Fribourg Police/EPA/Shutterstock At least six people have been killed and others injured after a bus caught fire in a town in western Switzerland, according to police.
The incident took place at around 18:25 local time (19:25 GMT) on Tuesday in the centre of Kerzers - known in French as Chiètres - in Fribourg canton, about 20km (12 miles) from the capital, Bern
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Reuters Two more people connected to the Iranian women's football team have remained in Australia and did not board a flight back to Iran, the BBC understands.
It is believed one is a player and the other member of the team's technical staff. There has been no official confirmation from Australia's Home Affairs or Federal Police.
It is understood the remaining Iranian players left Australia on
Quim Llenas / Getty Peruvian literary giant Alfredo Bryce Echenique has died at the age of 87.
He is best known for the 1970 novel A World for Julius, which chronicled the frivolous lives of the elite in Peru's capital Lima through the eyes of an orphan.
His works were marked by irony, melancholy and acute observation of social inequality. He won numerous prizes and became one
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Reuters/File photo It's happened twice now in a week.
A telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and Iran.
As the US and Israel continue their strikes on Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin is styling himself as international peacemaker.
After all, it was the Kremlin leader who ordered Russia's full-scale invasion of an independent sovereign nation in 2022.
Back then, the UN General Assembly had condemned the invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter.
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EPA It was about 01:30 in the morning when a loud explosion tore through the Raouche neighbourhood in the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The Israeli strike on the four-star Ramada Plaza hotel marked the first time in this war that Israel's bombing campaign had struck the city centre - a bustling coastal area full of restaurants and hotels.
Inside, the Israeli military said, was
AP The deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia constitutes a crime against humanity and a war crime, the UN has said.
A new report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine says Russian authorities "at the highest level" have deported "thousands" of children from the occupied areas of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin's "direct involvement" has been "
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Getty Images As our thoughts turn to the hope of spring following a grey and dreary start to the year, fashion is always one step ahead.
As Paris Fashion Week drew to a close on Tuesday, we were given a tantalising peak into what might filter onto the high street later this year as the major labels debuted their autumn/winter collections. It was the turn of the
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BBC Smoke plumes caused by oil depot and refinery strikes drifted across Tehran on Monday, satellite images show, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that attacks on oil facilities could pose serious health risks to residents.
Since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran began on 28 February, we have confirmed strikes on at least four oil facilities around the capital.
Residents said smog and pollution have blocked out the Sun and left a strong smell of
Getty Images The Italian state has bought a painting by 16-17th Century baroque master Caravaggio for €30m (£25.9m), one of the largest sums it has ever paid for an artwork.
The country's culture minister said the work, a portrait of cleric Monsignor Maffeo Barberini - later Pope Urban VIII - was one of "exceptional importance" and its purchase part of a wider plan to prevent major