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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

Ending the 'tyranny'

'Our country will be woke no longer,' Trump tells US Congress

Friedrich Merz has vowed to do 'whatever it takes' when it comes to defence

Unprecedented investment

Germany's Merz vows billions for defence, economy

Andrew Tate has been under judicial supervision in Romania

Self-described misogynist influencers

'Criminal investigation' launched into Tate brothers: Florida attorney general

Arab leaders were gathering in Cairo Tuesday to settle on a reconstruction plan for the devastated Gaza Strip

Arab leaders endorse plan to rebuild Gaza under Palestinian Authority

Peruvian ex-president Pedro Castillo was present for the opening of his trial on charges of rebellion and abuse of authority

Peru's 'first poor president' on trial for rebellion

A man takes care of his injured relative in a hospital after the bomb blasts in Bannu

Claimed by a militant group

Car bomb attack in northwest Pakistan kills 12, wounds dozens

US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine comes days after he and President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly clashed

Coercive diplomacy

Zelensky appeals to Trump after aid halt

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas on the sidelines of his first Arab summit.

Syria interim president seeks pressure on Israel to withdraw from south

This is Francis's fourth hospital stay since he became pope on March 13, 2013, and is the longest and the most fraught

Stable but complex

What we know about the health of Pope Francis

Dalila Ben Mbarek, lawyer and member of the defence committee of detainees accused of involvement in a conspiracy case against state security, flashes the victory sign as she arrives for the first hearing

Political motivation?

Tunisia puts opposition figures on mass trial decried as 'absurdity'

Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing (L), who seized power in a 2021 coup, saluted Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) as a 'king' and backed Moscow's full-scale military offensive on Ukraine

Putin hails Myanmar ties as junta chief visits Moscow

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented defence funding options to EU leaders, two days before a crucial summit on Ukraine and European security

EU chief unveils 800-billion-euro plan to 'rearm' Europe

US Vice President JD Vance said he had not been trying to insult Britain and France with his comments on Ukraine peacekeeping

Fox News interview

Vance denies criticizing British, French armies

EU car registrations fell as electric vehicles gained ground in January 2025

Multiple prior convictions

Suspect in Mannheim car-ramming-attack to be questioned on Tuesday

Russian forces have escalated their attacks on eastern Ukraine despite mounting rhetoric from Washington and Moscow over peace

Sense of betrayal

'Stab in the back': Ukrainians in shock after US aid halt

Pope Francis had part of a lung removed as a young man

19 days in hospital

Pope breathing without mask after respiratory attacks: Vatican

Morning Roundup

PM Frieden to make Ukraine statement as Trump freezes aid, Mannheim car-ramming attack, and another major cocaine bust in Luxembourg

The United States Supreme Court is to weigh in on Mexico's lawsuit against US gunmakers

Fuelling gang violence

US Supreme Court to hear Mexico's suit against US gunmakers

US President Donald Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC

Starmer puts UK back on world stage as 'bridge' over Ukraine

A landmark agreement on a treaty to ban cluster bombs came into force in 2010, without the backing of the United States and China

Heightened tensions

Walkouts on global disarmament treaties

Left-wing Tunisian activist Ezzeddine Hazgui, a member of the defence committee for detainees accused of involvement in a conspiracy case against state security, addresses a press conference in Tunis on February 27

Denounced by rights groups

Tunisia opposition figures go on trial on state security charges

US President Donald Trump has described billions of dollars in daily cross-border trade with Canada as a US subsidy

Looming tariffs

Fact-check: Trump's claims about Canada

The planned Ariane 6 rocket launch comes as the European space industry struggles to remain competitive with Elon Musk's SpaceX

High-profile mission

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launch postponed due to 'anomaly'

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

Alienating allies

Trump puts US allies on notice - power comes first

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