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Workers carry a table for a polling booth in Kathmandu. Young Nepali voters say they are hoping for change after last year's protests which toppled the government

Following protests

Nepal's Gen Z pins hopes on post-uprising elections

The Tokyo headquarters of the Unification Church. A Japanese court has upheld an order for the dissolution of the sect

Ordered in March last year

Unification Church loses Japan appeal against dissolution

Iran coach Marziyeh Jafari says her players are concerned about their families at home

'Fully disconnected'

Iran women's team have 'so much concern' about families at home

Carney said the war in the Middle East represented "another example of the failure of the international order"

Regret over failure to disarm Iran

Canada PM says Israeli-US strikes on Iran 'inconsistent with international law'

Japan is looking into using its remote and easternmost Pacific island Minamitorishima for long-term storage of nuclear waste

Long half-life duration

Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste

Smoke plumes billow after Israeli bombardment on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut

'Narrative war': disinformation surges as conflict roils Middle East

North Korea releases highly choreographed images to illustrate leader Kim Jong Un's absolute grip on power

Depicted as smiling man

North Korea unveils rare statue of leader Kim Jong Un

Gabonese fashion designer Chouchou Lazare picked up an achievement award in Paris at last week's Fashion Annual Show

Award-winning garments

Gabon fashion designer brings traditional raffia to Paris runways

Plumes of smoke rise from the sites of Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut

Tensions growing

Israel launches new strikes as Iran squeezes key oil shipping route

Supporters in Corpus Christi, Texas take pictures at a recent rally by US President Donald Trump, whose agenda is at stake in November's midterm elections

Set for runoff vote

Texas tests party fault lines as US midterms begin

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg moves to repatriate holidaymakers stranded in Middle East, abortion enshrined in constitution, and defeat for women's football team

Social media platform X says AI-generated content is a threat to information authenticity amid the ongoing war between the US and Israel, and Iran

90 day suspension

X suspends revenue sharing for undisclosed AI war videos

Rescuers carry a victim of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Aramoun, south of Beirut

Death toll rises

Israeli strike hits Beirut hotel: Latest developments in Middle East war

Rome is known as much for its uneven roads and anarchic parking as for its ancient ruins

'Sometimes, it’s just easier to ride on the road'

Patchy Italy disability access 'an insult' ahead of Games

A memorial for late Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the Iranian Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

'Large farewell ceremony'

Khamenei to be buried in holy city of Mashhad: Iranian media

Nepali women will be largely absent from the ballot as candidates in Thursday's election

Set to vote Thursday

Nepali women still sidelined in post-uprising polls

German software giant SAP believes Europe must step up its efforts on industrial AI

Revolutionary tech

Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP says

Stagnating wages, youth unemployment and a property crisis are making Chinese consumers rethink their spending

'Everyone is feeling the pinch financially'

Chinese consumers scout lower prices, secondhand goods as spending sputters

Howard Lutnick, a billionaire former New York financier, has faced pressure over his associations with Jeffrey Epstein

Trump Commerce chief agrees to testify in congressional Epstein probe

Julia Aks and Steve Pinder are nominated for an Oscar for best live action short film for 'Jane Austen’s Period Drama'

'It’s just been really encouraging'

Periods, old age and communal conflict: Oscar shorts showcase variety

Farah Pahlavi, the widow of Iran's last shah, has lived in exile in Paris since being driven out of Iran in the 1979 revolution

Iran will not 'automatically' fall after Khamenei's death, shah's widow tells AFP

The MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which will host the 2026 World Cup final on July 19

War, politics clouding World Cup on 100-day countdown

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House

'If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand'

Trump insists he struck Iran on his own terms

Tens of thousands of travellers are stranded in the Middle East as nearly 13,000 flights have been cancelled due to the conflict

Airspace closure

Flights to evacuate stranded travellers in Middle East

This video grab shows the Palau-flagged oil tanker Skylight, under US sanctions, engulfed in flames after being struck off the coast of Oman during the Middle East War

Amid energy price surge

Will US oil companies be the big winners from the Iran war?

Wolves celebrate during their win over Liverpool

Embarrassing defeat

Liverpool rocked by last-gasp defeat at Wolves

Undated and unlocated photo released by Noticias Argentinas of the ARA San Juan submarine

Killed 44 sailors

2017 implosion of Argentine submarine was 'foreseeable,' trial hears

Pieces of missiles and drones recovered after Iran’s strikes are displayed during a press briefing by the UAE government

Israel says hit Iran nuclear site: Latest developments in Middle East war

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