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Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren who were taken at gunpoint from a Catholic school in November. The government says that no more staff and students are still being held.

In today’s newsletter: With Gaza’s education system in ruins, a small number of students have found a way to study abroad. Aseel Mousa reflects on escape, guilt and how the war followed her to the UK

The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson

Ferry passengers faced queuing traffic towards the Port of Dover and some Cross Country trains between Manchester and Bournemouth were cancelled.

France ​will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost ​its ‍capacities ​as a maritime ​power, President Emmanuel Macron has told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in ​Abu Dhabi, where he will also discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state, notably co-operation on combatting drug trafficking. The UAE is…

Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out

They disagree on the EU, and both think Brexit was a terrible idea. Do they feel the same about opportunities for young people?

The winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year, happens just after 3pm on Sunday.

When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.

Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question