UNESCO says Nicaragua quitting over press prize award
Nicaragua has notified UNESCO of its withdrawal from the organisation in response to its press prize going to a Nicaraguan newspaper in exile, the UN culture agency's head said on Sunday.
Read moreChurch donation box goes digital in Greece
Devout regulars attending Athens's main Roman Catholic church that honours a first-century saint have discovered a 21st-century update: their donation box is now hooked up to a digital payments system.
Read moreGermans mark liberation of Ravensbrueck Nazi camp
Holocaust survivors on Sunday urged the world not to forget the atrocities committed by the Nazis, during a ceremony to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
Read moreDeChambeau eyes PGA Championship battle after South Korea LIV win
Bryson DeChambeau said he was looking forward to "battling it out" for the PGA Championship title in two weeks after winning LIV Golf's first tournament in South Korea on Sunday.
Read more'We don't care': weddings go on in Pakistan's Kashmir border
Rabia Bibi, a glittering red dupatta pulled over her eyes, wasn't about to let the threat of war with India stop her wedding in a remote valley in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
Read moreMexican mayor arrested in probe of alleged drug cartel ranch: govt source
A federal official said a mayor in western Mexico was arrested as part of a probe into a suspected drug cartel training camp, where forced recruits were allegedly tortured or killed if they refused to cooperate.
Read moreSeven Iranians among eight arrested in UK counterterrorism probes
British police on Sunday said eight people, including seven Iranian nationals, were arrested in two separate counterterrorism probes.
Read moreIsrael says area of airport hit after Yemen missile launch
A missile launched from Yemen struck near Israel's main international airport on Sunday, authorities said, an attack that briefly halted air traffic and triggered threats of retaliation.
Read more4 Iranians among 5 arrested in UK for 'terrorism offences': police
British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of "preparation of a terrorist act".
Read moreKidnapped father of crypto-millionaire freed in French police raid
French police mounted a weekend raid to free a man who had been kidnapped in Paris to force his crypto-millionaire son to pay a ransom, prosecutors said, adding that five people were arrested.
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