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The Irish-language rap trio Kneecap said they came to Cuba in 'solidarity' with the island's people

Irish trio join aid convoy

Rap group Kneecap says crisis-hit Cuba being 'strangled'

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House

For not helping control Strait of Hormuz

Trump mulls 'winding down' Iran war

A US Drug Enforcement Administration plane takes off during the extradition operation to transport Costa Rica's former security minister Celso Gamboa, who is accused of drug trafficking

Facing drug trafficking charges

Costa Rican ex-security minister extradited to US for drug trafficking

The Spanish Supercopa, hosted by Saudi Arabia in January, is just one of dozens of major sporting events now held in the Gulf

Reputational damage

Gulf's decades-long strategy of sporting investment rocked by Mideast war

Iranians are increasingly using technology like VPNs to get around censorship

Souped-up VPNs play 'cat and mouse' game with Iran censors

This aerial photo taken on March 15, 2026 shows the wreck of Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier Arctic Metagaz, which is adrift near Malta

Attacked Russian tanker drifting toward Libya: Italian authorities

Explosives are set off at the Schneefernerkopf ski lift to start its demolition at the Zugspitze ski resort near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany

Another victim of global warming

Vanishing glacier on Germany's highest peak prompts ski lift demolition

Former Boxing world champion Ricky Hatton died in September 2025

Former world champion

Coroner 'not satisfied' boxer Hatton intended to take own life

An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon

International turmoil

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Transport costs have soared as fuel prices recently reached record highs in Nigeria, before slipping back down

Wide-reaching fallout

Far from war, global fuel frustrations mount

A view of the Strait of Hormuz from the United Arab Emirates

Hoping supplies get through

Ship crews ration food in Iran blockade: seafarers

Ali Shamkhani, a mainstay of the armed forces in Iran and advisor to the supreme leader, was buried on March 14

'Decimated'? The Iranian leaders killed in Israeli-US war

A plane comes into land as smoke rises near Dubai International Airport

Disrupted air traffic

Mideast war exposing Europe's reliance on Gulf flights, airlines warn

Muslim worshippers prayed at the walls of Jerusalem's Old City to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday as access is shut for the Al-Aqsa Mosque

'Sad and painful Ramadan'

Jerusalem's Muslims despair as war shuts Al-Aqsa Mosque for Eid

Theatre helps displaced Lebanese children overcome the pain of war

Israeli strikes, ground operations

'War has aged us': Lebanon's kids aren't alright

India's weight-loss drug sales are projected to soar to over half a billion by 2030

After key patent expiration

India to tackle global obesity with cheap fat-loss jabs

BTS fans take a selfie with banners inscribed with their love songs at a fan zone.

New BTS album drops ahead of comeback mega-gig

'Europe has survived other crises', says PM Frieden amid fuel price surge

The long, slender, spotted felines yawn, stretch, and purr loudly as the staff approach the vast, highly protected complex run by Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in the Geed-Deeble savannah of Somaliland

Critically endangered

Somaliland centre saves cheetahs from trafficking to Gulf palaces

Chinese swimming prodigy Yu Zidi set an Asian record time in winning gold in the women's 200 metre individual medley at China's National Games in Shenzhen, the second-fastest time in the world this year

China swim sensation Yu, 13, beats multiple Olympic medallist

Morning Roundup

Hungary blocks Ukraine aid, Diesel hits 2 euros, and Luxembourg's sacked women's football coach fights back

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae board a tank

Large-scale military drills

North Korean leader, daughter try out new tank

Farmer Jose Pena looks for belongings amid rubble after a bomb dropped by the Ecuadoran army in the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador on the border with Colombia

'These are homes where we farmers live'

US-backed airstrikes leave Ecuador border communities in fear

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are expected to meet to discuss formalising a truce on tariffs they shook hands on at a meeting in South Korea in October

Ahead of Beijing visit

Trump's Mideast muddle could play into Xi's hands at planned summit

Australia coach Joe Montemurro (L) sits next to player Ellie Carpenter during a press conference in Sydney ahead of the Women’s Asian Cup final

'No favourites in final'

Australia must be 'smart' to beat Japan in Asian Cup final: coach

The scenic ski resorts in Kutchan, Hokkaido have become a flashpoint for immigration after an influx of foreign workers

Japan ski paradise faces strains of global acclaim

WTO economists have been working to revise their annual forecasts since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran

Seeking road to reform

Weakened WTO set for high-level meet under cloud of Mideast war

Tottenham's Xavi Simons reacts after their Champions League exit

Troubled Spurs face Forest showdown, Chelsea need top-four surge

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