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President issues volley of tweets after explosive CNN reportTrump attacks former lawyer’s use of Clinton-linked counselDonald Trump responded on Friday to bombshell reports that his former lawyer

President’s handling of Benalla scandal met with anger and disappointment outside ParisThe tricolour was still flying in the villages around the commuter belt town of Joigny in celebration of France’s

With its marble mosaics, crystal chandeliers and gilded statues, the Pyongyang metro system can feel more like a series of palatial ballrooms than a subwayPhotographs are from Oliver Wainwright’s

Far-right League’s Lorenzo Fontana says they should not be recognised as legal guardiansItaly’s families minister has said same-sex couples who have children via surrogacy abroad should not be

Letter sent to member states by António Guterres reveals $139m deficit in core budgetAntónio Guterres, the UN secretary general, has warned that the organisation is facing an unprecedented shortage of

Journalism is how we hold leaders to account between elections. But its power is facing an existential threatThis is a story of two media cultures struggling to cope with the political rise of brazen

Emergency services in Laos rescue mothers and children from devastating flooding in Attapeu province. The families had been trapped in their village since Monday. Water levels rose 11.5 metres in some

Nelson Chamisa says country will plunge into ‘unprecedented chaos’ if party is denied victory in Monday’s electionNelson Chamisa steps down from the podium. The crowd is still cheering. Promises have

Reports contradict president’s insistence he was unaware of June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer has claimed the US president knew in advance of a June 2016 meeting

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The former international cricket star Imran Khan has declared victory in Pakistan’s general election, hailing what he described as “the fairest” vote in the country’s history, despite widespread

Creative businesses and artistic collectives have breathed life back into St Petersburg’s historic buildings – and, they hope, some of its cultural gloryDowntown Saint Petersburg is street after

‘Broadcasting false rumours’ criminalised as government imprisons journalists and bloggers to stifle dissentWhen officers from Egypt’s National Security Agency came crashing into Amal Fathy and

Medics say they are called to dozens of overdoses from drug that is cheaper and more addictive than natural productThe number of fatal overdoses from synthetic cannabis use has soared in New Zealand,

Daniel Kimura hit the news this week with his withering comebacks to tourists complaining that food at a temple guesthouse was not up to scratchA Buddhist priest whose grumpy responses to negative

Thousands of people who fled insurgency have been persuaded to return despite ongoing attacks and a lack of reconstructionWhen Boko Haram realised that they were about to be routed from Bama, a town

In villages militants left one survivor per family to witness their brutality, while in Sweida city suicide bombers enteredKaram Monther’s mother placed the ammunition box in her youngest son’s car,