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The humanitarian situation in Gaza, where Israel has imposed a two-month aid blockade, is dire

Israel and UN clash over aid to Gaza

Palestinians receive food packages from a US-backed foundation in the southern Gaza Strip

Netanyahu tells parliament

Israel says killed Hamas's presumed leader in Gaza

Jaish al-Islam held sway in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus during the earlier years of the civil war

Conscription of minors

French court jails ex-Syria rebel for 10 years for war crimes

US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House

Trump says warned Netanyahu against striking Iran

Judicial workers protest contentious reforms making Mexico the world's only country to elect all judges

Controversial move

In world first, Mexican voters to elect all judges

The issue of aid has come sharply into focus amid a hunger crisis after Israel imposed a full blockade on Gaza for over two months

600th day of war

Palestinians in Gaza 'deserve more than survival,' says UN envoy

The three-month trial of French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has brought to light the extent of his crimes and the suffering of his victims

Mass paedophile

French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for abusing children

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is based in Abuja

Amid tariffs and aid cuts

At 50, West African bloc teeters amid shifting alliances, security woes

Flowers and toys are placed over the graves of Roman Martyniuk, 17, his sister Tamara, 11, and brother Stanislav, 8, who were killed by a Russian missile strike

Robbed of a future

Ukrainian town mourns three siblings killed in Russian strike

The EU has long struggled to have an impact on the conflict

Words are not enough

EU hardens tone on Israel, but will it make a difference?

There has been a surge in executions in Iran

Escalating tensions

Iran hangs man convicted of Israel spying, activists slam 'unfair' trial

France's President Emmanuel Macron met Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto for talks in Jakarta

'Strategic and friendly'

France, Indonesia call for Israeli-Palestinian progress as Macron visits

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (C), pictured earlier in May, are expected to discuss EU efforts to levy more sanctions on Moscow

Focused on 'ceasefire efforts'

Zelensky in Germany for talks with Merz on Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump has issued rare rebukes of Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in recent days

Stalled ceasefire talks

Trump says Putin 'playing with fire' as sanctions pressure grows

Harvard University is in a pitched battle with President Donald Trump who is seeking to defund the storied institution and force it to submit to political oversight

Revoking visas, deporting protesters

US suspends student visa processing as Harvard protests cuts

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg second in GSSE medal table, verdict expected in French sex abuse trial, and national football cup final tonight

Vehicles drive through banana plantations belonging to a subsidiary of US banana Chiquita Brands in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Mass Chiquita layoffs

'State of emergency' in Panama after strike leads to layoffs

Peruvian police on Tuesday captured a gang of Venezuelan and Colombian extortionists accused of using Nazi symbols to intimidate their victims

Eagles and swastikas

Peru arrests extortion gang that used Nazi symbols to sow terror

Four children were among those hurt, one seriously, after a vehicle swerved through the crowd minutes after the players' open-top bus passed by

Football unites after car ploughs into Liverpool victory crowd

Britain's King Charles III delivers a speech from the Throne to open the first session of the 45th Parliament of Canada

First time in nearly 50 years

King Charles says Canada 'strong and free' as Trump looms

A youth carries a package on his back after Palestinians received food from a US-backed foundation in western Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Greeted by warning shots

Thousands rush into new aid distribution centre in south Gaza

The assisted dying bill is unlikely to become law before 2026

305 votes against 199

France's lower house backs assisted dying bill

Fans of US President Donald Trump met for a conservative political conference in Poland

Polish Trump fans gather to 'Make Poland Great Again'

US President Donald Trump has issued rare rebukes of Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in recent days

New sanctions ahead?

Trump says Putin 'playing with fire' in new jab at Russian leader

'Rotten system'

Mexicans face wall of impunity in search for justice

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (L) attended the ASEAN gala dinner on Monday, alongside Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

Geopolitical shifts

SE Asian nations express 'deep concern' over US tariffs

Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski is backed by Poland's ruling centrists

Candidates virtually tied

Poland to vote in razor-tight presidential election

Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (C) descends from a family that ruled Brunei for more than 600 years

Also one of the richest

Sultan Hassanal of Brunei, the world's longest-reigning living monarch

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