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US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela as Caracas condemns 'act of piracy'

The move is a sharp escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro's government.
Venezuelan Nobel winner tells BBC she knows 'risks' of Oslo trip after months in hiding

María Corina Machado, who has been threatened by her home country's government, speaks about her secret journey to Norway.
Poland arrests Russian archaeologist wanted in Ukraine

The allegations against the suspect includes the illegal excavation of an ancient city in Crimea.
Severe disruption hits Portugal in first general strike for 12 years

PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government's labour reforms.
Austria bans headscarves in schools for under-14s

A similar ban for girls under 10 was struck down by the Constitutional Court for specifically targeting Muslims.
Pakistan's military sentences its former spy chief to 14 years in jail

Faiz Hameed led Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency during the tenure of now-jailed former PM Imran Khan.
'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is among the influential tech figures that adorn one of the two covers.
More than 30 dead after Myanmar military air strike hits hospital

The junta has stepped up bombardments by air in an attempt to reclaim territory from ethnic armies.
Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia hit highest level since 1980

New figures show that 33 of the 113 deaths in custody between last July and this June were Indigenous
Goa nightclub owners held in Thailand over deadly fire

Brothers Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra fled to Phuket, shortly after the incident last week.