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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

Renowned activist Agather Atuhaire says she suffered days of torture in Tanzania

Sexually assaulted and smeared in excrement: Uganda activist details torture in Tanzania

A freed Ukrainian prisoner embraces his wife in the Chernygiv region on Friday

'Seventh heaven': Tears and laughter as Ukrainian POWs return

Increased military activity in the Arctic has become a headache for Finland's reindeer herders

Below roaring fighter jets

Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders

A view of Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachussetts in April 2025

'Unlawful and unwarranted'

Judge temporarily halts Trump block on foreign students at Harvard

Opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa, seen here in a screen grab from state TV, was arrested on charges of plotting to sabotage parliamentary and regional elections that the opposition has vowed to boycott

Venezuela opposition leader arrested ahead of tense election

UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite speaks during a press conference in Guatemala City

Amid US, EU sanctions

UN expert says Guatemalan anti-corruption fighters persecuted

Kardashian was robbed while staying at an exclusive hotel in central Paris

Standing trial since April

Kardashian 'grateful' after Paris robbers convicted

Members of Iran's delegation arrive at the Omani embassy in Rome for the talks

Latest round of US-Iran nuclear talks ends in Rome

Update: four in critical condition

17 injured in knife attack at Hamburg train station

'Unlawful and unwarranted'

Harvard University suing the Trump administration after foreign national ban

Napoleon memorabilia regularly comes up for sale in France

'Many times the asking price'

Napoleon's sword sold at auction for 4.7 mn euros

Muhammad Yunus, the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, has led Bangladesh's as its interim leader since a mass uprising last year

'To ensure a peaceful transition'

Bangladesh minister says Yunus 'not going to step down'

Trump calls for 50 percent tariff on EU, starting 1 June

Around 1,300 Chinese students are currently enrolled at Harvard, according to official figures

Foreign enrolment right revoked

Dismayed Chinese students ponder prospects after Trump Harvard ban

Johan Helberg woke up to find the hulking cargo ship a little too close for comfort

Only person on bridge

Helmsman of cargo ship run aground in Norway was likely asleep: reports

A decision by Bangladesh's interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to ban the party of ousted ex-leader Sheikh Hasina from upcoming elections has divided voters

Fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina

Ban on ousted ex-ruling party divides Bangladesh voters

More than a quarter of Harvard's student body is made up of foreign nationals

More than quarter of student body

Trump admin revokes Harvard's right to enroll foreign students

ADAC rescue helicopter

Near Luxembourg border

Tractor accident claims farmer's life in Eifel region

Charles and Camilla will travel to Canada

Brief but 'impactful'

British king to visit Ottawa amid Trump-Canada tension

A woman with a crack pipe near Frankfurt's main train station

Rough urban district

Row erupts as German city plans safe room for crack addicts

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg bank fined for money laundering, Denmark raises retirement age to 70, and Cargolux airlifts rescued bears

Leaders from the 10-member ASEAN bloc will discuss how to cope with the escalating trade showdown between China and the United States

Expressing deep concern

US tariff tensions test Southeast Asian leaders at regional summit

A woman holds an Israeli flag in a sign of support outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead

Could receive death penalty

Alleged US killer of Israel embassy staff charged with murder

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