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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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated two gangs as terror groups in Haiti, where thousands have protested the violence that has displaced more than a million people

Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif

US designates two Haitian gangs as terror groups

Prince Harry quit the royal family in 2020

Prince Harry says he would 'love' to reconcile with family

View of Puerto Williams, Chile in January 2024

Major earthquake

Chile, Argentina order evacuations over post-quake tsunami threat

Cardinal Pietro Parolin served as late Pope Francis's Secretary of State

One of the Church's top challenge

Watchdog accuses papal contenders of ignoring sex abuse

Kelly Smith (L) was found guilty of trafficking her six-year-old daughter

For 1,085 dollars

S.African mother found guilty of selling young daughter

A US freeze on international aid has hit UN staff hard

After Trump decision

'Not a commodity': UN staff rally over deep cuts

Vatican chimney installed ahead of papal conclave

World attention is on the Vatican as cardinals prepare to meet to elect the next pope

'The Church is holy, but made up of sinners'

Orgies, murder and intrigue, the demons of the Holy See

A man stands on the rubble of a building hit in an Israeli strike in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip

'Horrific scenes'

'Deadly blockade' leaves Gaza aid work on verge of collapse: UN, Red Cross

In Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, dozens held an anti-India rally

Following 'deadly attack'

Pakistani Kashmir orders stockpiling of food as India tensions flare

Israel's military deployed tanks in Jenin in late February

'Forced to leave'

West Bank Palestinians losing hope 100 days into Israeli assault

Trump has long had an antagonistic relationship with most mainstream news media, with the exception of the powerful conservative broadcaster Fox News

'Antagonistic relationship'

Trump signs executive order to cut NPR, PBS public funding

Unknown assailants in April attacked several jails and other facilities across France, torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire, and leaving mysterious inscriptions

French prison attacks linked to drug traffickers, say prosecutors

Former acting president Han Duck-soo has officially announced his presidential bid

Divisive frontrunner

Fresh turmoil ahead of South Korean election

RSF said Trump has 'weaponised institutions, cut support for independent media, and sidelined reporters'

Difficulties for journalists

'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, says RSF

Under investigation for several years

German intelligence designates AfD as right-wing extremist group

A volunteer replaces campaign posters of Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with new ones in his Sydney electorate ahead of a general election May 3.

'Mountain to climb'

Australian PM says battle ahead to win election

Luxembourg ministers witness Kyiv's wartime reality

A handout sketch received from the Supreme Court of Victoria on April 29, 2025 shows Erin Patterson

Toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington

Australian triple-murder suspect never asked after poisoned guests: husband

Reporters Without Borders

Press freedom declines globally as Luxembourg drops in rankings

Han Duck-soo became acting president after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment

Joining race in snap election

South Korea former PM launches presidential bid

Morning Roundup

Trade unions plan protest, new online banking security measures, and Britain's hard-right snatch parliamentary seat

Both parties signed the deal on Wednesday

Despite no explicit safety guarantees

Zelensky says minerals deal with US 'truly equal'

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, leader of the United National Congress party, speaks to supporters during a rally in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago last month

Head of centrist United National Congress party

Trinidad leader sworn in, vows fresh start for violence-weary state

A man kneels in prayer in front of US President Donald Trump during a National Day of Prayer event in the White House Rose Garden

Surrounded by faith leaders

'Divine dreams' and 38 virgins at Trump prayer event

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff listens to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a meeting in France in April 2025

Called for global boycott of Iranian oil

US expects Iran talks but Trump presses sanctions

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