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Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026

As tensions remain

EU slashes eurozone 2026 growth forecast on Mideast war

Chen Tianming's house pictured in June 2025. Authorities demolished it on Wednesday

Off-beat tourist attraction

Chinese authorities demolish villager's madcap 10-storey home

'Incredible': the work transforms the Pont Neuf in Paris into a wild cave mountain

Capital's oldest bridge

'French Banksy' and Daft Punk star turn Paris bridge into Alpine cave

Ukrainians are navigating long journeys home for dental work

'It won't take very long'

Some Ukrainian refugees head home - for dental work

The late UK Queen Elizabeth II and the former Prince Andrew with his father Prince Philip are pictured at the Epson races in 2016

Disgraced ex prince

Late queen pushed for son Andrew to be UK trade envoy: official papers

The tale of the whale, dubbed 'Timmy', gripped Germany for weeks

Captured global attention

Denmark to autopsy 'Timmy' the whale

Iranian actress and director Pegah Ahangarani brought her film "Rehearsals For A Revolution" to Cannes

Fresh wave of repression

War risks choking Iran's world-beating cinema, warn directors

Europol fugitive campaign

Luxembourg continues search for Said Nassiri, guilty of extortion

Samsung Electronics chip employees are expected to receive average bonuses worth 509 million won ($338,000) under a tentative deal to avert a strike

To avert a strike

Samsung chip employees to get average $338,000 bonus under strike deal

A reveller looks on after getting his face painted during the annual "Pring Ka-Ek" or "spirit house" festival to pray for fortune and rain.

'We don't want any more war'

Cambodian avatars pray to spirits for rain, peace with Thailand

A firefighter helicopter flies above a wildfire in Garano, northwestern Spain, on August 25, 2025

On front line of climate change

Spain to launch biggest forest fire campaign after record losses: PM

The US-Iran conflict has upended travel plans

Soaring fuel prices

EasyJet posts deeper first-half loss on Mideast war

Four players and a staffer from Iran's national football team were seen leaving the US Embassy in Ankara after submitting their visa applications ahead of the 2026 World Cup

Amid political tension

In Ankara, Iran World Cup squad players start US visa process

Eran Wickramaratne gestures during a press conference at the Sri Lanka Cricket Board office in Colombo on May 21

Forensic audit underway

Sri Lanka cricket finances 'greater than feared': interim chief

The sheer number of canines roaming free has become bothersome

Cute but bothersome

Vets bid to save Kosovo's stray dogs from cull through sterilisation

'Promises must be kept,' says Turkey's Climate Minister Murat Kurum, who will chair the COP31 climate meeting in November

'Promises must be kept'

Rich nations topped $100 bn climate finance goal again in 2023, 2024: OECD

Tourists walk past souvenir shops outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on May 20. Thailand is cutting the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 90 countries in an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals

Backpacking heaven

Tourists in Thailand plan for coming cuts to visa-free stays

The 'Winston Churchill: The Painter' exhibition opens on Saturday at the Wallace Collection in London

Winston Churchill's 'playful' paintings go on show in London

China's Landbridge group was granted a 99-year lease on the Port of Darwin in 2015.

In strategic position

Australia 'disappointed' by Chinese owner's resistance to forced port sale

Protesters call for the start of the impeachment trial against Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte and the arrest of Philippine Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa outside the Senate in Manila

Ronald Dela Rosa

Philippines orders arrest of fugitive senator sought by ICC

Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive party (SNS) stand in front of their party headquarters

'Ready for violence': Serbian hooligans target protesters

Giconda Belli is one of Latin America's most influential literary voices

Influential voice

'They're afraid': Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli on fighting censorship

A global artificial intelligence boom has turbocharged Samsung's chip business

Following agreement

Samsung shareholders vow legal action over tentative union deal

The ICJ ruling is seen having a major impact on workers' rights

Top UN court to rule on right to strike

Luciano Spalletti was hired by Juventus in October to ensure Champions League qualification

Juve risk disaster as Serie A's Champions League race goes down to the wire

eSafety approached what was then Twitter in February 2023, demanding the company explain how it was tackling the spread of child sexual abuse content

'Meaningful transparency is critical'

Australian court upholds $465,000 fine against Elon Musk's X

An albino buffalo nicknamed "Donald Trump" has become a social media star and is drawing crowds in Bangladesh

'Making a sacrifice'

Commander-in-beef: Bangladesh's 'Donald Trump' buffalo wins fans

Yang, 41, is the first Taiwanese author to win the prestigious International Booker award

Booker award winner

'Taiwan Travelogue' author hopes book can be read in China, spark dialogue

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