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Former Colombian cyclist Luis

Regarding murder of four farmers

Colombian cycling star 'Lucho' Herrera questioned over murder conspiracy

President Donald Trump hosts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Relatively unscathed

Germany's Merz survives Trump test, despite Ukraine differences

Portuguese police are conducting new searches at the request of the German authorities

Results of latest searches not detailed

New search in Madeleine McCann case finished: Portuguese police

Travelers queue at Miami International Airport on May 24, 2025

Targeting US adversaries

Trump learns lessons from first 'Muslim ban' but raises new questions

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron remain divided on trade issues

'Open your heart'

Brazil's Lula urges Macron to seal Mercosur trade deal

The 'Gateway to Hell' has long been a tourist attraction

In the Karakum desert

Turkmenistan reduces 50-year fire dubbed 'Gateway to Hell'

Friedrich Merz, left, wants to maintain good ties with what he has called Germany's 'indispensable' ally, despite Donald Trump's disruptive 'America First' policies

Security, freedom, and prosperity

Germany's Merz to brave Trump's Oval Office test

Greenpeace activists stole a 40,000-euro statue of President Emmanuel Macron from the Grevin Museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy

40,000-euro statue

Greenpeace activists charged with theft of Macron waxwork

Abandoned shoes and a fallen barrier outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after a crush killed 11 people celebrating their team's IPL victory

Bengaluru offer cash help after deadly India cricket stampede

Burundian voters are choosing MPs but key opposition figures have been barred from standing

No upset in sight

Burundi votes but with opposition neutered

Harvard has been at the forefront of Trump's campaign against top universities after it defied his demands

'Unsuitable destination for students'

Trump administration ramps up attack on Harvard, Columbia

New Zealand's parliament has handed record bans to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor

New Zealand parliament gives record bans to Maori MPs over haka

Indonesia's Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin received a hat from his Australian counterpart Richard Marles

Riven by rivalry

Australia says China anxiety, geography driving closer Indonesia ties

A total of five people were killed in Pryluky, central Ukraine

Attack on residential house

Zelensky slams Russia after three generations killed in drone strike

An American man and two Kazakh nationals face the death penalty for alleged drug crimes on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, authorities say

American, Kazakhs in Bali face death penalty over drugs: authorities

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg MEP expelled from ECR group, inflation hits 2%, and Trump announces travel ban for 12 countries

US President Donald Trump (R) has repeatedly attacked his predecessor Joe Biden's cognitive health

Discrediting predecessor

Trump orders inquiry into 'conspiracy' to hide Biden's health decline

Scrutiny has increased over flailing aid distribution in Gaza, which Israel blocked for more than two months

Anger as US blocks Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council

North Korea has become one of Moscow's main allies during its more than three-year Ukraine offensive, sending thousands of troops to help the Kremlin oust Ukrainian forces from Russia's Kursk border region

Expanding cooperation

North Korea's Kim vows 'unconditional support' for Russia's war in Ukraine

Aid centres in hunger-wracked Gaza were temporarily closed on Wednesday

On the edge of famine

US-backed group extends closure of Gaza aid sites

Salvadoran lawyer and human rights activist Ruth Lopez is escorted by police to a court hearing

Accused of corruption

'I am a political prisoner' says detained Salvadoran activist

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Elon Musk

Inevitable fallout

A lingering Musk: Will ex-aide Elon get up Trump's nose?

Trump said his call with Putin was a 'good conversation'

Peace negotiations

Trump says Putin plans to retaliate for Ukraine attack on bombers

For months, retirees and supporters have mounted a weekly march on Wednesdays to demand better pensions and other benefits

Protesting austerity measures

Scientists, doctors, disabled join Argentine pensioners' march

An ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel-making facility in Hamilton, Canada

Canada steelworkers urge Ottawa to counter Trump

An Israeli army vehicle patrols near the fence leading into the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights

Bilateral accusations

Syria says Israeli strikes 'aimed at undermining' progress, stability

The University of Havana is the locus of student anger over steep hikes in mobile internet tariffs, which have prompted calls for a boycott of classes

Cuban students call boycott over mobile tariff hikes

Crowds of cricket fans had come out to celebrate and welcome home their heroes, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, after they beat Punjab Kings in a roller-coaster IPL cricket final on Tuesday night

Deadly stampede at India cricket celebrations leaves 11 dead

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