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World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pleaded with Israel to show 'mercy' in the Gaza war

Fighting back tears

WHO chief begs Israel to show 'mercy' in Gaza

Current DRC President Felix Tshisekedi (R) accuses his predecessor Joseph Kabila (L) of plotting against him

Accused of backing Rwandan militia

DR Congo ex-leader Kabila loses immunity to 'treason' probe

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new head for his country's domestic security service, despite the Israel's supreme court ruling his sacking of the current chief 'unlawful'

Head of the Shin Bet

Israel PM names new security chief, defying attorney general

Italy and Denmark's leaders share a determination to curb immigration.

Italy, other EU states urge rethink on European rights convention

Telegram founder Pavel Durov says his messaging service has sought to fight against child abuse for years

Operating on Telegram app

France detains 55 men in child sex abuse crackdown

Britain forcibly removed Chagossians from the island between 1967 and 1973

Contentious decision

UK PM says deal signed to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Starmer is under pressure to tackle immigration

Welcome boost for Starmer

UK net migration in 2024 fell by half to 431,000

Netherlands's Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp speaks during a press conference at the Netherlands Embassy in Beijing on May 22, 2025

De-escalating brutal trade war

Dutch FM says supports "as free as possible" international trade

Leo offered last week to mediate between leaders of countries at war

Fresh diplomatic impetus

Vatican's diplomatic arm eyes return to fore with Ukraine talks

South African golfer Ernie Els, standing, speaks during the Oval Office meeting between US President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

Former number one

Els and Goosen: Golfers dragged into Trump's ambush of S.Africa leader

The German deployment is aimed at deterring potential Russian aggression towards Lithuania and fellow Baltic countries

Building brigades

Merz warns of Russia threat, vows to defend NATO allies on Lithuania visit

Instead of using gunpowder to shoot an artillery shell, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire off a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity

State-of-the-art defence

Japan shows off futuristic 'railgun' at defence expo

Pro-EU Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan has been declared winner of Romania's presidential election

'Alleged foreign interference'

Romanian court rejects far-right candidate's election appeal

The UN said it collected and begun distributing aid in Gaza

For 14 neighbourhoods

Israel issues evacuation warning for parts of Gaza

Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, survived the WWII siege of Leningrad as a child

'People, let's stop the war'

'Hurt': Leningrad Siege survivor, 84, charged over peace placard

Police tape is seen outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025

Jewish museum shooting suspect mistaken for victim: witnesses

Andriy Portnov was shot dead outside a private school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid

Not ruling out political motives

Spain probes organised crime link in murder of ex-Ukraine MP

One man was found dead in a flooded home in eastern Australia

Major search and rescue missions

Massive floods strand over 50,000 in eastern Australia

Urgent overnight hearing

UK court orders last-minute review of Chagos Islands deal

This handout satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows a general view of a new North Korean warship at a harbour ahead of its launch

Under the eye of supreme leader Kim

'Serious' accident at North Korea warship launch: state media

Belgium's army deminers track and remove the dangerous materials on a daily basis

Deminers comb Belgian countryside for remnants of Great War

Morning Roundup

Trump accepts Qatar plane, royals join students for podcast, and train disruptions for the holidays

This frame grab from AFPTV footage shows members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union reacting after shots were fired as they gathered in the eastern entrance of Jenin

'Warning' rounds

Outrage at Israeli shots as diplomats tour West Bank

Package 18 waiting

'Massive sanctions': Can the EU do much more to punish Russia?

Mongolia has plummeted in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index

Decade-old struggle

Young Mongolians demand PM resign over corruption claims

US President Donald Trump ambushed visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with what he said was proof of genocide against white people

Extraordinary stunt

Trump ambushes S. African president over 'genocide' accusation

US President Donald Trump is warm to certain visitors -- and pugnacious to others

Deference and disputes: how leaders get on with Trump

Trump has turned what were staid diplomatic

In the hot seat

The Ambush Office: Trump's Oval becomes test of nerve for world leaders

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