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Guns seized by the Mexican security forces are seen in the border city of Tijuana

Firearms trafficking

Mexico threatens US gunmakers with fresh legal action

'Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters,' said Vance

'No room for firewalls

Vance, Germany lock horns over far right

'It makes a difference when the leading democracy and world power says: we can do without rules,' Steinmeier said

'Very different world view'

German president says Trump team ignoring 'established rules'

A member of the Syrian security forces searches a defunct drug factory inside an abandoned building in the countryside of Qusayr, at the porous Lebanese border

Drugs, weapons in Syria borderland where Hezbollah held sway

The Bordeaux region produces some of the world's most famous wines

Drowning sorrows

Bordeaux wine harvest drops to lowest level since 1991

'Now is the time to invest because you can't make an assumption that America's presence will last forever,' said Hegseth

Defence spending

Europe can't assume US troop presence 'will last forever': Hegseth

Suspect in Munich car ramming had 'Islamist orientation': police

Ukrainian women and children crossing the border into Poland in 2022, following Russia's invasion

'Severe hardhip'

Financial strain forcing Ukrainians to return home despite risk: Red Cross

Nuclear power plant

Cattenom director talks about potential new reactor

Russian drone 'struck' Chernobyl cover, no radiation increase: Zelensky

Morning Roundup

Car ramming attack in Munich, Luxembourg to complain against German border controls, and flu season reaches peak

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025

'Deeply troubling escalation'

AP kept from third Trump event over 'Gulf of America': agency

Polish pro-choice activist Justyna Wydrzynska shows a postcard from her supporters prior to her verdict announcement at the appeals court.

Initially found guilty

Polish court orders retrial in hot-button abortion case

The Fogo Cruzado watchdog said 19 people were shot, five fatally, after incidents in which civilians and police officers accidentally entered favelas in 2024 -- the highest number since it began tracking such incidents in 2016

Dangerous favelas

In Rio de Janeiro, a wrong turn leads from paradise to peril

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the White House Oval Office on February 13, 2025

Trump offers top-end jets, trade deal to India in Modi bromance

Russian Alexander Vinnik (C) is escorted by police officers as he arrives at a courthouse in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2017

Prisoner exchange

Crypto kingpin Alexander Vinnik handed over to Russia: US official

US President Donald Trump has cast himself in his second term as a global peacemaker

Europe getting the cold shoulder

Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order

There has been concern among Western governments over the direction the new Syrian leadership will take, in particular on religious freedom, women's rights and the status of the Kurdish minority

The weight of hope

International community vows support for Syria transition

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a phone call with US President Donald Trump

NATO blindsided

Zelensky says Putin 'peace' comments not to be trusted

Protesters block a highway in Tel Aviv to demand the release of all hostages held in Gaza after recent develpments threw a truce deal into doubt

Deadline approaching

Israel says Hamas must free three living hostages this weekend

United Nations peacekeepers drive past the rubble of buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yarine during the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah

Still no ceasefire

Lebanon says refuses Israeli demand to stay in five southern locations

Trump-Putin call

Luxembourg defence minister warns against sidelining Ukraine in peace talks

Russia's Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Donald Trump this week

'Patience paid off': Putin out of shadow after Trump call

Ukrainians in the 24th Mechanized Brigade firing towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region

Concerns over concessions

Trump's hand to Putin sparks fear, mistrust in frontline Ukraine

The crowds gathered despite cold and rain, many with placards expressing support for the position of King Abdullah II on Gaza

Opposed to Gaza 'take over'

Tens of thousands of Jordanians welcome king home after Trump meeting

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi ahead of a meeting at 1 Carlton Gardens in central London on February 13, 2025

UK and China revive stalled talks during FM meeting

The blast hit the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taiwan

Several injured

Suspected gas explosion kills four at Taiwan department store

NATO countries located close to Russia, like Finland, tend to spend more on their armies

Two percent at least

In NATO, the closer to Russia, the more spent on defence

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