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Sudan's interim prime minister and at least five senior government officials have been detained by military forces, according to reports.

The head of the world's largest oil firm has rejected suggestions that oil will be fully phased out and said that it would be a mistake to "demonise" the hydrocarbon industry.

Britain is "fully cooperating" with an investigation into the murder of a Kenyan woman whose body was found in a septic tank close to a UK army camp, a top diplomat has said.

A powerful storm dubbed a "bomb cyclone" has caused mudslides and flooding in Northern California.

China has announced new details of its emissions reduction plans, promising that fossil fuels will form less than 20% of its energy mix by 2060.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 has struck Taiwan, the country's weather bureau has said.

A notorious Colombian drug kingpin has been arrested in what has been described as the biggest blow to the country's trafficking network since the death of Pablo Escobar.

An Ecuadorian Olympic sprint star who became a national hero at London 2012 has been fatally shot in his home city of Guayanquil, police say.

A banner unfurled by Crystal Palace fans ahead of Saturday's draw with Newcastle, protesting the recent Saudi-led takeover of the Tyneside club is being investigated by police.

Kobe Bryant's widow has revealed she first learned of his death through online tributes posted in the aftermath of the fatal helicopter crash.