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Baba Mondi is leader of the Bektashi order of Sufi Islam

Sufi leader plans for Vatican-like state in Albania

Cook Islands PM Mark Brown survived a no-confidence vote sparked by a partnership deal he signed with China

Alleging colonial interference

Cook Islands PM beats no-confidence vote, slams New Zealand

A helicopter showers flower petals on pilgrims on the final day of India's Kumbh Mela

Six weeks of celebrations

India's vast Hindu festival draws to an end

Morning Roundup

Severe collision involving Luxembourg bus, US and Ukraine agree minerals deal, and Luxembourg women's team thrash Liechtenstein

US President Donald Trump will convene his first Cabinet meeting just over a month after taking office

Advisors and 'special' employees

Trump to convene first cabinet meeting, including Musk

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, faces allegations that he assaulted or raped 299 patients, mostly children

'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

French surgeon's sex abuse was 'atomic bomb' for family, says son

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press alongside Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr (L) and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (R) on February 25, 2025

Elite residency permit

Trump to sell 'gold card' US visas for $5 million

Thousands in Haiti have fled violence in recent weeks, joining an estimated million of displaced people in the country

Thousands displaced

'Extreme brutality': UN, aid groups warn Haiti unrest soaring

US President Donald Trump throws a hat reading 'Trump was right about everything' after signing an executive order on February 25, 2025

Calling the shots

White House takes control of picking media who cover Trump

The assassination of opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi sparked widespread protests in 2013

Ninth suspect on the run

Eight sentenced to death for 2013 murder of Tunisia opposition leader

Trump had demanded that Ukraine give access to its rare earth minerals

Back on good terms?

Ukraine agrees on US minerals deal, seeking Trump support

Romania says it took 48 hours to locate, identify and arrest Mohamed Amra in Bucharest

Suspected gangland killer

France's most-wanted in custody after extradition from Romania

Prayers for the pope are being said by Roman Catholic faithful around the world

Hospitalised since mid February

Ailing pope 'critical but stable', Vatican says

Trump's refugee order was part of a flurry of executive actions the president took when he arrived at the White House in January

Executive order blocked

Judge blocks Trump's refugee admissions halt

Starmer and Trump will be meeting for the first time since the latter returned to the White House last month

High-stakes visit

UK PM heads to US hoping to 'bridge' Trump-Europe divide over Ukraine

Syria's new interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses a national dialogue conference in Damascus on the country's future after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

Interim president

Syria conference lays out post-Assad priorities, but Kurds not invited

A man greets Cuban doctors on a bus after their arrival at Palmerola International Airport in Honduras in February 2024

Bilateral accusations

US hardens visa sanctions over Cuba medical program

Families wait in a boat with their belongings on the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu as thousands flee the conflict

Kinshasa allies

Burundi troops deploy in east DRC, as UK pauses most aid

Police in Thailand said they had arrested a British man who overstayed his tourist visa by a record 25 years

Thai police arrest Briton for overstaying visa by 25 years

The Constitutional Court's eight judges will determine whether to uphold a parliamentary vote that removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office

Verdict expected in March

What happens next in S. Korea as Yoon's impeachment trial wraps up

A supporter of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol waves a flag showing a picture of Yoon during a rally near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 25, 2025, as Yoon is scheduled to attend his final impeachment hearing.

South Korea's Yoon defiant as impeachment hearings end

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walk together after joint press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran on February 25, 2025.

Hardline approach

Iran rules out 'direct talks' with US on nuclear issue

A woman writes a message during an event to mark the 10th year since the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014

Enduring mystery

Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance

The Mediazona graphic echoes 'The Apotheosis of War', an 1871 painting by Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin depicting a pile of skulls

Third anniversary of offensive

Kremlin 'no comment' on report 95,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine

Cutting overseas development aid

UK PM pledges to spend 2.5 percent of GDP on defence by 2027

Bangladesh's army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman blamed infighting for deteriorating law and order, warning that the gains of the student-led revolution were at risk

Deteriorating law and order

Bangladesh army chief warns country 'at risk' from infighting

Spectacular video

Driver jumps to safety as heavy goods convoy nearly topples on bridge

Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund has dropped its $248 million lawsuit against 'Wolf of Wall Street' producer Riza Aziz, his lawyer said

Money laundering allegations

1MDB drops $248 mn suit against 'Wolf of Wall Street' producer: lawyer

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