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Russia has been massing troops on the border with the Sumy region, Ukraine says

11 villages flee onslaught

Ukraine expands evacuations in Sumy region amid offensive fears

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was talking at an annual security forum in Singapore

To upend the balance of power in Asia

Pentagon chief warns China is 'preparing' to use military force in Asia

Amid Israel tensions

Iran accelerates highly enriched uranium production, but deems nuclear weapons 'unacceptable'

Tuesday's election caps months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon Suk Yeol's brief suspension of civilian rule in December, for which he was impeached and removed from office

After months of 'turmoil'

South Koreans rally for presidential hopefuls days before vote

Kaja Kallas said the European Union was beefing up defence spending after

Calling for stronger ties with Asia-Pacific region

Trump 'tough love' on defence better than no love: EU's Kallas

In Bulgaria, the prospect of adopting the euro has drawn protests

Likened to 'boarding the Titanic'

EU member Bulgaria faces protests over adopting the euro

As the world's richest person bowed out of his role as the US government's cost-cutter-in-chief, US President Donald Trump (R) hailed Elon Musk's 'incredible service'

Getting out of DOGE

Musk vows to stay Trump's 'friend' in bizarre black-eyed farewell

People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation at adistribution center in the central Gaza Strip

Helping the world

Trump vowed to remake aid. Is Gaza the future?

The US Supreme Court's opinion marked a second major legal victory for President Donald Trump on immigration

People from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

US top court lets Trump revoke legal status for 500,000 migrants

Peru's President Dina Boluarte has an approval rating of just two percent

2% approval rating

The world's most unpopular president? Peru's leader clings to power

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025

'Make sure the door remains closed'

Trump says Macrons 'are fine' after plane row video

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) with Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas at a rally in September 2024

Far-right former president

Bolsonaro 'never' discussed coup plot, ally tells Brazil court

A 2017 picture of the 6th century Saint Catherine's monastery, established at the biblical site of the burning bush in the Sinai

Site of burning bush

Egypt denies court ruling threatens historic monastery

Mexican soldiers patrol the western state of Michoacan, a battleground for rival drug cartels

Improvised landmines

Mexico says 10 Colombian ex-soldiers arrested after deadly blast

The threat of Russian attacks hovers constantly over schools across Ukraine

'Mix of pride and fear'

'Really worried': Ukrainian pupils mark end of school as war drags on

Afghan men holding Taliban flags and Palestinian national flags take part in an anti-Israel protest to show their solidarity with Palestinians after the Friday prayers

Solidarity prompted by Taliban

Thousands protest in Afghanistan to support Gaza

France's President Emmanuel Macron gives the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2025

President takes dig at China and Russia

Macron urges Asia, Europe to unite to resist 'spheres of coercion'

Opinion polls are predicting a close race in Poland's presidential vote on Sunday

Presidency race

Rivals neck-and-neck ahead of Poland's 'clash of civilisations' vote

Game changers: droppings from Adelie penguins can change the weather

Smorgasboard of quirky stories

Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

Israeli tanks take position on the Gaza border amid calls from a far-right minister to use

UN warns all of Gaza at risk of famine

After Palestinian recognition

Israel minister says 'we will build Jewish Israeli state' in West Bank

Rescuers use heavy equipment to search for people buried by a rockfall at the quarry in Cirebon, Indonesia

'Safety standards were lacking'

Rockfall at Indonesian limestone quarry kills 13

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has won his libel case against the BBC, and has been awarded 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages

Awarded €100,000

Ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins BBC libel case

China has signed a convention setting up a global mediation body in Hong Kong, which aims to be comparable to organisations such as the International Court of Justice

Convention signed

China establishes global mediation body in Hong Kong

South Korea is desperate to draw a line under months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon's suspension of civilian rule, for which he was impeached

Following political turmoil

Early voting ends for South Korea election triggered by martial law

Jimmy Sham (L) was one of four people released on Friday after serving their sentences

Released after four years

Freed HK democracy activist says needs to figure out 'red lines'

Diplomatic efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine, now in its fourth year, have intensified in recent weeks

Calls for tougher sanctions

Trump's mixed signals on Russia cloud European strategy

NATO member Turkey has become a key mediator in the war

Ahead of further negotiations

Turkey proposes to host Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit

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