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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met Tuesday at the presidential palace in Manila

Amid disputes with China

Japan, Philippines leaders vow to deepen security ties

Hanouna has built a wide following

French right-wing TV host fans talk of presidential bid

From across the world

'Closest of allies': Leaders salute Canada Liberals' vote win

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party hopes to make big gains at the local elections

Two-party disenchantment

Hard-right upstarts eye big gains in local UK polls

A satellite photo obtained from Planet Labs PBC and dated April 28, 2025 shows a column of smoke billowing after an explosion at Iran's Shahid Rajaee port

At least 70 fatalities

Iran says fire contained after deadly blast at key port

Travellers with Red Cross blankets lie prepare to spend the night at Madrid's Atocha train station

Between torches and screens

Blackout plunges Spain into chaotic night of darkness

Convicted Italian cardinal Angelo Becciu at a Palm Sunday procession at the Vatican

Embezzlement scandal

Convicted cardinal confirms he will sit out conclave

Decades of clashes between Pakistan and India have pushed many residents on the de facto border to build bunkers for shelter

Bracing for violence

Kashmiris fortify bunkers anticipating India-Pakistan crossfire

An Indian citizen returns from Pakistan through the Wagah border post

Looking to score points

Kashmir attack unites political foes in India, Pakistan

The opposition in Trinidad and Tobago won Monday's parliamentary elections, returning former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to office

Amid economic slump, gang violence

Opposition wins Trinidad and Tobago election, returning Persad-Bissessar as PM

Morning Roundup

Shooting near Luxembourg border, power returns to Spain and Portugal, and Mark Carney wins Canadian election

A Jaish al-Islam flag found in one of the group's alleged prisons in Eastern Ghouta

Charged with complicity

France tries Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman on war crime charges

Tawern, Germany

Woman severely injured, suspect dead after shooting near Luxembourg border

MQ-9 Reaper drones cost around $30 million apiece

$30 million apiece

US lost seven multi-million-dollar drones in Yemen area since March

Amnesty said 90 percent of Gaza's population was displaced

Deliberate human catastrophe

Amnesty accuses Israel of 'live-streamed genocide' against Gaza Palestinians

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the anti-revenge porn legislation endorsed by first lady Melania Trump

Protecting the dignity and privacy

Congress passes 'revenge porn' ban, sending it to Trump

People marched in memory of the Malian stabbed to death in a mosque in an Islamophobic attack

French mosque murder suspect, 21, surrenders in Italy

Venezuela said it believed that the girl's father -- accused of being a member of the Tren de Aragua gang -- was sent to a notorious El Salvador prison

Bilateral accusations

Venezuelan president slams US over little girl's 'abduction'

Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, attends a hockey watch party in Ottawa in February 2025

Canada's Carney: political newcomer who says he's best in a crisis

Terence Chia (L) and Haresh Tilani (R) interview Singaporean opposition politicians for their podcast

Unfiltered airtime

Mic check: Singapore's podcast boom amplifies opposition voices

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended a meeting of ministers from the BRICS grouping in Rio de Janeiro

To present a united front

Calls for 'diplomacy,' 'cooperation' at BRICS summit

A traffic jam in front of Madrid's Atocha rail station as the city battles a massive power cut

Personal experiences of those involved

No power, no phone, no transport -- Spain in a panic

Donald Trump has vowed to target undocumented migrants in his second term as US president

A crackdown on 'sanctuary cities'

Trump targets US 'sanctuary cities' in migrant crackdown

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a 30-day ceasefire proposal from the United States

Trump pushing Russia to accept a ceasefire

Putin orders three-day truce amid new US warnings

The Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers currently operating in the Middle East

One sailor injured

US warplane falls off aircraft carrier into Red Sea

Yemen's Huthis also reported strikes on the capital Sanaa over the weekend

Escalating tensions

UN 'alarmed' by US strikes in Yemen that Huthis say killed 68 migrants

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) provides life-saving food aid around the world, including in active conflict zones such as Gaza

One-third reduction in activities

UN food, refugee agencies warn of huge cuts after funding losses

Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Stuart Young is seeking to remain in power, against a backdrop of rising gang violence and an economic slump

Went to the polls on Monday

Violence-weary Trinidadians vote in general election

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