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Trump gave a warm welcome in the Oval Office to 43-year-old Bukele -- the self-proclaimed 'world's coolest dictator'

Pioneer of controversial prison

El Salvador's Bukele rules out returning migrant, in love-fest with Trump

The strike on Sumy was one of the deadliest of the entire war

'Human shield' accusations

Ukrainians mourn Sumy strike victims as Russia denies targeting civilians

The scene in Santo Domingo resembled the aftermath of an earthquake, with a gaping hole where the roof of the Jet Set club had been

Continues to grow

Death toll from Dominican nightclub disaster rises to 231: minister

Sudanese who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under paramilitary control, queue for food rations in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila

Between fighting and famine

13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year: UN

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025.

Deepening tensions

Trump blames Zelensky for 'millions' of deaths in Russian invasion

A Blue Origin rocket carrying singer Katy Perry, among others, blasts off for space

In Blue Origin rocket

Katy Perry roars into space on all-woman flight

A young woman preparing to be immersed in water during a baptism ceremony at the Vie et Lumière evangelical gathering on a former airfield in Grostenquin, in 2023.

Grostenquin, Moselle

Representatives of Moselle department oppose annual evangelical gathering of Roma Travellers

French public hospital workers have long said they were burning out

'Deadly working conditions'

French hospital staff, relatives sue ministers over work-related suicides

Supporters gather as police stand guard for the arrival of former president Yoon Suk Yeol's car (centre L) outside the Central District Court in Seoul

'Legally unfounded'

South Korea's ex-president denies insurrection at criminal trial

Vast repository: the Arolsen Archives contain millions of documents on victims of the Nazis

Reuniting families

German archive where victims of the Nazis come back to life

The constitutional amendment echoes moves on gender by US President Donald Trump

LGBTQ community affected

Hungary set to restrict constitutional rights in 'Easter cleanup'

Post Malone performed a headliner set at Coachella 2025

Scorching temperatures

Post Malone wraps Coachella with genre-fluid performance

Tragic incident

Five killed in fire at unauthorised hostel in southern Poland

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg pavilion opens at World Expo, world leaders decry missile strike on Sumy, and McIlroy wins US Masters

Osaka World Expo 2025

Luxembourg pavilion highlights sustainability, technology, and culture

World leaders condemned a Russian missile strike on Ukraine on Sunday, one of the deadliest attacks in months

In centre of northeastern city of Sumy

World leaders slam deadly Russian strike on Ukraine

Ecuador's President and Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa talks to supporters next to his wife Lavinia Valbonesi in Olon, Santa Elena province, Ecuador on April 13, 2025.

Troubled nation

Noboa wins Ecuador presidential runoff, rival claims fraud

The criminal trial of former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol opened Monday at Seoul Central District Court, with the ex-leader appearing in person

Impeached leader

South Korea's ex-president attends first day of criminal trial

The 70-year-old underwent laparotomy -- a procedure involving an incision through the abdominal wall -- to treat intestinal adhesions

Marathon operation

Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro surgery ends 'with success'

A Russian strike killed at least 34 people in Ukrainian city Sumy on Sunday

Political invitation

Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine to see war devastation: CBS

A gurney lies among debris after an Israeli strike on the Al-Ahli hospital, also known as the Baptist or Ahli Arab hospital, in Gaza City

Few functiontioning hospitals

WHO says child killed after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital

Iranian newspaper front pages on the day of the highest-level Iran-US nuclear talks in years

Future negotiations planned

Iran says talks with US to focus solely on nuclear issue, lifting sanctions

The election has been dominated by anger over cartel violence

Too-close-to-call

Ecuador votes in razor-tight presidential runoff

Woman killed by a falling tree branch at Lac de Madine, France

Claudine Spire, 78, started digging into her past in her early fifties

French-occupied part of Germany

Erased identity: Post-war adoptee seeks German roots

Lo Kin-hei (2nd R), chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party (DP), and vice-chairman Mok Kin-shing (R) at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Hong Kong on April 13, 2025

Political crackdown

Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party approve plan to disband

President Xi Jinping begins a five day tour of three Southeast Asian neighbours on Monday as China seeks to tighten regional trade days and offset the impact of huge US tariffs

Regional trade ties

China's Xi courts Southeast Asia as Trump tariffs bite

Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor

Myanmar quake victims mark new year camped in ruins

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