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People line up for food being distributed in Sagaing, a week after the deadly earthquake

Week after catastrophe

Protest as quake-hit Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok summit

A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance, a charity said Friday

'Valued partner and colleague'

Rat earns world record for sniffing landmines in Cambodia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus in Thailand

India and Bangladesh leaders meet for first time since revolution

An Israeli air strike targeting a Hamas commander caused heavy damage to an apartment block in the Lebanese port city of Sidon.

Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon strike

US President Donald Trump unveiled the first

Permits for sale

Trump unveils first $5 million 'gold card' visa

Family of Philippine drug war victims protest after receiving online harassment since former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest

Families of Duterte drug war victims demand probe into online threats

Vast Chinese barges spotted off the country's south coast could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan, experts say

'Punishing' drills

China floats battle barges in Taiwan invasion plans

South Korea seized two tons of cocaine hidden aboard a Norwegian-flagged vessel, authorities told AFP on Friday, the country's largest drug bust to date

Hidden behind engine room

South Korea seize two tons of cocaine in largest-ever drug bust

Morning Roundup

Frieden and Bettel react to US tariffs, man sentenced for murdering his son, and Luxembourg plays Poland in rugby

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist upon arrival at Miami International Airport

Not a friendly conversation

With tariff war, Trump also reshapes how US treats allies

The editor of the Atlantic magazine was inadvertently added to a Signal chat in which senior security officials in the Trump administration, including Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, discussed details of air strikes on Yemen

Pentagon watchdog to probe defense chief over Signal chat row

Lisa had not even celebrated her first birthday

Disgusting crime

French creche worker gets 25 years for killing baby with drain cleaner

US media reported that Dmitriev arrived Wednesday

Highest level visit in three years

Top Russian official in Washington for talks on improving ties

A portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad next to a national flag is slightly damaged by shrapnel outside the Barzeh scientific research centre north of the Syrian capital Damascus, after being targeted by a December 2024 Israeli airstrike

Sovereignty under attack

Syria accuses Israel of deadly destabilisation campaign

The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake on March 28 flattened buildings across Myanmar, killing more than 3,000 people and making thousands more homeless

In the face of adversity

Civilians act to bring aid to Myanmar earthquake victims

Nepal's capital struggles with choking smog each year

Blanketed in smog

Nepal capital chokes as wildfires rage

US Secretary State Marco Rubio, left, met with NATO chief Mark Rutte during his first visit to the alliance's headquarters for talks

Upping the pressure

Rubio says US committed to NATO - but tells allies to spend more

'Major blow to world economy'

EU keeps door open to Trump tariff talks – but readies for fight

Tin Maung Htwe was rescued after five days of being trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake

Remarkable story

Lessons and liquids: buried alive in Myanmar's earthquake

An event was held to mark the 10th year since the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from radar screens

Efforts in vain

Search for Malaysia's long missing MH370 suspended

Suspended President Yoon still commands the backing of extreme supporters, who have staged protests for weeks

Second-highest alert level

S Korea police raise security levels ahead of impeachment verdict

A group of UN human rights experts has said Daniel Ortega's 'volunteer' force was recruited from the ranks of ex-combatants, retired soldiers and police, judges and public employees

Experts accuse 54 top Nicaragua officials of grave abuses

Greenland, the world's largest island, is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark

Autonomous territory

Danish PM in 'unity' Greenland visit amid US takeover threats

Morning Roundup

EU vows unified response to US tariffs, Bettel at NATO meeting, and Musk rumoured to leave Trump administration

Jean-Marc Aveline, an Algerian-born French cardinal with close ties to Pope Francis, was elected France's top bishop

Three-year term

Ally of Pope Francis elected France's top bishop

Hungary's Viktor Orban extended an invitation to Netanyahu last November, a day after the ICC issued the arrest warrant

First Europe trip since 2023

Israel's Netanyahu arrives in Hungary, defying ICC warrant

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes killed at least 15 people in Khan Yunis and the Nuseirat refugee camp at dawn

Targeting 'terrorist infrastructure'

Israel PM says 'dissecting' Gaza to force Hamas to free hostages

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has echoed Trump's attacks on Europe over trade

Meeting NATO members

Rubio heads to Europe as transatlantic tensions soar

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