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A court in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Friday convicted nearly 400 terrorism suspects in a mass trial that took place over four days. Many of those convicted received prison terms of up to 20 years after appearing before a panel of 10 judges. The prosecutions, which got underway on Tuesday, are part of a series ‌of trials

Get out and vote for Viktor Orban, US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform in all caps ahead of the national elections in Hungary as campaigning reached the final stretch.  This Sunday, Hungarians will decide Orban's fate at the ballot box. The sitting prime minister has blocked as much European aid to Ukraine as he could, is openly critical

Anyone in Germany who thinks they have seen an unidentified flying object, or UFO, can notify the Central Research Network for Anomalous Phenomena, better known as CENAP — a UFO research network. One of CENAP's hotlines, run by Hansjürgen Köhler and a five-person team of volunteers, is based in Germany's southwestern Odenwald region. Köhler is

The British government said Saturday it has paused its plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius following criticism from US President Donald Trump. The small collection of islands in the Indian Ocean is home to a military base used by both the UK and US. London had agreed a deal to give the

Lufthansa pilots are set to strike next week on Monday and Tuesday, the pilot's trade union announced on Saturday. Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Cityline and Eurowings are all included in the call to down tools. The work stoppage is expected to run from 12:01 am on Monday (22:01 UTC on Sunday) through to 23:59 pm on Tuesday, the union said. What

Russia's Supreme Court announced on Telegram on April 9 that the activities of human rights organization Memorial were now banned throughout the country. This came after a closed-door hearing that was treated as "top secret." Media representatives and diplomats from Germany, Sweden, the Czech Republic and France were only allowed to attend the announcement of

The coalition of Merz's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to "a comprehensive rollback of bureaucracy" in its agreement last April. What did the survey say? The poll, conducted by YouGov found 66% of citizens said administrative burdens had remained the same

Larisa Shevandin hasn't seen her husband Oleh for 11 years. An athlete and the president of a local martial arts association in his hometown of Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, Oleh was abducted in May 2015. The city was already part of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" at the time, having been named this by Kremlin-backed, pro-Russian separatists

On March 20, only days before Friedrich Merz and interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa raised the issue of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Basel Gawish received a letter from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). It was the letter that the 31-year-old Syrian had always feared: It stated that his asylum application had

Authorities at the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) on Saturday announced that a 27-year-old Sudanese man had been arrested in connection with the Thursday drowning deaths of four migrants in the English Channel. The NCA says the man was arrested for endangering the lives of others during a journey to the UK by sea —