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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press briefing in Dhaka on March 15

Antonio Guterres

UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar

Congolese refugee Moise Kabagambe was beaten to death at the Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro in 2022 after asking his employers for overdue wages for two days of work

Moise Kabagambe

Brazilians sentenced in beating death of Congolese migrant

A drawing depicts Pope Francis under a rainbow outside the Gemelli hospital

Slowly recovering

Pope Francis receiving 'surge' in mail, says Italian post

This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on March 15, 2025, shows Russian soldiers walking along destroyed buildings in Sudzha

Zelensky denies troops surrounded in Kursk as Russia retakes villages

A Kenyan-led security force has yet to establish control over Port-au-Prince's lawless streets

Clashes intensify

Residents flee new wave of violence in Haiti capital

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said South Africa's ambassador to Washington is considered 'persona non grata'

'Regrettable' decision

US expels South African ambassador, saying he 'hates' Trump

Cattenom nuclear power plant

Unit one shut down for scheduled maintenance

Car lights illuminate a street in Havana, Cuba during a widespread electricty blackout that hit much of the island nation

Electricity grid crash

New nationwide blackout hits Cuba, officials say

Spending cuts pressed by US President Donald Trump angered Democrats, who ultimately backed down from their threat to block the government funding bill

A resolution soon?

Relief as US Congress averts government shutdown

US President Donald Trump used a speech to prosecutors and law enforecement officials at the Department of Justice to threaten media critics with investigation

Trump blasts foes and media in speech at 'Department of Injustice'

The Russian captain was arrested after his ship slammed into the tanker

59-year old Russian man

Captain of ship in North Sea crash charged with manslaughter

Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference at Rideau Hall after being sworn in, his cabinet behind him

Succeeding Trudeau

New PM Carney says Canada will never be part of US

A man at 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv reads in front of a clock counting the time Israeli hostages have been held captive in Gaza, during the reading of the Scrolls of Esther at the start of the Jewish holiday of Purim

Part of ceasefire negotiations

Hamas says ready to free Israeli-US hostage, four bodies

Charred bones are seen at a ranch in Mexico believed to have been used as a cartel training ground

Mexicans seek answers after bones, shoes found at cartel camp

Recent polls suggest that most Greenlanders back independence from Denmark but not annexation by Washington

Takeover threats

Greenland party leaders call Trump's behaviour 'unacceptable'

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks during the G7 meeting of foreign ministers in Quebec

New sanctions looming

United G7 warns Russia to back Ukraine truce

Shin Bet director Ronen Bar (C) is flanked by the then armed forces chief and the head of the Mossad intelligence agency in the situation room during an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners in January.

Accusations of threats, blackmail...

Israel PM, security agency fight it out in public

Large numbers of civilians were detained in areas that came under Russian control, said the report

Disappearances and torture

Russia 'committed crimes against humanity' in Ukraine: UN probe

US President Donald Trump said there had been 'very good and productive' talks with Russia

'Cautiously optimistic'

Trump hails 'productive' truce talks with Russia, urges Putin to spare Ukrainians

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, shown holding a rifle in 2018, faces charges over his drug war

Crimes against humanity

Duterte follows ICC hearing over drug war case via videolink

US President Donald Trump has cut overseas aid funding, sparking protests and concern

Over 200 people

UN migration agency laying off around 20% of HQ staff amid US aid cuts: sources

UN chief Antonio Guterres met with Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar

Persecuted minority

UN chief promises to do "everything" to avoid food cuts to Rohingyas in Bangladesh

Elephants are considered a national treasure in Sri Lanka partly due to their significance in Buddhist culture

Wildlife and railway authorities

Sri Lanka adjusts train timings to tackle elephant deaths

Druze are seen in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, as they wait for the arrival of a delegation from the Syrian side of the Golan

Syrian Druze cross armistice line for pilgrimage to Israel

The United States withdrew from the landmark deal with Iran, which had imposed curbs on Tehran's nuclear programme

Restart long-stalled negotiations

China urges end to 'illegal' sanctions as it hosts Iran nuclear talks

A woman pictured before the Turkmenistan flag in the capital, Ashgabat

Reclusive Central Asian state

Driving ban puts brakes on young women in Turkmenistan

Morning Roundup

Football coach faces manslaughter charges, child struck by police car and Trump targets EU booze

Johns Hopkins University is cutting jobs in the United States as well as 44 other countries

Reduction in foreign aid funds.

Renowned US health research hub Johns Hopkins to slash 2,000 jobs

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