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When Russia releases an American citizen from prison, the US normally hands someone over in return.

Donald Trump secretly left Turkey through a catering container to a military jet over a threat from Iran, according to US reports.

The man accused of shooting a US healthcare executive dead in a street has appeared in a New York courtroom, as a judge ruled the murder trial will be heard by an anonymous jury.

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.

At least 15 people have died and another 27 are missing after a ferry capsized on a huge lake in Zimbabwe, officials have said.

Dozens of migrants reached the Spanish mainland after entering Ceuta during the mass influx into the enclave, police sources have told Sky News.

A Thai official has been killed after a gunman opened fire inside a local government office - in the country's second deadly shooting in three days.

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin's wake have inundated several provinces in China's east, cancelling of hundreds of flights.

Daniel Kinahan has been remanded in custody after appearing before an Irish court charged with directing an organised crime group.

A British couple jailed in Iran over alleged spying have ended a three-month-long hunger strike against their sentence, their son has said.