Japan PM joins fight for more female toilets in parliament

Maduro says Venezuela open to US talks on drug trafficking

Dozens missing after boat carrying 200 migrants sinks off Gambia

Condom tax and cheaper childcare: China's plan to boost birth rates

Zelensky says peace deal is 90% ready in New Year address

Around 40 dead in Swiss ski resort bar fire

Bulgaria joins the euro after rocky path to new currency

Iran protesters try to break into government building as unrest continues

Mali and Burkina Faso impose travel ban on US citizens in tit-for-tat move

Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80

Thieves use drill to steal €30m in German bank heist

Guinea junta chief takes lead in controversial election as social media restricted

Living in fear of Lakurawa - the militant group Trump targeted in Nigeria strikes

US pledges $2bn for humanitarian aid, but tells UN 'adapt or die'

9 arrested in Italy for allegedly raising millions for Hamas

Israel recognises Somaliland as independent state, Netanyahu says

US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria

US economy grows at fastest pace in two years

Brazil's Supreme Court allows Bolsonaro to leave prison for surgery

Chronic water shortages dampen holiday mood in Tanzania's biggest city

Libya's army chief killed in air crash in Turkey

Venezuela accuses US of 'extortion' over seizure of oil tankers

Trump says US will keep or sell oil seized from Venezuela

Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria

US conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria after Trump intervention threat

Gunmen kill nine in South Africa tavern attack

Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space

US carries out 'massive' strike against IS in Syria

Uganda prison officer sacked for 'politicking' on TikTok

Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect