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Wang Yi and Badr Abdelatty held a joint press conference at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse

In joint press conference

China FM says 'deeply concerned' about Syria in talks with Egypt counterpart

Emmanuel Macron is presented with no easy choices as he seeks a new prime minister

Macron expected to name new French PM after deadlock

Mikheil Kavelashvili is known for his expletive-laden parliament speeches and tirades against government critics

From sports to politics

Ex-Man City striker set to be Georgia's new far-right president

Filipino death row innmate Mary Jane Veloso speaks to AFP at her prison in Indonesia

First interview

Filipina on Indonesia death row says planned transfer 'miracle'

Rayan Assani, eight, left Istanbul with her family, bound for Aleppo

Tales from a conflict area

At Turkey-Syria border, returning children cross into the unknown

Disinformation has circulated online for years claiming the French first lady is transgender

'Malicious comments'

Four face trial for online targeting of Brigitte Macron

Austin Tice (L) was detained at a checkpoint in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, on August 14, 2012

New Syria leaders vow to search for abducted US journalist Tice

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk greets French President Emmanuel Macron in Warsaw, where the pair discussed Russia's war in Ukraine

A possible path

Macron, Tusk discuss idea of foreign peacekeepers in Ukraine

A broken statue of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad lies outside the Baath party offices in Damascus

New leaders pledge

G7 to meet on Syria, govt pledges 'rule of law'

The murder of health executive Brian Thompson in New York sparked a flurry of backlash against ghost guns

New age of weapon development

Nerds or crooks? 3D gun makers in spotlight after US executive murder

Syrians have flocked to prisons since the fall Bashar al-Assad's regime, searching for loved ones who disappeared during decades of repression

US charges ex-head of Syrian prison with torture

Horrific images of Syrians tortured by Bashar al-Assad's government have been used in international campaigns

Since start of civil war

Rapes, torture, killings -- a litany of abuses blamed on Assad forces

The Black Sea nation has been in turmoil since the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in October's parliamentary elections

Post-electoral crisis

Escalation feared as Georgia pro-EU protests enter third week

Afghan men offered prayers around the grave of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, during his funeral ceremony in Sarana village in Paktia province, south of the capital Kabul

Killed in suicide bombing

Thousands attend funeral of Afghan minister

There is no obvious left-wing successor to left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Potential new age

Brazil's 2026 elections, without Lula or Bolsonaro?

Indian teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest undisputed world chess champion Thursday after beating China's Ding Liren in Singapore

Ahead of the game

Indian teen prodigy becomes youngest world chess champ

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to be released from hospital next week

According to his medical team

Brazil's Lula 'cognitively healthy' after operations

UN investigators have identified at least 4,000 Syrians accused of torture and other abuses during the rule of depose president Bashar al-Assad

UN investigators say 4,000 Syrian rights abusers identified

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has been at loggerheads with the Caucasus country's ruling party

Turbulent times

Salome Zurabishvili: defiant champion of Georgia's EU dream

Rikkie Kolle became the first transgender woman to win the crown in 2023

Progressive move

'No longer of this time': Miss Netherlands pageant scrapped

Grief-stricken relatives gather outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following the latest Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza.

In southern parts of region

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 33

The explosion levelled the apartment block

Fourth suspect held in deadly Dutch building collapse

'Prices are going up every day,' said Viktor Markov, returning from shopping with his wife

Costly endeavour

Russians suffer rising costs of Ukraine conflict

Demonstrators from a labour group take part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol outside City Hall in Seoul

Unique and creative

K-pop, carols, free food at South Korea impeachment protests

A Taiwan Coast Guard crewmember monitors a Chinese coast guard vessel in waters east of Taiwan as China holds its biggest maritime drills in years

Along 34 aircraft

Taiwan detects 16 Chinese warships around island

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday vowed to fight 'until the very last minute'

Televised address

South Korea's Yoon vows to fight 'until the very last minute'

Grief-stricken relatives gather outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following the latest Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza.

Hours after UN ceasefire call

Gaza rescuers say Israel kills 33 in morning strikes

Emmanuel Macron is presented with no easy choices as he seeks a new prime minister

Policies and personalities

Suspense mounts as Macron prepares to unveil new French PM

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