A group of soldiers on Sunday appeared on Benin's state television claiming to have removed President Patrice Talon from office and dissolved all state institutions. Talon's office, meanwhile, said that loyalist forces had managed to get the situation "under control". Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. 

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A video compilation claiming to show new footage of Iranian command centres destroyed during the June 2025 war with Israel has been circulating online. Disseminated by accounts supportive of Israel and opposed to the Iranian regime, most of these clips were actually generated by artificial intelligence.

An attempted military coup is currently under way in Benin, according to information obtained by FRANCE 24 early Sunday.

Nearly 80 people – more than half of them children – have been killed in a series of drone strikes targeting a kindergarten, a hospital and rescue teams in southern Sudan, local officials said on Sunday, blaming the attacks on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF.

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A fire that ripped through an Indian nightclub in the popular tourist resort region of Goa killed 25 people, the state's chief minister said Sunday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel Saturday for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin's support after traditionally solid ties between the countries were shaken by the Gaza war.

Russia launched a major overnight attack on the industrial Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, striking key water and heating infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. The assault came as a Ukrainian delegation had wrapped up three days of talks with US President Donald Trump’s advisers in Florida, aimed at securing an agreement to end the war. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

Moscow hammered Ukraine's energy infrastructure with a massive drone and missile barrage overnight into Saturday as US officials continued to hold talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida on ending the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a "substantive phone call" with the US negotiators.

Palestinian militant group Hamas said Saturday it was ready to give up its arms to a future Palestinian authority "if the occupation ends". Israel has killed more than 360 Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip since the latest ceasefire came into effect on October 10, health officials say.

President Javier Milei on Saturday hailed the arrival of Argentina's first six F-16 jets purchased from Denmark, describing them as "guardian angels" that will strengthen the South American country's armed forces.

Greyness and solitude marked French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's three weeks in prison, according to excerpts released on Saturday from an upcoming book.

At least 18 people attempting to reach Europe by inflatable boat drowned after their dinghy capsized south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said Saturday. Two people have been rescued so far as the search for survivors continues.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas responded Saturday to a new US National Security Strategy accusing Europe of facing "civilisational erasure" due to its immigration policies by saying that Washington remained the bloc's main ally. The strategy also called for the US to aggressively maintain dominance in the Western Hemisphere.

Two people who organised a marathon in Iran where a number of women athletes competed without wearing veils have been arrested, the Islamic republic's judiciary said Saturday. While women in Iran are required by law to cover their hair in public, the law's enforcement has become more sporadic since the country was swept by mass protests in 2022.

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told the Doha Forum Saturday that Israel's continued insistence on a demilitarised zone in the country's south could lead the two nations to a "dangerous place". Israeli troops continue to occupy a UN-patrolled area in the Golan Heights and have repeatedly launched military operations deeper into Syria.

The death toll from cyclone-driven floods and landslides across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra rose to 908 people on Saturday, with over 400 listed as missing, government data showed. The disaster has also claimed around 200 lives in southern Thailand and Malaysia. Indonesia’s environment ministry has suspended operations at mining and hydropower firms blamed for worsening the floods through deforestation.

Italy is set open the Mediterranean’s first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity, offering a natural but supervised home for the animals as marine parks across Europe close. Located off Taranto, the San Paolo Dolphin Refuge is expected to receive its first dolphins by mid-2026 and will prioritise welfare over numbers, providing medical care, monitoring, and protected enclosures.

The groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry, who passed away Friday at the age of 96, was renowned for designing some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed. Throughout his career, he was awarded every major prize in architecture, including the field's highest honor, the Pritzker Prize, for work described as "refreshingly original and totally American."

Qatar’s prime minister warned Saturday that the nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip cannot be considered complete until Israeli forces fully withdraw under a peace plan backed by Washington and the UN. 

Right-wing politician Nigel Farage is set to address supporters in Falkirk on Saturday, aiming to capitalise on Reform UK’s unexpected rise in Scotland ahead of May’s devolved parliament elections. The anti-immigration party, once marginal north of the border, is now polling second behind the SNP, attracting voters from the Conservatives and Labour, even as Farage himself remains widely unpopular among Scots.

An overnight exchange of fire at the Chaman–Spin Boldak crossing killed four civilians and wounded four more, Afghan officials said. Both sides blamed each other despite a truce after deadly clashes in October. Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated since the Taliban took power in 2021, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of harbouring militants and the border remaining largely closed, though Pakistan plans to allow UN aid deliveries.

Russia launched a massive overnight assault on the Kyiv region early Saturday, firing drones and missiles that wounded three people and triggered air-raid alerts across large parts of the country. In Miami, US and Ukrainian officials are extending negotiations with both sides agreeing that "real progress" depends on Russia's willingness to end the war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. 

Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged heavy fire along their shared border on Friday, officials from both countries said, after peace talks between the South Asian neighbours ended without a breakthrough earlier this week.