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The US trade deficit widened by 4.9 percent in February, government data shows

Government data showed

US trade deficit widens less than forecast as tariff turmoil persists

French authorities charged a young man and three minors in connection with an attempted attack against a Bank of America branch in Paris

Following attempted attack

US banks in Paris tighten security, order remote work over pro-Iran threat

While so-called "Jewish terrorism" has drawn widespread condemnation both in Israel and abroad, little has been done to curb it

West Bank grows ever tenser

Israeli politicians, ex-security officials slam 'Jewish terrorism' in West Bank

The US trade deficit widened by 4.9 percent in February, government data shows

Uncertainty ahead

US trade deficit widens less than forecast as tariff turmoil persists

Donald Trump urged oil importing countries to show 'courage' and seize the Strait of Hormuz

Consequences of war

Which countries' ships are hit by Hormuz crisis?

Indonesia is one of the biggest social media users in the world

Allegedly flouting days-old ban

Indonesia issues fresh summons for Google, Meta over teen social media ban

Indigenous Melanesians known as Kanaks make up around 40 percent of the population, according to a 2019 census

Looking for statehood

France considers reform for New Caledonia

The Nexperia headquarters in Nijmegen on November 6, 2025

Nexperia's China unit nears fully local production of chips: company sources

Donald Trump sparked anger in France after making fun of the French president and his wife

'This is not a show'

Macron says Trump marriage jibe does not 'merit response'

Russia delivered a tanker earlier this week for "humanitarian reasons"

Following US fuel blockade

Russia will send second ship with oil to Cuba: minister

Johan Bonny has officiated for 17 years as bishop in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, and has witnessed a collapse in local vocations for the priesthood

'A cry from the heart'

Belgian bishop takes on Vatican with push to ordain married men

Doomsday meal prep

Colruyt Group launches 24-hour emergency food kit in Belgium

French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Astroscale, a space venture company, in Tokyo on April 2

French President Macron lands in South Korea after Japan visit

South Korea is pushing to transform Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square into a 'media gallery' to surpass Times Square in New York

Locals bothered by glare

Too bright: Seoul to dim digital billboards after complaints

A building of the North Sumatra's National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) was damaged in the quake

Major earthquake in Indonesia kills one, sparks panic

Tankers and cargo ships at the oil depot and container terminal of the Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta

Current outlook

Middle East war: global economic fallout

US President Donald Trump speaks during a televised address on the Middle East war

Thursday roundup

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Speleotherapy has been practised for decades in parts of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Armenia's underground salt clinic at centre of alternative medicine debate

'No to LGBT agenda,' reads a sign held during a protest against same-sex in Senegal

As anti-LGBTQ arrests grow

'Muted' international response as Senegal enacts same-sex relations law

Crew members of the Sarfaq Ittuk ferry de-ice the bow with sledgehammers

Disappearing lifeline

Slow boat to Ilulissat: long nights on Greenland's last ferry

Vocalist Dmytro Kumar fronts one of Ukraine's best-known metal bands

'Not just love and beer'

Ukrainian death metal band growls against Russia's war

Morning Roundup

Parliament faces cybersecurity risk, property sale prices down, and Pope celebrates his first Easter

Rene Amy has sown around a quarter of a billion California poppy seeds around fire-scarred Altadena

'A new beginning'

Poppies offer hope in fire-scarred Los Angeles

Israel's Netanyahu says Iran is being "decimated"

Digital hearsay

What's real anymore? AI warps truth of Middle East war

Just over a week ago, NASA said that it was suspending a project aimed at building a space station -- called Gateway -- to orbit the Moon

Europeans on the moon?

Europe to negotiate with NASA on lunar missions: ESA

US President Donald Trump speaks during a televised address on the Iran war

'We're getting very close'

Trump tells US that Iran war victory near, but vows big strikes

President Donald Trump told Americans that while the United States was close to achieving its mission objectives in the war against Iran, US forces would hit the Islamic republic 'extremely hard' over the next two to three weeks

'We had to act, and we acted'

Trump says Iran war almost over, warns of weeks more heavy strikes

Passengers have been forced to endure long waits at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints during the shutdown

Longest shutdown in US history

US Republicans announce deal to end partial government shutdown

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