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The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara

Progress in key areas has stalled because of Covid, conflict and the climate crisis, but peaceful nations are performing better

MSF charity reports 33% rise in malnourished patients at giant Dadaab complex after influx from drought-stricken Somalia

Campaigners say bloc’s plan to use development aid, trade policy and access to visas as ‘leverage’ fails to put human rights first

Police protesting the killings of fellow officers by gangs stormed the airport and surrounded the prime minister

Police chief says 80 officers will be immediately dispatched to subways and stations as attacks bring city to ‘crisis point’

Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5m sq km of forest, says study

String of mishaps on cantankerous subway system could throw a wrench in Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential aspirations

Thai capital’s already bad air made worse by forest fires and burning on farms

Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperatures

Residents told that rising cases mean they must stay home for five days and do frequent temperature checks

Kyodo Senpaku opened ‘stores’ at two locations in Tokyo after successful trial

Warren Mundine, a leading critic of voice to parliament, is concerned advertising from main referendum campaigns may be removed by platforms

Tribunal ruling says there is ‘no leeway’ for woman who was in Saudi Arabia visiting her son when borders shut

Rosalie Dow asked department for modifications to home but was told the policy was to transfer dwellings – which is yet to occur

Treasurer says ‘best way to shift the needle’ is to ‘find out where those challenges are most acute’, and ‘this is something I care deeply about’

Alleged actions of man, 74, were an attempt to force Spanish authorities ‘to abstain from supporting Ukraine’

Work depicting mythological hero and apparently dating back to Roman imperial period found near Appian Way

Vĕra Jourová says the bloc has a moral duty and the project would not necessarily mean a new station

Politicians accused of stigmatising Muslims and migrants after man with machete entered two churches in Algeciras

Birmingham-based Soffe family still fighting for compensation after fire in Gulf state left Elizabeth with life-threatening burns

Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Friday morning, to which Israel responded with missile strikes

Palestinian leaders cut security ties with Israel after deadly gun battle at Jenin refugee camp

Sudden restart of investigation sets off developments leaving doubts justice for victims will be delivered

Survivors of alleged abuses at hands of military unite in universal jurisdiction case over atrocities they say amount to genocide

Energy minister says outage was caused by voltage surge in south of grid

Government accused of ‘censorship’ over ban on film about PM’s role in violence during 2002 Gujarat riots

Trip to examine country’s rights record derailed as meetings with government officials also cancelled

Exclusive: Domestic abuse charges authorised by CPS declined from 82,158 to 43,836 in 2021-2022, Labour party reveals

‘Never again will Labour allow hate to spread unchallenged,’ Labour leader will say at annual conference in London

PC Bonnie Murphy, who asked colleague Jamie Lewis to send her a picture of a decomposed body, acted with gross misconduct, inquiry rules