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Argentine football legend Diego Maradona's former doctor Leopoldo Luque is one of seven medical professionals on trial over the footballer's death in 2020

Accused of gross negligence

'He was my idol' says Maradona doctor at trial over icon's death

Netflix says the World Baseball Classic held earlier this year boosted its popularity in Japan, one of the coutries where games were played

Amid competition, leadership changes

Netflix shares dive as revenue barely beats expectations

US actor Tom Cruise is going to reprise his iconic role of Maverick in a third 'Top Gun' film

Announced at CinemaCon

Cruise control: 'Top Gun 3' officially in the works

Spanish Vice President and Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo told reporters he believes the International Monetary Fund could recognize Venezuela soon

Spain VP says IMF could recognize Venezuela soon, hastening reengagement

Pope Leo XIV blessed the crowd from a popemobile with bulletproof windows

Keenly anticipated visit

Pope slams 'tyrants' on Cameroon visit as Trump spat continues

United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, told AFP that the international community should put more focus on the country

World's largest humanitarian crisis

UN Sudan chief says country 'abandoned' after three years of war

Holding internet firms responsible for their roles in creating or promoting user content has become a promising legal tactic in the United States

Deceptive advertising

Australian tycoon battles Meta over fake ads

EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warns that Russia is emerging as a winner from war in Iran

EU aims to start disbursing new Ukraine loan in second quarter

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before walking to board Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House

'Agreed to almost everything'

Trump says Iran deal 'very close,' may go to Pakistan to sign

Karim Benzema has left Al-Ittihad to join Al-Hilal

'National symbol and pride source'

Saudi wealth fund sells football club Al-Hilal

Quinton de Kock finished unbeaten on 112 off 60 balls, including eight fours and seven sixes

Punjab down Mumbai despite De Kock ton

US President Donald Trump said he had invited the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House

No confirmation from either side

Trump says Israel, Lebanon agree to ceasefire

Jihad Azour, Director of the IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department, at a press briefing in Washington

Mideast war an 'unprecedented' blow for region: IMF to AFP

A woman holds a poster reading "Long live our socialist revolution" during celebrations marking victory on the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion

Communist island

Cuba 'ready' for possible US attack: president

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine shows a map of the Strait of Hormuz at a Pentagon press briefing

Tracking data indicated

Vessels cross Hormuz destined for Iran despite US blockade

This handout satellite image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows two vessels conducting what appears to be an offshore cargo transfer off the southeast coast of the Malay Peninsula near Singapore on April 3

'It's really the main hub'

Iran's shadow oil trade endures near Singapore despite war

Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan said Lebanon's direct talks with Israel serve "no interest for the country or its citizens"

Hussein Hajj Hassan

Hezbollah MP to AFP: direct Lebanon-Israel talks a 'grave error'

Across the West Bank, there is little enthusiasm about the upcoming Palestinian local elections which are to be held on April 25

Little enthusiasm as Palestinians gear up for local polls

A container ship sails past oil tankers anchored in Singapore

Iran's shadow oil trade endures near Singapore despite war

Julius Malema was sentenced for firing an assault rifle at a rally eight years ago

Politically charged case

South Africa's firebrand Malema handed jail term on gun charges

With Luxembourgish assistance

Cyber crackdown: 75,000 users warned in global operation, including four arrests

Lufthansa, Europe's biggest airline group, has faced a wave of escalating strike action

Europe's biggest aviation group

Lufthansa accelerates cost cuts, closing subsidiary, as fuel prices surge

The 'Nanda Devi' was one of two Indian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers that Iran allowed to transit the Hormuz Strait arrives at Vadinar Port in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat state on March 17, 2026 after Iran allowed it to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy corridor that remains disrupted by the Middle East war. Indian-flagged tankers 'Shivalik' and 'Nanda Devi', carrying around 92,700 metric tonnes of LPG, had reached ports in Gujarat state, marking a rare exception in commercial passage through the chokepoint.

Throughout March

Commodities exports through Strait of Hormuz collapse, except for Iran

The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 659 drones and 44 missiles

Overnight attacks

Russian strikes kill at least 19 across Ukraine

Ronan Harris of Snap was among the social media bosses called in to Downing Street by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

In meeting with senior figures

UK PM tells social media bosses to step up child online safety

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan meet staff members and young advocates during a visit to a Melbourne mental health engagement programme as part of their four-day tour of Australia

Actress turned royal

Meghan Markle claims to be 'most trolled person' in world

Family members and mourners gathered for funerals in the city of Kahramanmaras

Second such incident this week in the country

Teachers protest as Turkey buries school shooting victims

Mariam Zein (R) brings her son to a mobile health clinic run by charity Caritas Lebanon

Amid relentless attacks

In Lebanon shelters, women care for tiny babies, face pregnancy

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