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Thousands of Afghans have crossed the border from Pakistan in recent days, the United Nations and Taliban officials said, as Islamabad ramped up pressure for them to leave

Taliban government

Kabul slams Pakistan's 'violence' against Afghans pressured to leave

A bombshell judgement last week could crush Marine Le Pen's dream of winning the French presidency in 2027

76-year-old man

France detains man after death threat to judge in Le Pen case

Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield is the latest in a string of senior officers to be dismissed since Trump's return to office

Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield

Pentagon chief fires US military representative to NATO

Trump has upended the world economy with sweeping tariffs that have raised the spectre of an international recession

Amid global recession fears

Markets calmer despite growing US-China trade tensions

Ramstein Flag 25

NATO launches defence drill with over 90 aircraft across 12 European bases

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing the election date at a press conference in Canberra on March 28, 2025

'No country is better prepared'

Australian PM tells voters he's ready for Trump tariffs

Iranian walk past a mural on the walls of the former US embassy building in Tehran, dubbed the

New nuclear deal

Iran says deal can be reached if US shows goodwill

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called China's increase in military spending

NATO chief says China military expansion 'staggering'

A device resembling a sonic cannon on a police vehicle in Belgrade on the day of the protests

Petition demanding investigation

UN urged to probe sonic weapon allegedly used on Serbian protesters

South Korea's main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is the front runner in snap elections

Popular but divisive

S Korea opposition leader frontrunner in snap presidential election

The Philippine navy's BRP Miguel Malvar, a newly-acquired frigate from South Korea

'Advanced' weapons and radars

Philippines adds speedy warship to maritime arsenal

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family are protected from criticism by a lese-majeste law

Prominent US academic detained on Thai royal insult charge

Morning Roundup

Wage indexation expected in May, Bettel calls on Europe to face tariffs in unison, and daylight stabbing in Munsbach

South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, the country's acting president said Tuesday, after Seoul's former leader Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office

Leadership void

South Korea sets new presidential election for June 3

President Donald Trump had asked the Supreme Court to allow deportations using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act

US Supreme Court lifts order barring deportations using wartime law

A 'major fire' in northern Paris sent smoke billowing across part of the French capital

Through the night

200 firefighters battle major Paris inferno

Inmates inside the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) in El Salvador where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held

'Administrative' mistake

US Supreme Court pauses order for return of Salvadoran deported in error

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) walks with French President Emmanuel Macron prior to their talks dominated by the Gaza war

Strongly opposed

France, Egypt, Jordan say Palestinian Authority must head post-war Gaza

Thousands of Afghans have returned from Pakistan in recent days ahead of a deadline to leave set by Islamabad

Early April deadline for 800,000 Afghans

Thousands of Afghans depart Pakistan under repatriation pressure

US President Donald Trump (L) has voiced growing frustration at the lack of progress towards a ceasefire and last month he expressed his annoyance with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R)

Many 'questions'

Russia, accused of stalling, wants answers before truce

The royal couple offered flowers at a memorial for the war dead in Iwo Jima

Japan emperor visits World War II battleground Iwo Jima

Britain's King Charles III had been scheduled to meet Pope Francis

King Charles III shrugs off health scare to begin Italy visit

At 102, Jacques Moalic still vividly remembers when American troops arrived to liberate Buchenwald in 1945

Former journalist

Buchenwald camp survivor recounts liberation, 80 years on

Railway accident

One dead after train strikes person near Metz

Western Sahara's disputed status has created legal issues for flights to the former Spanish colony

Conflict between rebel group and Morocco

European airlines hit turbulence over Western Sahara flights

Morning Roundup

EU meeting on US trade tariffs, first case of rabbit fever in Luxembourg, and train disruptions over Easter holidays

Impeached Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte had travelled to The Hague after her father was arrested

'My job here is done'

Sara Duterte back in Philippines after month with detained father

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to Washington direct from a visit to Hungary

First visit since 'Liberation Day'

Netanyahu and Trump to talk tariffs, Iran and Gaza

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