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Authorities in London have roped in the counterterrorism police to lead the investigation into a fire at Heathrow Airport that forced its closure and disrupted flight operations worldwide.   While the Metropolitan Police Force said on Friday that there are “no indications of foul play” at the moment, the Counter...

A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for more than 880 days has been freed, President Emmanuel Macron has announced.   The release of Olivier Grondeau comes as France and the rest of Europe attempt to pursue negotiations with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme.   US President Donald Trump...

Armed militants took more than 450 train passengers hostage and wounded the train driver in an attack on Tuesday in Pakistan‘s volatile southwestern Balochistan province, officials said.   ‘Over 450 passengers onboard are being held hostage by gunmen,’ Muhammad Kashif, a senior railway government official in Quetta, the capital of the...

Russia has been bombarded in the biggest Ukrainian drone attack of the war, Moscow officials have said, on the same day as crunch talks are set to be held between Kyiv and the United States.   The Russian Defence Ministry said air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian...

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