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A Scottish man received eight years for his wife's suicide after 18 months of abuse.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv would abide by the measure.

The strike affected all Lufthansa departures from major hubs

China will “absolutely not tolerate” independence for Taiwan, which is the chief culprit in undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping told the island’s opposition leader on Friday, calling for efforts to advance “reunification”.

Myanmar’s new President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday his government has many challenges to overcome and seeks to improve the country’s international standing, including normalising ties with Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN after five years in the cold.

She denied online speculation that the sex offender had introduced her to Donald Trump

Oil prices climbed on Friday, driven by fresh anxiety over supplies from Saudi Arabia and as tanker traffic through the critical Strait of Hormuz remained largely frozen.

Israel continued to bomb targets in Lebanon after attacks on Wednesday killed more than 250 people and injured more than 1,000

Bahamian authorities have arrested a Michigan man whose wife went missing at sea over the weekend, after search and rescue efforts for the woman were called off.

The US and Iran are set to hold peace talks in Pakistan, which has been mediating, but remain deeply divided on key issues — even though President Donald Trump has said proposals presented by Tehran were a “basis” for talks.

He was found guilty in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution

The energy vulnerability this crisis has exposed has to be solved by winding down reliance on oil imports, writes Kevin Morrison.

British foreign secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, must be toll-free, countering a push by Iran to control the vital waterway.

While the US and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East.

Afghanistan faces further rough conditions on Thursday, the country’s weather authorities warned, after floods, earthquakes and landslides killed 148 people over the past two weeks.