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Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine went into hiding after a January 15 election

Uganda opposition leader in hiding says left country

Communicative action theory

German philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies, aged 96

A satellite image of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal

'A crown jewel'

Kharg Island: Vital Iran oil hub in Trump's crosshairs

The police and fire departments quickly arrived at the scene of the blast in Buitenveldert district in the south of Amsterdam

'Cowardly act of aggression'

Blast outside Jewish school in Amsterdam, no injuries: mayor

Banners bearing portraits the slain leaders of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement now look down on ruins left by the latest Israeli strikes

Hezbollah's 'existential' war against Israel could be its last

Joint press conference

UN OCHA chief, FM Bettel call for international solidarity as humanitarian needs spiral

Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakh environmental activist speaking during an interview with AFP at his office in Leh on May 17, 2024

Himalaya protests

India frees Ladakh activist Wangchuk after 6 months in jail

A photograph taken on 14 March 2026 shows a police car parked outside Jewish school in Amsterdam, where an explosion was reported overnight.

'Cowardly act of aggression'

Blast outside Jewish school in Amsterdam, no injuries: mayor

McLaren's British driver Lando Norris sits in his car in the pits during the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

'Hard to challenge' Ferrari in Chinese Grand Prix, admits Norris

Mechanics push the car of Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen in the pits during the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

Underperforming

'Every lap is survival' laments Verstappen on Red Bull woes

North Korea fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the sea of Japan Saturday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said

Toward the Sea of Japan

S.Korea says North fires around 10 ballistic missiles

Some political observers have suggested that Trump's desire to control the Arctic may extend beyond Greenland to Svalbard

Europe's biggest single supplier

Middle East turmoil revives Norway push for Arctic drilling

Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova created the concrete statue with her colleague Denys Ruban in 2019 for a park

En route to Venice

Ukraine's 'Origami Deer' sculpture rescued from frontline tours Europe

Samsung's battery plant sprawls over 50 hectares

Cancer-causing chemicals

Samsung battery plant turns toxic for Orban's re-election campaign

Consumers are already feeling the pain at the pump but costs will rise throughout the global economy, analysts say

Latest developments

Middle East war: global economic fallout

Japan have been clinical at the Women's Asian Cup

Clinical Japan confident of taking down Philippines at Women's Asian Cup

A fireball errupts from the site of an Israeli stike in a southern Lebanese village

No reprieve in sight

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometres south of the mainland

Kharg Island at the centre

Iran, US threaten attacks on oil facilities

An explosion erupts after strikes near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on Saturday

Few easy ways out for US as war with Iran drags on

Austin Wells smashes a game-ending three-run homer to give the Dominican Republic a 10-0 victory over South Korea in a quarterfinal of the World Baseball Classic

'Getting the job done'

USA to meet Dominicans in World Baseball Classic semis

Mayor Mazen Ghanayem complained about the lack of shelters in his Arab town in northern Israel

Obligations neglected?

Facing rockets, Arabs in northern Israel fume over lack of shelters

Israel launched further air strikes on Beirut on Friday in its war with Hezbollah

Attack on clinic

Lebanon says Israeli strike in south kills 12 medics

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran's new supreme leader after his father was killed in US-Israeli strikes

Continuity 'built into the system'

Iranian leaders determined to prove Islamic republic's staying power

Andy Ogles, pictured at the US Capitol on February 03, 2026, said Muslims "don't belong" in US society

Reignited debate

US Republican leaders in spotlight over anti-Muslim rhetoric

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping last met in October in South Korea

Highly anticipated state visit

Trump, Xi prepare to meet amid Iran war, uncertain goals

US director Steven Spielberg said he had believed since childhood that humanity was not alone in the universe

Must be preserved

Spielberg defends ballet, opera after Chalamet snub

Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometres south of the mainland

Lever 'must be used'

Kharg Island bombed, Trump says US to escort ships through Hormuz soon

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified at trial that he didn't believe the Meta-owned social network was clinically addictive

Meta and YouTube accused

Jurors mull evidence in social media addiction trial

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