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FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends an economic conference in Washington

Iran participating in World Cup, FIFA president confirms

The killings have shocked Turkey, where school shootings are rare

Second attack in two days

Teenager kills nine, wounds 13 in Turkey school shooting

Police said two people approached the synagogue in north London and 'threw two bottles suspected to contain petrol' which did not ignite

Police arrest two over London synagogue arson attempt

"Unregistered" Kurds, who have been stateless since a controversial 1962 census, have been flocking to registration centres across Syria

Syria's Kurds register for citizenship after decades of marginalisation

This handout from the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration taken and released on April 16, 2026 shows smoke from a building fire after a Russian strike in Dnipro

Strikes kill three in Ukraine, two in Russia, including children

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference in Beijing on April 14, 2026

Trump turmoil sees Spain's Sanchez emerge as progressive star

A poster portraying Pope Leo XIV (L) and Archbishop of Bamenda Andrew Nkea (R) at the Saint Joseph Metropolitan Cathedral

Pope to visit Cameroon conflict zone under high security

Khushwant Singh, author of Maharaja in Denims and co-founder of AI-driven production house Intelliflicks Studios

India's 'Maharaja in Denims' stakes claim in AI film race

This handout photo taken and released by Giuliana Elakis on April 16, 2026 shows a fire at the Viva Oil Refinery in Geelong

Fuel supply fears after blaze tears through crucial Australian refinery

A supporter of Daniel Duggan, a former US Marines pilot accused of illegally training China's military, holds a placard outside the Federal Court of Australia in Canberra on April 16, 2026

US ex-Marine loses extradition appeal in China pilots case

LIV Golf signage prior to LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec

LIV Golf reassures players over Saudi withdrawal rumors

New research has cast doubt on Alzheimer's drugs once hailed as a gamechanger

Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds

President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to potentially expand the controversial practice of fracking in Mexico

Mexican farmers raise alarm over Sheinbaum's fracking proposal

The Strait of Hormuz, vital for world energy supplies, has become a key point of the US-Iranian negotiations

War in the Middle East: latest developments

This handout image taken on July 23, 2024 and released by the Australian Defence Force shows a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft (top R) in formation flight with an RAAF EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft (bottom R), RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet (top C), a Spanish Navy AV-8B Harrier II (bottom C), an F-35 Lightning II (top L), a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi F-2 (bottom 2nd L), and a Philippine Air Force FA-50 Golden Eagle (bottom L) over northern Australia during Exercise Pitch Black 2024. Australia will deploy a long-range military reconnaissance plane to the Gulf to protect civilians, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on March 10, 2026

Australia to boost defence spending citing growing threats

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shows off an artist's rendering of President Donald Trump's planned Triumphal Arch

Trump's triumphal arch gets official name

Arsenal reached the Champions League semi-finals after a tense draw with Sporting Lisbon

Arsenal survive tense Sporting stalemate to reach Champions League semis

Cartoonish pro-Iran video memes are emerging as an effective tool in an intensifying information war

YouTube suspends pro-Iran channel posting Lego-style clips mocking Trump

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez rose to second place in the Peru presidential election's ongoing vote count

'We don't know if the results are true'

Left-winger Sanchez climbs to second place in Peru vote count

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced fresh sanctions against Iran

US announces new sanctions against Iran oil sector

Live Nation has reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department in the antitrust case brought against the US entertainment giant

Jury finds Ticketmaster owner ran illegal monopoly

SantaCon is a charity bar crawl that draws around 25,000 participants every December in New York

Bad Santa: SantaCon bar crawl organizer charged in $1 mn fraud

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese town of Deir al-Zahrani on April 15, 2026

'Grand bargain'

US optimistic about reaching peace deal with Iran

Creator Lee Sung Jin says 'Beef' season 2 explores intergenerational conflict and the gap between those who have wealth and those who never will

'Beef' tackles generational conflicts in season 2: creator

Luis Diaz after scoring in Bayern Munich's win over Real Madrid, which booked them a semi-final spot in the Champions League

Dramatic 4–3 win

Bayern sink Real Madrid late to reach Champions League semis

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said 'We must brace for tough times ahead' if the conflict in the Middle East persists speaks on during a press briefing during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2026.

IMF chief warns of 'tough times' if oil prices stay high

Major US indices finished at fresh records as markets bet on a resolution to the Middle East war

Continued pressure

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records as markets bet on US-Iran accord

The funds are the third tranche of a $20 billion program for Argentina announced in April 2025

Part of a 20-billion-dollar programme

IMF and Argentina agree deal unlocking $1 bn in assistance

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