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Police blocked the road leading to the Rovaniemi Airport in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland after the crash

Rehearsing for airshow

Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town, pilot ejected

An aircraft burns after the Israeli strikes on Sanaa airport, in this picture released by Huthi news agency SABA

Yemen's Huthis to keep attacking Israeli ships despite US deal

The USS Harry S. Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers currently operating in the Middle East

'Minor injuries'

Second plane falls off US aircraft carrier in 10 days

Merz and Macron want to work more closely on defence

Ramping up security

France, Germany say to cooperate more closely on defence

World leaders have called on India and Pakistan to de-escalate a clash between the nuclear-armed nations

Escalation of violence

Nations urge restraint in India-Pakistan clash

Smoke billows after an artillery shell landed in the main town of Poonch district in India's Jammu region on May 7, 2025

Red flames and smoke

Explosions and fire on the contested India-Pakistan border

Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip 'needs to be lifted immediately' said Turk

Humanitarian assistance 'needs to come'

Israel's Gaza plan 'dangerous moment' for civilians: UN official

Residents of Khallet al-Dabaa and other hamlets in the West Bank's Masafer Yatta region have for years contended with violence

'Biggest demolition we've ever had'

Palestinians in razed West Bank hamlet vow to stay

Luxembourg cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, a close advisor to Pope Francis, has been floated as a potential successor to the late Argentine pontiff.

A new pope awaits: What to expect from this historic conclave

Since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, his administration has levied new tariffs totaling 145 percent on goods from China, with some sector-specific measures stacked on top

Eyeing de-escalation

China vows to defend 'justice' in looming trade talks with US

Israel's military says its strike took the Sanna airport 'fully' out of action

Safeguarding shipping lanes

US, Yemen's Huthis agree ceasefire: mediator Oman

Erin Patterson accused of murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms. She denies all charges

Triple murder case

Toxic mushroom victim said meal was 'delicious', Australian court hears

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met twice already this year

Guest of honour

China's Xi heads to Moscow to beef up 'no limits' Putin partnership

Luxembourg and Finland eye closer cooperation on security and innovation

Morning Roundup

India launches strikes on Pakistan, papal conclave begins, and cameras to catch solo drivers on motorway carpool lane

White smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel in 2013 to announce the election of Pope Francis

Rules and traditions

White smoke: signalling a new pope down the ages

Cardinals from around the world have flocked to the Vatican for the conclave

Chosen by the pope

What's a cardinal? The 'princes' of the Church electing a new pope

The Holy Father

What does a pope do?

Catholic cardinals are moving into a guest house at the Vatican ahead of the start of the closed-door conclave where they will choose a new pope

Record-breaking election

Papal conclave by the numbers

In 1929, the Vatican City State was created with the signing of the Lateran Accords between Pope Pius XI and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini

The Vatican: a papal powerhouse, world's smallest state

Through the centuries

Hilarius or Simplicius, the papal name dilemma

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet EU chiefs at a landmark post-Brexit summit on May 19

Ahead of landmark summit

Trump, Ukraine propel EU and UK towards defence pact

After bumpy start, 'European chancellor' Merz visits Paris, Warsaw

Emmanuel Macron will welcome Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Paris on Wednesday for his first visit to Europe

New path in doubt

Syrian leader to meet Macron in first European visit

The five opposition figures had been sheltering at the Argentine embassy in Venezuela's capital Caracas since March of last year

Maduro opponents

Venezuelan opposition figures 'rescued', now in US: Rubio

President Donald Trump's inner circle has long spoken of China as the arch-enemy, with some suggesting that ending the Ukraine war will free up resources to counter Beijing

'Number-one geopolitical foe'

Trump talks tough on China, but early focus elsewhere

Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, said he would sign a letter of intent to join China's Belt and Road Initiative

Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road

US President Donald Trump participates in a swearing-in ceremony for the Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025.

Urging responsible solution

Trump hopes India-Pakistan clashes end 'very quickly'

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