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Italy

Italian court upholds slander conviction against Amanda Knox

Knox wrongly accused a man of killing 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. Her lawyers say police pressured her into doing so.

Montenegro

Montenegro: Case of jailed businessman points to political infightings

Duško Knežević, an estranged ally of Montenegro's ex-President Milo Đukanović, is accused of fraud and money laundering. His lawyer claims the charges are politically motivated.

Colombia

Violence in northeast Colombia leaves 80 dead and thousands displaced

Colombian President Gustavo Petro recently ended peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN), one of the armed groups involved in the fighting, saying it had "no will for peace".

Russia

Russia and Iran sign treaty days before Trump's inauguration

Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian, the Russian and Iranian presidents, announced closer ties between their nations at an event in Moscow.

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Pakistan

Pakistan's ex-leader Imran Khan given 14 years in jail for corruption

The 72-year-old, who has been imprisoned since 2023, says the latest ruling is politically motivated and that he will appeal the decision.

Slovakia

Student detained after two people killed in Slovakia school stabbing

An 18-year-old suspect fled the scene but was later detained by police.

Cuba

Cuba starts freeing prisoners as US to remove it from terrorism list

At the end of his one-term presidency, Joe Biden announced that Cuba will no longer be included on a list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Hungary

Orbán will not attend Trump inauguration, Hungary confirms

The US president-elect has broken with tradition by inviting world leaders to the 20 January ceremony.

Cuba

US to remove Cuba's terrorism designation in prisoner release deal

The outgoing US President Joe Biden has said he was prompted to act after receiving 'wisdom and counsel' from other world leaders.

United Kingdom

Farage's Reform UK party just one point behind Labour, poll shows

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has struggled since being elected six months ago, paving the way for the right-wing Reform UK party's rise.

United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II 'kept in dark' for years about Soviet spy in palace

Anthony Blunt, a royal art historian, confessed in 1964 to spying for the Soviets, but the late queen was not officially told about his past until 1973.

USA

US blocks plea deal for ‘9/11 mastermind’ Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

If Mohammed, the alleged plotter behind the 11 September terrorist attacks, had pleaded guilty on Friday, he could have avoided the death penalty.

Netherlands

Nazi collaboration files spark painful Dutch reckoning with WWII past

Eight decades after the defeat of the Nazis, a debate in the Netherlands asks how much of the largest Dutch war archive should be made available online.

United Kingdom

UK freezes assets of extreme-right group for alleged terrorism

The British authorities' designation makes it illegal for anyone in the UK to offer funding to Blood and Honour, which takes its name from a Nazi slogan.

Sudan

US says Sudan's RSF is committing genocide and sanctions its leader

The Biden administration has sanctioned the RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as well as businesses owned by the group in the UAE.

Greenland

Trump Jr travels to Greenland after his father renews calls to buy it

President-elect Donald Trump has claimed that Greenlanders would ‘benefit tremendously’ by joining the US.

North Korea

North Korea tests missile in bid to ‘reliably contain’ rivals

The weapons test happened while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials.

Venezuela

What to know about Venezuela's upcoming presidential inauguration

Both president Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, have urged their supporters to take to the streets on Friday.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean boy survives five days in ‘lion-infested’ national park

The child, who was found 49km from his village, survived on wild fruit and water that he dug from a dry river bank.

Venezuela

Venezuela offers €97,000 reward for location of opposition candidate

Edmundo González fled to Spain after the government of Nicolas Maduro cracked down on protests that were sparked by its controversial election victory in July.

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