A man's confession to abducting UK toddler Cheryl Grimmer in Australia was previously thrown out. Police were called after the man's wife became concerned and asked neighbours to check on her family.

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Moscow's mayor says 450 drones were downed during the overnight barrage, in which two people died. The chancellor is facing intense political pressure which will increase if his party struggles in ...

BBC's Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson visits the Palestinian community of Khan al Ahmar in the so-called E1 area, and the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Maale Admumim. The president also ...

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France's national library is lending the manuscript recounting the history of the Aztecs to Mexico. Widespread power outages have become increasingly common due to fuel shortages made worse by a US ...

The winning video features tiny hair-like structures, called cilia, in the airways of a child with a rare genetic disease. Sylvia Zin is among the family members of people imprisoned in China who are ...

Greg O'Neill "loved the ocean", his family say, as police boats and helicopters patrol Perth's beaches in search of his body and the shark that attacked him. Queensland's Fitzroy River has been ...