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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes part in a discussion broadcast by WDR

Continuous support

Merz says Kyiv's key allies no longer limit range of weapons

Backlash for Moscow trip

Fernand Kartheiser responds to criticism over Moscow visit, rejects calls for resignation

Police break up an attack on a Palestinian man by Israeli marchers during celebrations for Jerusalem Day on Monday

Police deployed

Scuffles, insults as Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day under shadow of Gaza war

Stabbed 26-year-old

Manhunt underway after woman found seriously injured in Trier apartment

ASEAN leaders are trying to present a united front as they face the economic turmoil of Trump's tariffs

In Kuala Lumpur

Southeast Asian leaders meet to talk tariffs, truce and East Timor

President Emmanuel Macron presented France as a 'safe and reliable friend' during a meeting with Vietnam's top leader To Lam

'Indo-Pacific strategy'

France's Macron calls for world order 'based on law' in Vietnam

Only bickering and joking?

Macron denies 'domestic scene' with wife after viral video

George Floyd is among model headstones bearing the names of people killed by law enforcement in the 'Say Their Names' cemetery in Minneapolis

Black Lives Matter movement

George Floyd's uncertain legacy marked in US five years on

Neil Villamizar, part of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's ruling party, was elected governor of the disputed Essequibo region

Oil-rich territory

Venezuela elects representatives for Guyana-administered Essequibo

A worker loads humanitarian aid on a truck at the Kerem Shalom crossing between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2025

Fresh uncertainty

Head of US-backed Gaza aid group resigns, says mandate 'not possible' to fulfil

Suriname's President Chan Santokhi shows his inked pinky finger after voting in Paramaribo on May 25, 2025

After offshore discovery

With eye on oil wealth Suriname parties enter coalition talks

Morning Roundup

Opening Ceremony for Games of Small States, Trump extends EU tariff deadline, and Luxembourish co-production wins Palme d'Or

Firefighters extinguish a blaze following Russian strike in the Kyiv region

Trump slams 'crazy' Putin as Russia pummels Ukraine with massive drone attack

The Rimpfischhorn is a 4,199-metre (13,776-foot) mountain east of Zermatt, near the Italian border

Six die in Switzerland weekend mountain accidents

Firefighters extinguish a blaze following Russian strike in the Kyiv region

Under attack for the second night running

13 killed as Russia pummels Ukraine with biggest ever drone attack

Un feu tricolore privé d'électricité, à Cannes, le 24 mai 2025

Affected 45,000 homes

French authorities blame sabotage for second power blackout

Since returning to office, US President Donald Trump has revived his

Latest negotiations

Trump calls Iran-US nuclear talks 'very, very good'

France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) and his wife Brigitte Macron (in red) are greeted by Vietnamese officials upon their arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi

Meeting with 'top leadership'

France's Macron arrives in Vietnam for Southeast Asia tour

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus says he has a duty to implement democratic reforms before elections he has vowed will take place by June 2026 at the latest

After power struggles

Bangladesh's Yunus seeks unity with fresh political talks

A photograph released by the Turkish foreign ministry on May 24, 2025 shows US Syria envoy Tom Barrack shaking hands with Syria's jihadist-turned-interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a meeting in Istanbul

Improving relations

Syria to help locate missing Americans: US envoy

The renationalisation of South Western Railway, which notably serves London Waterloo station, means a third of journeys in Britain are now on publicly owned services

UK renationalises first train operator under Labour reforms

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (L) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang inspect a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Jakarta

Beijing-Jakarta

Indonesia, China agree to bolster ties ahead of ASEAN summit

Scholarships under siege

Luxembourg scholar at Harvard caught in crossfire of US visa crackdown

US President Donald Trump and Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands in Riyadh earlier this month as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on

Internal restructuring

Syria reboots interior ministry as Damascus seeks to reassure West

Ecuador's re-elected President Daniel Noboa (C) and his wife, First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi (L), receive honors upon their entrance to the Carondelet Palace after his inauguration at the National Assembly in Quito on May 24, 2025

Sworn in for second term

At 2nd inauguration, Noboa vows to 'save' Ecuador from gangs

Israel has ramped up it campaign in Gaza, where rescuers said strikes killed at least 15 people on Saturday

City of Khan Yunis

Rescuers say 9 children of Gaza doctor couple killed in Israeli strike

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, 84, is leading the caretaker government as its chief advisor until elections

Power struggles

Bangladesh govt calls for unity to stop 'return of authoritarianism'

Four people suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack in Hamburg

Injuring 18 people

Germany mass stabbing suspect has 'psychological illness': police

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