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Venezuela has accused the US of "piracy" after an oil tanker was seized off the country's coast.

The pictures are striking - US forces sliding down ropes on to the deck of an oil tanker in the Caribbean.

Tributes have been paid to a British soldier killed in Ukraine, as the country's allies prepare for talks before a crucial potential meeting with Donald Trump.

The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado didn't make it to Oslo in time to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person, in an extraordinary day shrouded in uncertainty over her whereabouts.

Iran and Egypt have complained after FIFA scheduled a World Cup match between the two nations in Seattle to coincide with the city's LGBTQ+ Pride festival.

Four Afghan youths who dressed up as the Peaky Blinders have been cautioned by the Taliban.

Loved the world over for its pizzas and pasta, Italian cuisine has been given world heritage status by the UN's cultural agency.

Iceland has announced it is boycotting next year's Eurovision over Israel's participation in the competition, saying taking part would "neither be a source of joy nor peace".

At least 22 people are dead and more than a dozen injured after a double building collapse in Morocco.

The Duchess of Sussex has been able to contact her estranged father in hospital via a letter, her spokesperson has confirmed.