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South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol has rejected the charges of insurrection against him over his short-lived declaration of martial law

South Korea ex-president back in court for criminal trial

Donald Trump has delivered several memorable quotes in his second term as US president

Outrageous remarks

Trump in his own words: 100 days of quotes

Nayib Bukele (L) is a key player in Donald Trump's deportations policy

'Humanitarian agreement'

El Salvador's president proposes prisoner exchange with Venezuela

French Ecologist party deputy Francois Ruffin was among lawmakers who had their visas cancelled by Israel

Diplomatic tensions

Israel cancels visas for French lawmakers

A video recovered from the phone of one of the slain aid workers, released by the Red Crescent, appeared to contradict the Israeli military's account

Israel says Gaza medics' killing a 'mistake', to dismiss commander

Erdogan declared 2025 the 'year of the family' in a bid to address Turkey's declining fertility rate

Turkey bans elective C-sections at private medical centres

A draft order shows President Donald Trump is considering severe cuts to US diplomacy, especially in Africa

Diplomacy under threat

Trump eyes gutting US diplomacy in Africa, cutting soft power: draft plan

A Lebanese army soldier and forensics experts inspect a burnt-out vehicle in Braiqaa, in south Lebanon's Nabatiyeh district, after what the military called a munitions blast

Lebanon army says 3 troops killed in munitions blast in south

Fighting continued between Russian and Ukrainian troops, but at a lower intensity, some Ukrainian soldiers told AFP

'Our enemy is so сunning that we cannot trust them'

Ukrainian troops celebrate Easter as blasts punctuate Putin's truce

It was the fourth spaceflight for US astronaut Don Pettit, who has logged more than 18 months in orbit throughout his career

220 days in space

Nasa's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday

Humanitarian supplies bound for Gaza at a warehouse in the Egyptian border town of El-Arish

Pressure mounts for aid providers

US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

Police reported that an estimated 125,000 people worshipped the relic on the first day of the display

Nothing but the tooth

Sri Lanka police probe photo of Buddha tooth relic

The 30-storey tower in Bangkok was reduced to an immense pile of rubble when a 7.7-magnitude quake struck neighbouring Myanmar last month

After recent earthquake

Exec linked to Bangkok building collapse arrested

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (3L) at the military academy during their cabinet retreat in Magelang, Central Java

Amid stuttering economy

'Pandora's box': alarm bells in Indonesia over rising military role

Many demonstrators said they felt civil liberties were under threat

Another round of anti-Trump protests hits US cities

Tehran and Washington have had no diplomatic relations since shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution

New meeting next week

US, Iran report progress in nuclear talks, will meet again

Israeli-US hostage Edan Alexander, in an image grab from a video released by Hamas's armed wing on April 12, 2025, and provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum

Hamas armed wing says fate of US-Israeli captive unknown

The vast Congo River is the deepest in the world

Fewer than feared

DR Congo boat fire toll revised down to 33

Protesters held up banners with slogans such as 'trans women are women!' and 'trans rights are human rights'

On definition of 'woman'

Trans rights supporters rally outside UK parliament after landmark ruling

Journalist and rights activist Chaima Issa, seen flashing the victory sign outside the court on April 11, 2025, was sentenced to 18 years

Widely criticised process

Tunisia opposition figures get jail terms in mass trial

Pakistan plans to evict by the end of April more than 800,000 Afghans who have had their residence permits cancelled -- including some who lived there for decades

Mostly children deported

Afghan PM condemns Pakistan's 'unilateral' deportations

Ukraine responds with scepticism

Putin announces 'Easter truce' in Ukraine conflict

US Vice-President JD Vance (L) had been hoping to meet with Pope Francis but was welcomed to the Vatican by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin (R)

Theme of refugees

Vance discusses migration during Vatican meeting with pope's right-hand man

Mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa was shot on April 10

Kerwin Espinosa

Money, power, violence in high-stakes Philippine elections

Cambodia's Ream naval base off the country's southern coast has raised concerns in the United States

Ream Naval Base

Japanese warships dock at Cambodia's Chinese-renovated naval base

US Senator Chris Van Hollen said El Salvador officials staged this photo of his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia to make it appear as if they were enjoying margaritas together

With wrongly deported constituent

US senator says El Salvador staged 'margarita' photo op

US forces patrol near Syria's northeastern border with Turkey on September 3, 2024

US to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria

Students have played a key role in the protests that erupted after the Istanbul mayor's arrest on March 19

Packed courthouse

Trial opens for students, journalists over Istanbul protests

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