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Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Vucic (R) is pro-EU but Serbia still has a long way to go before it can join Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to Brussels, accusing Croatia of blocking his nation’s progress towards EU membership. Serbia’s anger at Croatia – which …

Image copyright AP Image caption Most Cubans can only access the internet from public wi-fi hotspots Cuba’s state-run telecommunications company Etecsa has signed a deal with Google that will enable faster access to content from the American company. Under the deal, the technology giant will install servers in Cuba to …

Media playback is not supported on this device Lionel Messi: Barcelona star meets Afghan boy who became viral star An Afghan boy who became an online hit after wearing a homemade shirt bearing Lionel Messi’s famous number 10 has met his hero. A photograph of six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wearing the …

Image copyright Twitter Image caption Ana Gabriela Guevara posted a picture of herself after the beating Mexican Senator Ana Gabriela Guevara, 39, is in hospital after being beaten up by four men following a traffic collision near Mexico City. Ms Guevara was riding her motorcycle on Sunday evening when a …

Image copyright TV Peru Image caption The programme is presented in Quechua by Clodomiro Landeo and Marisol Mena Peru’s public broadcaster, TV Peru, has begun broadcasting its first ever news programme in Quechua, the ancient indigenous language spoken by some eight million people in the Andes. The hour-long programme, entitled …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Venezuelans started queuing early in the morning on Tuesday Venezuelans have been queuing at banks after they were given 72 hours to deposit or change 100-bolivar bills before they stop being legal tender. President Nicolas Maduro announced on Sunday that the banknote, currently the country’s …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption A man pushes a cart with an elderly woman deeper into one of the few remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo As the battle for Aleppo heads towards a conclusion, people trapped in a small area of east Aleppo still held by the rebels have been …

The war in Yemen between Houthi rebels and allies of the ousted government has had devastating consequences for a country which was already the poorest in the region. BBC Arabic’s Nawal al-Maghafi is one of the first journalists to report from the rebel stronghold of Saada, in the north – …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hundreds of thousands of foreign workers are in Qatar to build infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup Qatar is ending its labour sponsorship system that forces foreign workers to seek their employer’s permission to change jobs or leave the country. It says a …

Image copyright AFP Image caption Multiple gun and bomb attacks in Paris on 13 November killed 130 people Two men involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks have been killed in Syria in a US air strike, officials say. The men, named in a Pentagon statement as Salah Gourmat and …