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The Venezuelan opposition leader spent more than 10 months in exile after escaping the country on a speedboat.

The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.

Uganda will also not allow most travellers who have been in DR Congo to transit through the country.

The highly secretive four-day Plenum starts Monday in Beijing.

Bauza had voiced a number of characters in this summer's animated hit Coyote vs. Acme.

Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Andre McKechnie, who murdered a property developer, argued it was his right to enjoy Australian culture.

Brazil's left-wing President has been elected for a fourth term after narrowly beating right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro in a knife-edge vote.

Indian cartoonists say online restrictions are making satire harder, but they aren't giving up.

Data centres are the lifeblood of our digital world, but there are growing concerns about their environmental impact. The BBC explores their rise in charts.

The Super Bass singer is the latest big name to campaign in Michigan, where a tight Senate race is playing out ahead of the 3 November midterms.

After three years of regional war, this is a battle Israel always knew was coming, writes Lucy Williamson.

Security and democracy emerge as central issues in Israel's highly anticipated general election, as Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports.

Polls are closing in Serbia as a student movement attempts to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vučić.

Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles swooped on a remote village on Friday, looting shops and setting houses ablaze.

He will be observed to evaluate whether his "psychiatric health is compatible with pursuing his interrogation", authorities said.

The authorities had justified the ban by saying online content was fuelling conflict, while the opposition had condemned it as an abuse of power.

The International Weightlifting Federation becomes the first Olympic federation to choose Russia to host a world championships since its invasion of Ukraine.

Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil's imprisoned ex-president, is challenging Lula, who is seeking a fourth term in office.

Nayib Bukele says bodies delivered to soldiers are "not our men" amid search for Salvadorans abducted last week.