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Iranians waved national flags and portraits of supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei as they march in support of the country's armed forces in the capital Tehran

'Our policy is the continuation of resistance'

Iran may believe it has the upper hand as Trump seeks talks

The European Parliament's trade committee had been due to approve the EU-US deal on Tuesday

EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'

(FILES) Swiss actress Ursula Andress arrives for the screening of "Biutiful" presented in competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2010 in Cannes.

Italy seizes millions 'embezzled' from Ursula Andress

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addressed the opening of the global trade body's 14th ministerial conference

Yaounde conference

Global trading system hit by 'worst disruptions in the past 80 years': WTO chief

Remnants of an missile that landed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Beitin on March 26, 2026

As strikes continue

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Migrants off the coast of France in March 2026

Harsher penalties

'Return hubs' for migrants clear EU parliament hurdle

Meta has already axed third-party fact checking in the US

Misleading notes, lack of independent journalism...

Meta watchdog says grassroots fact checks risk harm to users

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned against Israeli ground operations in south Lebanon

Seven nations meet

G7 meets in France to mend transatlantic rupture on Iran

The women's football championship was created in 2024, and initially involved only 80 players

'Things are improving'

Somalia football slowly becomes a women's game

Belarusian state media showed Kim and Lukashenko hugging at a lavish welcome programme on Wednesday involving an artillery salute and goose-stepping soldiers before a large flag-waving crowd at Kim Il Sung Square

'A fundamentally new phase'

North Korea, Belarus sign 'friendship' treaty during Lukashenko visit

Venezuela has the largest known oil reserves in the world, but years of underinvestment, lack of maintenance and US sanctions have hammered oil production

Outdated infrastructure

Venezuela oil reserves both entice and repel energy giants

Myanmar's ancient capital Mandalay bore the brunt of damage in the 7.7-magnitude quake

March 2025 tremor

Myanmar's rebuild stutters year after deadly quake

Trump, whose daily statements have swung wildly from threatening to conciliatory, said talks to end the war were ongoing with Iran

'We seek an end to the war on our own terms'

Israel strikes Iran as Trump says Tehran wants deal to end war

Plaintiff attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett and family members celebrated a landmark win against Meta and YouTube which were accused of addicting young social media users

Negligence causing harm

US jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in social media addiction trial

Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon for around two decades until 2000, now aims to create a buffer zone

Hezbollah rejects truce talks as Israel presses Lebanon strikes

Taiwanese authorities say there are sufficient LNG reserves for March and April

Mideast war fuels disinformation about Taiwan's gas supply

Starlink satellite internet systems have gained ground in Iran thanks to a network of international activists.

Digital activism

US activists work to connect Iranians via Starlink

China is challenging the United States' supremacy in spaceflight

Moon race: how China is challenging the US

Lithium is used in batteries for products like EVs and smartphones

Sensitive sector

Zimbabwe lithium export ban triggers crackdown, concerns

A fisherman paddles before the Sierra Leone-flagged Sara Sky, which is carrying crude oil from Russia, anchored at Limay port, Bataan province on March 26, 2026

'Nothing is off the table'

Russian oil arrives as Philippines battles 'energy emergency'

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned against Israeli ground operations in south Lebanon

Addressing global imbalances

G7 meets in France to narrow transatlantic Iran split

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged the ministerial conference to launch the next chapter of multilateral trading

'A pivotal moment'

WTO mulls future of global trade under cloud of Mideast war

The site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Dayr Seryan on Wednesday

Iran says 'no negotiations' as US warns to accept 15-point deal

Despite being ubiquitous across the world, surprisingly little is known about where dogs come from

'An interesting mystery'

Oldest dog DNA suggests 16,000 years of human companionship

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, the first woman to lead the centuries-old Anglican Church, is enthroned

Historic moment

Ex-midwife enthroned as first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Over 1 million people applied to take part in the 2026 London Marathon

Possible two-day event

London plans two-day mega 100,000-runner marathon

The UN's Francisco Pichon warns of a 'potential loss of life' if the island's fuel reserves are exhausted

'All solutions are being considered'

UN pushes fuel solution for Cuba aid work amid US talks

'We can no longer have low expectations,' said Alexi Lalas, who became one of the unlikely faces of the 1994 World Cup

High expectations

No more excuses: World Cup pressure is on for host USA

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