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Generals Mbaye Cisse (R) and Pascal Ianni salute as the Senegalese flag is raised

Abandoning permanent camps

French army leaves Senegal ending military presence in west Africa

Taipei came to a brief standstill when air raid sirens forced people off the streets and into underground shelters in a rehearsal for a Chinese attack

Yearly training

Taipei holds air raid drill to prepare for Chinese attack

Smoke plumes rising from reported explosions on the Magic Seas cargo ship, attacked by Huthi rebels in the Red Sea

'I thought I was going to die': sailor recounts Huthi attack in Red Sea

Morning Roundup

Government criticised over silence on labour talks, construction costs spike, and fire destroys Tomorrowland main stage

A view of the damage following Israeli strikes on the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters in Damascus

As Israel strikes Damascus

Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request

Indirect negotiations for a ceasefire in war-ravaged Gaza are now in their second week

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's

Gaza aid point crush kills 20 people

Tomorrowland main stage engulfed in flames days before start of festival

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has endured a rocky first year as PM

Reassert authority

UK's Starmer suspends several Labour rebels

Some 900 Afghans and 3,600 family members have so far been brought to Britain under the scheme

'Serious questions' over UK secret Afghan relocations: PM

Path towards a two-way state solution?

Summit on Palestinian statehood planned for September: diplomatic source

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to testify in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself from royal defamation charges

Facing up to 15 years in prison

Thai ex-PM Thaksin appears on stand in royal defamation case

Morning Roundup

Body found in Niederanven, Luxair adds new routes, and France to scrap two public holidays

This handout picture released on March 31, 2025, by El Salvador's Presidency press office shows alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua and from the Salvadoran gang MS-13 being subdued upon their arrival at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in the city of Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Both administrations stonewalling

David vs Goliath: Inside the legal battle to help Trump's deportees in El Salvador

The UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese said Tuesday that Washington's sanctions -- following her criticism of the White House's stance on Gaza -- are a 'violation' of her immunity

After Rubio comments

UN expert on Palestinians says US sanctions are a 'violation' of immunity

Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy American financier, died in 2019 before he faced trial for sex offenses

'Pretty boring stuff'

'Epstein files' explained: Why Trump is under pressure

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro could face a sentence of up to 40 years in prison if convicted of mounting a coup

Prosecutor asks Brazil Supreme Court to find Bolsonaro guilty of coup

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to testify in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself from royal defamation charges

Thai ex-PM Thaksin due in dock for royal defamation case

US President Donald Trump, alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, speaks to reporters on his way to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on July 15, 2025, in Washington

Amid firestorm of criticism

Trump says any 'credible' Epstein files should be released

Nigerian ex-president Muhammadu Buhari died in London on Sunday aged 82

Multiple state heads in attendance

Former Nigerian president Buhari buried at family compound

Syria's security forces and their allies were accused of going on a rampage after being deployed to the mainly Druze city of Sweida

Executions, looting, arson

Syrian Druze say govt mission of peace devolved into rampage

Syria's defence chief declared a ceasefire in the mostly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday

Battling Bedouin tribes

Syrian forces accused of 'executions' in Druze area as Israel launches strikes

Former US national security advisor Mike Waltz testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations

Following text controversy

Trump UN envoy pick chastised for discussing bombing on Signal

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has put forward a raft of options for action against Israel over the war in Gaza -- but EU foreign ministers will likely not agree on any

Concrete steps unlikely

Divided EU leaves action against Israel on Gaza 'on table'

Healey said 1,000s of Afghans were brought to UK after major data breach in 2022

In secret programme

Thousands of Afghans win UK asylum after huge data breach

A Russian drone is shot down during overnight attacks on Kyiv

'Must include full accountability'

UN demands justice in any Ukraine peace talks, as civilian deaths spike

Participated in ING Marathon

'Turbaned Tornado' Fauja Singh dies at 114

Washington has for years launched drone strikes targeting suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen

Sought to sue Berlin

German court rejects Yemenis' claim over US strikes

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses foreign ministers, including Russia's Sergei Lavrov (3rdL), in Beijing on Tuesday

Meeting in Beijing

China's Xi vows greater support for Russia as meets Lavrov

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