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Thousands of students and job seekers have gathered in Jharkhand state, weeks after the "cockroach" protests took place in Delhi.

Chalong Riewrang called a YouTube livestream to say he had shot a government official.

Forensics revealed that the "realistic" looking body was in fact not human.

Frans Mathipa was shot while driving - we got access to the prosecution case against eight accused men.

The people were abducted while travelling through the country's north-western Zamfara state on Saturday.

Twelve other people initially rescued from the water are all reported to be in stable condition.

Hot weather and ageing infrastructure have led to the rationing, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.

The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai.

Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years.

Israel's PM says its military will not pull-out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.

The US blogger is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital, according to his family.

The scheme is for couples who cannot afford the significant financial costs associated with marriage.

Heaps of rotting meat have been festering in the summer sun after a fire ripped through a huge food warehouse.

The government is trying to attribute blame for the unprecedented fires which tore through the country last month.

Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

The Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia, still considered "out of control", has spread to more than 36 sq miles (95 sq km).

Police in the French capital tighten rules for riders after a sharp increase in fatal accidents.

Both sides suggest progress in talks to agree a new shipping route through the strait, but a breakthrough remains unclear.

The country is home to some of the world's most unique species - but it is losing them at an alarming rate.

Lawmakers and police officers had to intervene after Alliance party MP Time Kadrijaj hurled at least four eggs towards Kosovo's acting prime minister Albin Kurti.

Lionel Messi's father and agent Jorge dies at the age of 68 following a long illness.

The storm has cut power to at least 44,000 buildings and injured five people on the Japanese island.

Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".

The vote cements Trump's former criminal defence lawyer as the nation's top law enforcement official despite a rare pushback from some Republicans.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke's death was due to the effects of heroin and cocaine, the Los Angeles medical authority reveals.

One Spokane resident tells the BBC she realised the immense danger when she heard the fire had jumped over the river.

For decades, an Indian man's lime shoes have been a grim trail marker for many climbing the world's highest peak.

How we tracked down "The Spider" who was once one of the most-feared men in Syria.

Italy introduced border controls following an influx of about 78,000 migrants from Morocco into the neighbouring Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

In a wide-ranging BBC interview, the former president's son denied having any interest in running for office and said his father's cancer has spread.

The head of the football governing body has faced multiple calls to quit after his aborted attempt to sell private stakes in the World Cup.

The Trump administration is trying to restrict access to US citizenship for some people through attempts to end birth tourism and tighten other criteria.

The announcement came comes after fellow bandmate Manon Bannerman went on a hiatus from the ensemble.

Feliks the eagle was abducted as he first flew the nest in Serbia and wound up in the Middle East with poachers who demanded a ransom.

It is thought an apprentice stonemason who worked on the Houses of Parliament in London borrowed it.

The group moved synthetic drugs from Spain to Algeria, then used the return journey to smuggle migrants and weapons.

Relations broke down after former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez sought asylum in the Mexican embassy in November 2025.

The student says she feared never seeing her mother again after the attack killed five teachers.

The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.