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The government of Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro is expected to lose a vote of confidence on Tuesday, pitching the country into its third general election in barely three years. A majority of MPs are expected to vote against him, toppling his right-of-centre minority government. While Portugal’s President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is not obliged…

Armed Islamists have stormed a hotel in the city of Beledweyne in central Somalia, and a siege is ongoing, police and witnesses have said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a car bomb exploding, followed by gunmen entering the hotel, leading to intense clashes with security forces. Police said at least four people had been…

Aleks Phillips & Paulin Kola BBC News Getty Images Sweden’s security service said Russia’s activities were mainly aimed at undermining Nato cohesion Russia poses the greatest threat to Sweden due to its aggressive attitude towards the West, the Scandinavian nation’s security service Sapo has said. It wrote in its annual report that while Sweden joining…

Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar. A statement from the separatist group said it had bombed the…

Construction workers started to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Monday following threats by Republicans to cut transportation funding if the plaza was not renamed. “You can dig up concrete but you cannot erase history,” said DC resident Dianne Bradley. Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser changed the name of the plaza…

An Indonesian TikToker has been sentenced to almost three years in prison after reportedly ‘talking’ to a picture of Jesus on her phone and telling him to get a haircut. Ratu Thalisa, a Muslim transgender woman with more than 442,000 TikTok followers, had been on a livestream, and was responding to a comment that told…

Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to help President Salva Kiir to “secure it”, Uganda’s military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said. The move comes as tensions escalate between Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, raising fears that their fragile peace deal could collapse and a conflict could resume. Gen Kainerugaba…

Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Watch: Rodrigo Duterte questions ICC warrant for his arrest Philippine police have arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs”. The 79-year-old was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival…

Air India has confirmed that one of its flights was forced to turn around last week after plastic bags, rags and clothes clogged up most of its toilets. The plane, which was heading from Chicago to the Indian capital of Delhi, spent several hours in the air before it returned to the US city. Video…

Russia: At the scene of drone attack on Moscow Source link