a clear majority but the PML has emerged as the largest single party in parliament as Mr Khan's independents ran […]

The chief executive of one of Nigeria's largest banks is believed to have been killed along with his wife and son when a helicopter they were riding in crashed in Southern California's Mojave Desert.Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, and his family were among six people on board when the charter flight went down shortly after 10pm on Friday near Interstate 15, close to the California-Nevada border.The others killed […]

Aleema Khan believes her brother inspired a revolution in Pakistan from behind bars on 8 February - delivered by young people and women who came out against the odds.At her home in Lahore she said the focus is now on winning back those seats they believe have been unfairly taken from them through alleged vote rigging. She said lawyers had visited Imran Khan and that he "sent out a very […]

Hungary's president has been forced to resign after she pardoned a man convicted of concealing child sex abuse at a state-run children's home.Katalin Novak, 46, issued the presidential pardon in April 2023, but it has only come to light in recent days.After protests across the country, Ms Novak said on Saturday: "I issued a pardon that caused bewilderment and unrest for many people. I made a mistake."Ms Novak is a […]

Ireland's former taoiseach John Bruton has been laid to rest at a state funeral in his hometown of Dunboyne, County Meath.Mr Bruton, who served as taoiseach from 1994 to 1997, died peacefully in hospital at the age of 76 on Tuesday. His funeral was attended by politicians past and present, with current Taoiseach Leo Varadkar among those who arrived at Saints Peter and Paul's Church on Saturday morning. Image: Taoiseach […]

On London's Park Lane there is a private jet showroom.You can relax in a section of the cabin taken from an executive airliner, complete with cocoa-cream leather sofas and the plushest of swivel armchairs. Steve Varsano, founder of The Jet Business, runs me through my brand options if I have an appetite for luxury and at least £10m to spare: the Citation, Gulfstream or Embraer. But he disputes my description."I'm […]

Jailed former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has claimed victory for his supporters in the country's general election - via a video generated using artificial intelligence (AI).The clip of the former cricket star was uploaded on social media on Friday just hours after his rival Nawaz Sharif also claimed to have won despite vote counting continuing. Many candidates from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were forced to stand as independents […]

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of Rafah, the southern Gaza city on the border with Egypt where an estimated 1.4 million people have been driven by Israel's military offensive.The order from the Israeli prime minister comes ahead of an expected ground offensive in the area, where Palestinian refugees, unable to leave the territory, are living in makeshift tent camps or overflowing UN-run shelters with severe shortages of food and […]