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Smoke rises from the airport of Port Sudan following reported attacks on May 4, 2025

Sudan paramilitaries launch first attack on de facto capital: army

The sound of gunfire near the India-Pakistan border brings back painful memories for Bashir Dar, whose wife was killed from previous fighting over Kashmir

Echoes from the past

India-Pakistan gunfire triggers terror of past conflict

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of the People's Action Party (PAP) waves to supporters as he celebrates a resounding election victory

Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a craft brewery on Sunday after his election victory

Anthony Albanese

Australian PM basks in win, vows 'orderly' government

Reform UK is led by Nigel Farage

UK hard right sets sights high after local election triumphs

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for nearly 15 hours, his office said, claiming it broke a previous record held by Volodymyr Zelensky

Marking World Press Freedom Day

Maldives president holds record 15-hour press conference

A Qatari contestant shows off his catch in a line-fishing competition that forms part of a festival aimed at reviving the emirate's sea-faring tradition.

Seafaring tradition

Qataris hooked on traditional fishing competition

Israelis again called on the government to bring home the remaining hostages

Mobilisation orders

Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive

Indigenous farmers loyal to former president Evo Morales, holding wooden spears, gather in his central Bolivian stronghold of Lauca Ene to support and defend him

Evading arrest warrant

From stronghold guarded by backers, Bolivia ex-leader plots return

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had to cut short his trip to the United States

Amid widespread protests

Serbian president out of hospital after cutting short US trip

Brice Oligui Nguema has taken oath as president after 19 months of military rule and a successful election bid last month

Gabon ex-junta chief Oligui sworn in after election win

Israelis demonstrate outside the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday demanding action by the government to bring home the remaining hostages.

Hamas armed wing releases video of apparently injured Israeli hostage

Ahmed Bin Mubarak pictured at a press conference in Moscow on February 27, 2024

Mubarak steps down

PM of Yemen government announces resignation

Indian Border Security Force personnel stand guard near the India-Pakistan Wagah border post

Rising tensions

Pakistan tests missile weapons system amid India standoff

Who is Australia's new PM?

Anthony Albanese: Australia's dog-loving, Tory fighting PM

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waves as he arrives onstage in Sydney after winning a general election

Trump may have aided Australian PM's election victory: analysts

Australia's Opposition Leader Peter Dutton waves after conceding defeat in Australia's general election

First leader to lose own seat

Right-leaning Australian opposition leader loses election, and seat

India blames Pakistan of backing the deadliest attack in years on civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, in which 26 men were killed

After 22 April attack

India blocks Pakistani celebrities on social media

High season in the cooler climes of the Neelum Valley, the tourist centre of Pakistan administered-Kashmir, begins in May as temperatures around the rest of the country rise

Threat of attacks

India-Pakistan tensions hit tourism in Kashmiri valley

Attackers targeted prisons across France in last month's attacks

France charges 21 prison attack suspects

Turkish Cypriots march through north Nicosia in protest at the breakaway government's decision to allow pupils to wear Islamic headscarves in secondary schools.

'Erosion' of secular foundation

Turkish Cypriots protest new rule allowing hijab in school

An Indian army post near Sainth, the last village near the Line of Control in Jammu district

Fear of conflicts

Lives on hold in India's border villages with Pakistan

'Tragic incident'

Car ploughs into crowd in Stuttgart, killing one and injuring seven

US President Donald Trump, pictured speaking before Congress in his first term, will be required to live up to his image as an astute dealmaker in the next phase of his presidency

After blitz of orders

Trump's next 100 days: Now comes the hard part

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on May 2, 2025

Canada election

Carney vows to transform Canada economy to withstand Trump

The election pits left-leaning incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) against staunchly conservative rival Peter Dutton

Five things to know about the Australian election

An aerial photo shows the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus' Mount Qasyoun on May 2, 2025

Warning for new rulers

Israel launches new Syria strikes amid Druze tensions

Newly designated terrorists

Trump team lashes out at Germany for censure of far-right group

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