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Algeria has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of arson of forests or fields after a series of deadly wildfires swept parts of the country. Members of the national assembly voted through the bill, which also made child abduction a capital offence, on Thursday. Capital punishment has been in the country’s […]

A surprise inspection by the Indonesian Ombudsman at Cibinong Prison in Bogor, West Java, revealed apartment-like units located just outside the main detention blocks. Officials said the residences appeared to house inmates. The BBC’s Liza Tambunan explains what they found inside.

Russia has launched the largest attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since the spring, primarily targeting Kyiv and the surrounding region, Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi has said. At least six people were killed and 33 others injured across the country in the overnight attacks, including a child in the Kyiv region, local authorities reported. The […]

Spain’s coalition government has approved new housing measures following protests over the country’s housing crisis, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home in Madrid last week. Ministers met on Tuesday to discuss the proposals, which include a potential ban on evictions until 2030, Health Minister Mónica García said. She said the […]

Locals in Bangkok have transformed a flooded street in front of a shopping mall into a temporary floating market during flooding in the city. Bangkok was declared a disaster-affected zone after continuous heavy rains caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital. As sellers waded through floodwaters to sell produce like fish and vegetables from floating […]

A pro-democracy group has accused the Vietnamese government of abducting two of its members, an Australian and a Norwegian citizen, in Cambodia and taking them back across the border. Vietnamese authorities confirmed that they had arrested Tran Hiep and Nguyen Duc Thuan, but say they had entered the country using forged documents and planned to […]

A US ban on several Canadian imports, including alcohol, dairy and motorcycles, has come into effect as a trade war between the two neighbours drags on. The latest measure by the Trump administration is in response to Canada’s implementation of tariffs on a range of US goods earlier this month following a breakdown in trade […]

An Istanbul court has convicted a popular comedian of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – and handed down a sentence of almost 19 months – but has ordered his release due to time served. It has also placed him under a travel ban, preventing him from travelling outside Turkey. A final decision in the case […]

South Korea has summoned Ukraine’s acting ambassador after President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced his government had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul. Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo lodged a formal complaint with Andrii Vieshkin and expressed “strong regret” that Zelensky had revealed the transfer, which Seoul says was supposed to be a […]

Tens of millions of people across the north-eastern US are in the path of a powerful storm this weekend, which has already brought coastal flooding, power outages, travel chaos and cancelled stadium events. Peaking on Saturday, the so-called nor’easter will “bring dangerous coastal flooding and beach conditions, strong winds, and heavy rainfall” to areas including […]