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The cardinals chosen will be eligible to vote for Pope Francis's successor

Coming from five continents

Pope looks to his legacy and creates 21 new cardinals

Both men hailed the relationship

Notre Dame reopening

Trump says world 'a little crazy' as he meets Macron in Paris

Darragh, the fourth named storm of the season, is also expected to bring heavy rain through the weekend, with more than 100 flood warnings and alerts in place across the UK

Inclement weather

Power cuts and train cancellations as Storm Darragh batters UK

Yemenis brandish rifles and chant slogans during regular anti-Israel demonstrations in Sanaa

Regional crises

Yemen can't wait 'forever' for peace roadmap, UN envoy says

Syria's Bashar al-Assad hung on to power longer than many critics expected after launching a brutal opposition crackdown in March 2011, but his days may now really be numbered

Clinging on to power

Is the 'writing on the wall' for Syria's Assad?

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has staggered from one crisis to another since winning power but he topped it all this week by declaring martial law

Martial law to miracle survival: South Korea's president Yoon

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol bows after apologising for his declaration of martial law in a nationally televised speech

South Korea president escapes impeachment over martial law fiasco

German far-right leader Alice Weidel lives in Switzerland with her female partner from Sri Lanka

Official candidate

Alice Weidel, German far right's unlikely hope for chancellor

The court's move to annul elections sent shockwaves across the EU and NATO member state bordering Ukraine and opened the way for a new electoral process to start from scratch

Alleged irregularities

Romania police raid houses after vote scrapped over 'irregularities'

Protesters poured into the area around South Korea's National Assembly as lawmakers voted on a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

Crisis in Seoul

'Do your freaking job': S. Korean protesters frustrated by failing impeachment vote

The institution was set up by nonprofit rights group Lambda

'No longer afraid'

Poland's first queer museum opens

Demonstrators were due this weekened to take to the streets to demand full legalisation in a throwback to pro-choice rallies such as Berlin's 2022

Remove legal hurdles

German campaigners demand abortion be fully legalised

Shin Jae-hyung (C), a 66-year-old protester, also participated in South Korea's pro-democracy mass protests in the 1970s and the 80s

A first in 40 years

'How dare you': South Korean activist horrified by martial law

Trump and Macron have had an up and down relationship

First trip since election

Trump in Paris for Notre Dame reopening, diplomacy

The latest security camera footage released of the suspect in the brazen New York shooting shows him smiling

Insurance exec killer may have fled New York, police say

Rebel bullets riddle a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the facade of city hall in Hama

Lightning offensive

Syria govt loses control of key city Daraa

Georgia has been engulfed in turmoil since the ruling party declared victory in a disputed election

Protests against prime minister's decision

Georgia police fire tear gas, water cannons at pro-EU protesters

The Russian strike killed at least 10 people in Zaporizhzhia, in southern Ukraine, authorities say

Relentless aerial attacks

Zelensky slams Putin after Russian strikes kill 12

Quiet but with a knack for holding power, President Bashar al-Assad has waged a bloody war to retain control of Syria

Syria's Assad: the president who led a bloody crackdown

Joe Biden may be considering a preemptive pardon for Covid advisor Anthony Fauci

Use of constitutional power

Biden eyes preemptive pardons as Trump plots revenge: reports

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was the young nation's first prime minister, but has long been dogged by allegations of crimes and corruption

'Tarnished hero'

Hague court lays fresh charges against ex-Kosovo leader Thaci

Officials have decided to hold the full ceremony inside the cathedral because of the expected weather conditions

Prince William, Zelensky to attend Notre Dame reopening

Syrians chat at a cafe in the historic Old City of Damascus.

Damascus gripped by anxiety in face of rebel offensive

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says that Iran's increased production of enriched uranium is a 'clear message' to its critics

Denies nuclear armament

Iran plans to 'significantly increase' enriched uranium production: IAEA

A protester holds a poster calling for the ouster of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at a candlelight rally in Seoul

Removal from office

Impeachment looms ever closer for South Korean president

Northern Ireland endured 30 years of violence over British rule until a peace deal in 1998

Charged with murder of two civilians

British ex-soldier pleads not guilty to Bloody Sunday killings

Fire broke out in the Adass Israel Synagogue when some congregants were already inside

No serious injuries

Arsonists set Melbourne synagogue ablaze

French President Emmanuel Macron can boast that his five-year restoration target has been met, dispelling the doubts of many who argued that the goal was wildly ambitious

Political unrest

Political storm clouds Macron's Notre Dame glory

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