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New Zealand's top diplomat in London Phil Goff, pictured in 2024, will be sacked after questioning whether US President Donald Trump 'really understands history'

Questioning president's grasp of history

New Zealand to sack senior diplomat after Trump jibe

The death of Mahsa Amini sparked protests in and outside of Iran

After urging removal of headscarves

Iranian singer ready 'to pay price for freedom' after 74 lashes

A Taliban fighter is pictured at the site of the Kabul airport bombing, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops

Planned 2021 bombing

Accused IS militant appears in US court over Kabul airport attack

Amidst increased speculation about Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Russia has continued drone attacks on its neighbour

Ready to negotiate

Ukraine plans new talks with US after intelligence sharing ends

The head of the Catholic Church will not preside over Ash Wednesday celebrations

After respiratory failure

'Stable' pope marks start of Lent in hospital

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, wants to massively increase defence spending

Billions on arms spending

Germany set for massive rearmament as divide with US widens

The US Supreme Court rejected a Trump administration bid to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 bn in foreign aid

Snap elections on the horizon?

Portugal's Prime Minister asks parliament for vote of confidence

Des Israéliens attendent le passage du convoi funéraire de l'ex-otage franco-israélien Ohad Yahalomi, à Rishon Letzion, dans le centre d'Israël, le 5 mars 2025

Returned last month

Israelis bid farewell to hostage in emotional kibbutz funeral

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is certain to defeat the motion, has accused the opposition of peddling 'nightmarish' lies about the accident that claimed 57 lives

Political crisis looming

Greek govt to face no-confidence vote over 2023 train tragedy

South Sudan was gripped by a bloody civil war between the followers of two rival leaders, Riek Machar (L) and Salva Kiir (R)

Oil minister and deputy head of army

S.Sudan vice-president allies arrested in threat to peace deal

Prime minister Mute Egede ruled out Greenland becoming part of the United States

Expansionist vision

Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American

Digitised borders

UK pre-travel entry scheme opens to Europeans

China has set an economic growth target of around five percent for 2025, broadly in line with analysts' expectations

China's goals for 2025: five things to know

Macron (right) talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain's premier Keir Starmer in London Sunday

After US policy shift

Macron to address France over global 'uncertainty'

The dramatic collapse of Kyiv and Washington's wartime alliance has played out in the open since the televised dispute in the Oval Office

After 'regrettable' clash

Trump says Zelensky ready for Russia talks, mineral deal

Several Western tour operators said last month they had sent small numbers of foreign travellers into the northeastern city of Rason after receiving permission from North Korean interlocutors

Temporary decision

North Korea halts tours to border city near China: travel agencies

The fire has burnt an area around half the size of Manhattan

Rain and snow to the rescue

Rain, snow offer hope in Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to strike Friday morning near Brisbane,the first typhoon to hit the region in more than 50 years

Thousands at risk

Australia readies as cyclone veers towards eastern coast

Morning Roundup

Trump addresses Congress, Germany to spend hundreds of billions on defence, and LeBron James hits NBA all-time scoring record

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering letting go up to half of its approximately 90,000 employees, a source with knowledge of the situation tells AFP

Administrative purge

US tax agency weighs firing half of its 90,000 employees

Presidential addresses to Congress are rarely sedate affairs and the 2025 edition was as raucous as ever

Dismay on the left, jubilation on the right

Love and loathing for Trump in longest ever Congress speech

'What have we done?' Syrian refugee Khaled Alnomman with the letter threatening his family's asylum status

Status revoked after Assad fall

'We're all afraid': Austria moves to deport Syrian refugees

US President Donald Trump said 'America is back' in a speech celebrating his tumultuous first six weeks in power

Six weeks in office

'America is back,' Trump declares in divisive Congress speech

Seeking 'lasting peace'

Trump says Zelensky ready for Russia talks, mineral deal

US President Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol

Struggling with pronunciation

Trump jokes 'nobody has heard' of Lesotho

Under fierce pressure from US President Donald Trump, Hong Kong firm Hutchison has agreed to sale two ports it operates at the entrance to the Panama Canal to a US-led consortium

Convenient offer

Ports sale offers Panama way out of Trump row: experts

King Charles welcomed Zelensky to the Sandringham Estate just two days after the Ukrainian leader's dressing down in the Oval Office

Unexpected diplomatic asset

Diplomat Charles: UK king's role in Trump-Ukraine tightrope act

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