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European visitors to the UK are now required to obtain an online entry permit under new travel rules

'Border security measure'

UK imposes online entry permit on European visitors

Britain's Prince Andrew (L) and Virginia Giuffre (R) who accused him of sexual abuse

'Banged up and bruised'

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre 'stable' after car crash

Singapore has seen several cases in recent years where youths have allegedly made attack plans following exposure to extremist content online

'East Asian Supremacist'

Singapore detains teenage boy allegedly planning to kill Muslims

Taiwanese forces at Hsinchu air force base, as China holds military drills aimed at the self-ruled island

'Intimidation tactics'

China practises hitting key ports, energy sites in Taiwan drills

A Palestinian boy leaves empty-handed after finding this Gaza City bakery closed for want of flour after stocks ran out in the face of a month-old Israeli aid blockade.

Short on everything

Hunger returns to Gaza as Israeli blockade forces bakeries shut

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar has reduced many buildings to rubble

Like 'living in hell': Quake-hit Mandalay monastery clears away rubble

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (left) with his Philippines counterpart Gilberto Teodoro during a press conference in Manila on March 28 where Hegseth said the two countries must stand

Amid rising tensions with China

US approves $5.58 bn fighter jet sale to Philippines

Both Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump have enthusiastically shared pictures of prisoners shackled, shorn and manhandled while simultaneously highlighting and rejecting objections from judges and opponents

'Onward together'

El Salvador's Bukele flaunts 'iron fist' alliance with Trump

The seas around the self-ruled island have this week swarmed with Chinese warships in what Beijing has dubbed its

Between fighter jets and warships

China probes for key target weak spots with 'paralysing' Taiwan drills

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai was the founder of Apple Daily, a now-shuttered newspaper that championed Hong Kong's 2019 democracy protests

Pro-democracy activist

US lawmakers seek to rename street for Hong Kong's jailed Jimmy Lai

Donald Trump has attacked Democratic-backed candidate Susan Crawford, accusing her of being a 'radical left liberal'

Judiciary 'not for sale'

Trump faces first electoral setback after Wisconsin Supreme Court vote

Morning Roundup

Trump to unleash tariffs, police to start wearing body cams, and Luxembourg sees sunniest March on record

Cory Booker spoke to journalists after finishing his Senate floor endurance feat

Marathon protest

US senator smashes record with 25-hour anti-Trump speech

Rio garbage collector Samuel da Silva dos Santos wants to adopt a newborn baby girl he found in a box next to a dumpster on his garbage route

Between joy and indignation

Brazil binman finds newborn baby on garbage route

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is facing more allegations he discussed military positions and weapons systems on non-governmental communications platforms

Washington Post report

Trump advisor Waltz faces new pressure over Gmail usage

General Abdourahamane Tiani, former head of the presidential guard, came to power in Niger in a 2023 coup

Former president still incarcerated

Niger junta frees ministers of overthrown government

The verdict against Le Pen has shaken France

Five takeaways from Marine Le Pen verdict

Warren Stephens, an Arkansas-based investment banker and political donor to Trump is the president's nominee for US ambassador to London

Export suspension reversal

Trump nominee says to press UK on Israel arms

Wanted man: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik

A complex issue

The battle to control assets behind Bosnia crisis

Emergency workers in Myanmar rescued a woman who had been trapped for more than 90 hours after an earthquake

Rescue efforts ongoing

Myanmar quake toll passes 2,700, nation halts to honour victims

The guidance would require a pre-sentence report examining a defendant's circumstances before handing down punishment to someone who belongs to an ethnic, cultural or religious minority

'Perception of preferential treatment'

UK govt moves to block sentencing guidelines for minority defendants

Turkey is gripped by its biggest street demonstrations in 12 years, and authorities have cracked down on protesters and journalists

Detained on terrorism charges

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey kept 'isolated': employer

Marine Le Pen was given a prison term and fine after being convicted of a fake jobs scheme at the EU parliament

Denying all charges

Defiant French far right insists 'we will win' despite Le Pen ban

Israel's embattled security chief Ronen Bar has been in the government's sights since he blamed it for Hamas's October 2023 attack and oversaw an investigation into alleged covert payments from Qatar to an aide to the premier.

Drawing mass protests

Israel PM drops security chief nominee under fire from Trump ally

Finland's parliament needs to approve the decision to withdraw from the treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines

Response to Russian threat

Finland to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty

The strike on the south Beirut building damaged its top floors

Multi-storey building hit

Hezbollah official among four dead in Israeli strike on Beirut

A worker transports the body of an earthquake victim for cremation at a facility on the outskirts of Mandalay, Myanmar on March 31, 2025

'Too young to be named'

'Noble work' of Buddhist cremations after Myanmar quake

Several canine teams have been deployed to help search and rescue at the site of a Bangkok building collapse

Thailand rescue dogs double as emotional support

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