Legendary India batter Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket with immediate effect.
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Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding
The Kurdish group has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, but has now said it will dissolve itself.
Entire Gaza population at critical risk of famine, UN-backed assessment says
Famine is not currently occurring in Gaza, the assessment says, but it calls for urgent action to increase humanitarian aid.
First white South Africans flying to US under Trump refugee plan
Donald Trump says they are victims of “racial discrimination”, which is strongly denied by South Africa.
US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says both countries will lower their reciprocal tariffs by 115%.
The rare disease in a remote town where ‘almost everyone is a cousin’
Many children in a Brazil town lost the ability to walk, so one scientist set about discovering why.
Poland accuses Russia of arson over 2024 shopping centre fire
Donald Tusk says the massive Warsaw blaze was “for sure” ordered by the Russian special services.
US says ‘deal’ reached with China after trade talks
The US treasury secretary calls the talks “productive”, while China’s vice premier describes them as “candid”.
India-Pakistan top military officials to speak as ceasefire holds
Both nations have ceased hostilities since the announcement of the ceasefire on Saturday but say they remain vigilant.
BBC team’s tense encounter with sanctioned Israeli settler while filming in West Bank
Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit established a so-called ‘outpost’ in occupied West Bank