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Afghan men offered prayers around the grave of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, during his funeral ceremony in Sarana village in Paktia province, south of the capital Kabul

Killed in suicide bombing

Thousands attend funeral of Afghan minister

There is no obvious left-wing successor to left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Potential new age

Brazil's 2026 elections, without Lula or Bolsonaro?

Indian teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest undisputed world chess champion Thursday after beating China's Ding Liren in Singapore

Ahead of the game

Indian teen prodigy becomes youngest world chess champ

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to be released from hospital next week

According to his medical team

Brazil's Lula 'cognitively healthy' after operations

UN investigators have identified at least 4,000 Syrians accused of torture and other abuses during the rule of depose president Bashar al-Assad

UN investigators say 4,000 Syrian rights abusers identified

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has been at loggerheads with the Caucasus country's ruling party

Turbulent times

Salome Zurabishvili: defiant champion of Georgia's EU dream

Rikkie Kolle became the first transgender woman to win the crown in 2023

Progressive move

'No longer of this time': Miss Netherlands pageant scrapped

Grief-stricken relatives gather outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following the latest Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza.

In southern parts of region

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 33

The explosion levelled the apartment block

Fourth suspect held in deadly Dutch building collapse

'Prices are going up every day,' said Viktor Markov, returning from shopping with his wife

Costly endeavour

Russians suffer rising costs of Ukraine conflict

Demonstrators from a labour group take part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol outside City Hall in Seoul

Unique and creative

K-pop, carols, free food at South Korea impeachment protests

A Taiwan Coast Guard crewmember monitors a Chinese coast guard vessel in waters east of Taiwan as China holds its biggest maritime drills in years

Along 34 aircraft

Taiwan detects 16 Chinese warships around island

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday vowed to fight 'until the very last minute'

Televised address

South Korea's Yoon vows to fight 'until the very last minute'

Grief-stricken relatives gather outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following the latest Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza.

Hours after UN ceasefire call

Gaza rescuers say Israel kills 33 in morning strikes

Emmanuel Macron is presented with no easy choices as he seeks a new prime minister

Policies and personalities

Suspense mounts as Macron prepares to unveil new French PM

Riyad Avlar, who spent 20 years in Syrian prisons including a decade in the infamous Saydnaya jail, says he managed to face his trauma through music, theatre and helping others through an NGO that works to help inmates

Former captives walking free

How an ex-inmate of brutal Syria jail overcame trauma by helping others

The number of drug deaths has been rising in Finland since 2015

A 'matter of time'

Fears for the future as drug deaths among young Finns soar

Slovak Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova has sparked protests by sacking the heads of top cultural institutions

Serial dismissals

Nationalist minister tests Slovak culture, LGBT limits

Kevin Johnson wants to relaunch his career from Russia, where he has become a cheerleader for Vladimir Putin

Career relaunch

Kevin Johnson: US boxer fighting for Putin's Russia

Mohammed Naeem stands with his children amid the rubble of his Kabul home, due for demolition under a redevelopment plan by Taliban authorities

Urban development

Vulnerable Afghans struggle as Taliban rebuild Kabul roads

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva complained of headaches, and an MRI scan found an intracranial hemorrhage

Lula alert, 'progressed well' since intracranial surgery

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday in Sydney

Bolstering ties

Australia to spend $385 mn on PNG rugby league team with eye on China

Islamist-led rebels launched a lightening offensive last month, seizing the Syrian capital Damascus after just 11 days, following years of civil war

No discrimination

New Syria PM says will 'guarantee' all religious groups' rights

Francis will give two speeches in Corsica's capital Ajaccio and preside over a mass at the Casone open-air

Pope to champion popular Catholic traditions in Corsica

The UN General Assembly often finds itself taking up measures that cannot get through the Security Council due to political concerns

Symbolic gesture

UN General Assembly calls for 'unconditional' Gaza ceasefire

A woman cries after armed gangs shot her husband dead in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Kidnappings reported

Nine killed in Haiti in latest gang attack

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud flew in at the request of his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

'Historic agreement'

Turkey says Ethiopia, Somalia reach compromise deal to end feud

Lula hosted leaders of the G20 group of nations in November

Follow-up surgery

Lula to undergo new operation to 'minimize' cranial bleeding risk

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