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People protesting against the South Korean president's declaration of martial law "cannot seem to believe" what's happened, according to a BBC reporter outside the parliament building in Seoul. Standing among…

BBCMandy Damari wants the UK to do more to ensure aid supplies go to the hostages while negotiations continue for their releaseThe mother of the only British-Israeli hostage being held…

Getty ImagesLebanese people have been returning to their homes following the ceasefire agreement The latest exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah is testing the limits of last week’s already…

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), looks set to become Namibia's first female president with more than 90% of the votes from last week's disputed…

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried through surrogacy.They were sentenced to four years in prison, but…

ReutersPolice stand guard at the gate of the National Assembly after South Korea's president declared martial lawIn the face of political pressure, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has declared martial…

Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning - effectively closing off their last route…

Getty ImagesNomura CEO Kentaro Okuda will take a voluntary short-term pay cutThe boss of Japanese bank Nomura has taken a short-term pay cut after a former employee was charged with…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene a meeting with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the other opposition party leaders on Parliament Hill on Tuesday to brief them on his visit…

Israel threatened on Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state…