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Emmanuel Macron will welcome Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Paris on Wednesday for his first visit to Europe

New path in doubt

Syrian leader to meet Macron in first European visit

The five opposition figures had been sheltering at the Argentine embassy in Venezuela's capital Caracas since March of last year

Maduro opponents

Venezuelan opposition figures 'rescued', now in US: Rubio

President Donald Trump's inner circle has long spoken of China as the arch-enemy, with some suggesting that ending the Ukraine war will free up resources to counter Beijing

'Number-one geopolitical foe'

Trump talks tough on China, but early focus elsewhere

Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, said he would sign a letter of intent to join China's Belt and Road Initiative

Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road

US President Donald Trump participates in a swearing-in ceremony for the Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025.

Urging responsible solution

Trump hopes India-Pakistan clashes end 'very quickly'

US President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025.

Amid tariff, annexation threats

Canada 'never for sale', Carney tells Trump

People search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza

Between hunger and attacks

Israel's plan for Gaza draws international criticism

Thousands of government critics demonstrated in Panama City to protest a deal allowing the US military to deploy to bases around the Panama Canal, among other government policies

Students and workers unite

Thousands demonstrate in Panama over deal with US military

Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025

All flights grounded

Sudan cuts ties with UAE after paramilitary drone strikes on Port Sudan

The Sistine Chapel has been kitted out with rows of desks and chairs to accommodate the 133 cardinal electors who will choose the next pope over the next several days

Voting to begin Wednesday

Vatican readies for conclave lockdown

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes the oath from the president of the lower house of parliament, Julia Kloeckner

Who is up next?

New German leader Merz stumbles out of the blocks

Russia is preparing to hold its annual Red Square Victory Day parade in the shadow of its dragging Ukraine offensive

Russian airports forced to restrict flights

Ukraine fires drones on Moscow days before WWII parade

Following shock defeat in initial ballot

German lawmakers vote for Merz as chancellor

'90% of trains will run as scheduled'

SNCF strike to have limited impact on train services this weekend

Major police intervention

Axe-wielding suspect arrested in Saarbrücken

Bilateral trade remains significant

PM Luc Frieden's Finland visit focuses on research and technology

Photographers for AFP were Pulitzer Prize finalist for their work from Gaza, including this image by Mahmud Hams

Most prestigious award

AFP Gaza photographers shortlisted for Pulitzer Prize

Catalin Predoiu is a former justice minister who already served as interim premier in 2012

Shake-up continues

Romania names interim premier as turmoil deepens

Victory Day has become Russia's most important holiday under Putin

Red Square military parade

Putin gears up for 'grandest' Victory Day amid Ukraine conflict

Government data published

US trade deficit hit fresh record in March before tariff rollout

Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband with a poisonous beef Wellington in 2023

Fatal beef Wellington

Australian mushroom murder suspect rejected help preparing meal: witness

Morning Roundup

Suspected bank robber arrested, festivities for new Grand Duke revealed, and Friedrich Merz to be sworn in as Germany's chancellor

More than 1.3 million tweets have been published on X about the conclave, according to monitoring platform Visibrain, while TikTok videos on the topic have been viewed over 363 million times

Conclave pending

Wait for Vatican white smoke fires up social media

Dominican President Luis Abinader has taken a tough line on migration from crisis-ravaged Haiti

Campaign promise

Dominican Republic reports sharp rise in Haitian migrant deportations

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered significant cuts to the number of top military officers

'Less generals, more GIs'

Pentagon chief orders 20% cut in number of top officers

A missile attack left a wide crater near Ben Gurion airport

Sixteen people wounded

Israel strikes Yemen after Huthi attack on Ben Gurion airport

A worker prepares the main central balcony of St Peter's basilica

Hailing from 70 countries

Cardinals assemble to elect pope and set course for church

In Vivonne, France

Missing jogger's body found in shrubbery

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