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The US Senate has confirmed Dan Caine, pictured testifying during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 1, 2025, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

After abruptly firing previous chairman

US Senate approves Trump's nominee for top military officer

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg tops EU minimum wage, helicopter crash in the Hudson River, and NATO training flights at Findel

European air forces could face gaps if the US pulled out key assets from the continent

NATO defence exercise

In skies, as on land, European forces face gaps if US pulls back

Over 200 people died when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub crashed down

Hundreads dead, a nation mourning

'A pain that doesn't subside' at funerals for Dominican nightclub disaster victims

Rescuers in Santo Domingo have called off the search for any more survivors under the rubble of the Jet Set nightclub, after its roof came crashing down on hundreds of party-goers

After collapsed roof

Grieving Dominicans start burying 220 victims of nightclub disaster

A woman walks past a mural on the walls of the former US embassy building in Tehran, known as the

Military action 'possible'

Iran, US raise stakes ahead of key talks in Oman

National carrier Aerolineas Argentina said 258 flights had to be scrapped due to the general strike

Trains and planes grounded

Argentina braves 24-hour strike as it awaits word on IMF loan

The multi-day attacks on Mumbai in 2008 killed 166 people

According to Indian law enforcement

Mumbai attacks suspect extradited from US lands in India

The planned meeting with King Charles III and Queen Camilla initially had been cancelled due to Pope Francis's poor health

Recovering from pneumonia

Pope in surprise St Peter's visit a day after meeting King Charles

More than 200 people were killed when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo caved in

Killing over 200

Why did a Dominican nightclub roof cave in?

A court has charged Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu (C) with treason a day after he was arrested.

Charges carry death penalty

Tanzanian opposition leader Lissu charged with treason

The court's rulings are binding but the court has no means to ensure compliance

Denies supporting rebels

Sudan tells top court UAE 'driving force' behind 'genocide'

Escalating trade war

Trump tariff hike brings added China rate for many goods to 145%

The royals celebrated 20 years of marriage this week.

Wrapping up state visit

Charles and Camilla visit Dante's tomb, Byzantine mosaics

The planned meeting with King Charles III and Queen Camilla initially had been cancelled due to Pope Francis's poor health

Pope in surprise St Peter's visit a day after meeting King Charles

French ski resort

Fire at La Plagne hotel, nearly 500 evacuated including Luxembourg nationals

EU halts counter-tariffs but no pause in US-China trade war

US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina is serving 12 years for donating around $50 to a pro-Ukraine charity

Most high-profile cases

The US citizens still held in Russian prisons

Australia's remote, uninhabited outposts were slugged with US levies

World's most inhospitable spot

Not just penguins on Antarctic islands hit by Trump tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called US President Donald Trump's pause on global tariffs a 'welcome reprieve'

Following days of turmoil

Canada PM says Trump's pause on tariffs a 'welcome reprieve'

This combination of pictures shows US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on the left, and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the right

Special envoy and foreign minister

Witkoff and Araghchi: the men leading US-Iran nuclear talks

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers a speech during the Central American Security Conference in Panama City

Return of troops?

Pentagon chief says US could 'revive' Panama bases

Morning Roundup

Trump pauses tariffs again, Bettel calls for Europe to think globally, and farmers concerned about this year's harvest

Judges have argued Trump is overstepping the bounds of the executive branch

Balance of power

US House votes to limit judges' injunction power

Rescue crews had '24 to 36 hours' of work left to try find survivors of the disaster, emergency operations director Juan Manuel Mendez said

Death toll continues to climb

Dominican Republic ends search for nightclub collapse survivors

Hamas militants stand guard near a stage before releasing an Israeli hostage

Amid string of assassinations

Hamas leadership operating behind veil of secrecy

Speaking in both Italian and English, Charles eulogised Italy as a place 'very dear to my heart'

Surprise meeting

King Charles addresses Italian parliament, greets pope on visit to Rome

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud at the State Department

First foreign trip

Saudi top diplomat in US to prepare for Trump visit

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