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The Commission has not yet sent an official invitation to the Taliban authorities

EU to invite Taliban officials to Brussels for migrant return talks

Roe v. Wade overhaul

US Supreme Court maintains mail access to abortion pill for now

The cruise ship MV Hondius stopped at the Spanish island of Tenerife on its way back to the Netherlands

Seven confirmed, three dead

Hantavirus: confirmed cases by nationality

Commuters in Tehran drive past a billboard mocking US President Donald Trump over the Strait of Hormuz

'Very desperate'

Frustrated Trump learns he doesn't have the cards on Iran

Nigerian soldiers have been fighting jihadists since 2009

One of bloodiest single days

Military strikes, gang massacres in Nigeria kill around 100 civilians

Delcy Rodriguez poured cold water on Trump's suggestion of US statehood for oil-rich Venezuela

'We love our independence process'

Venezuela has 'never considered' becoming 51st US state: acting president

The painting is part of the world-famous Goudstikker collection

'Portrait of a Young Girl'

Nazi-looted portrait found in home of Dutch SS leader's family: art sleuth

Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch, aka JJ poses on the turquoise carpet for the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at the City Hall Square in Vienna, Austria

Protesting Israel's participation

Boycotters Spain, Ireland, Slovenia will not show Eurovision

President Donald Trump said he plans to suspend a federal tax on gasoline as consumer cope with surging energy prices

Until further notice

Trump to suspend US gas tax as Iran war spikes prices

President Macron urged African leaders to invest in France, lauding a relationship he said was today "entirely free of hang-ups"

Future of the continent

Macron announces 23 bn euros of investment at Africa summit

Conferred by King of Sweden

Grand Duke Guillaume named Honorary Chair of the World Scout Foundation

Travelling from Luxembourg

Afghan national wanted for knife attack arrested during German border check

Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand said the NATO alliance could not be 'more important' than it is today

Amid global instability

NATO 'could never be more important than today': Canada FM

Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Jorge Moreira Da Silva is in charge of the UN task force aimed at creating a mechanims to move much-needed fertiliser through the largely blocked off Strait of Hormuz

Looming humanitarian crisis

Tens of millions risk hunger as Hormuz standoff blocks fertiliser, UN official says

Foreign ministers gather in Brussels

Xavier Bettel steps up criticism of Israel and EU inaction

Singer Paul McCartney and Apple Corps have announced the opening next year of the first official London museum dedicated to The Beatles

Archive material

Beatles to open first London museum on site of last gig

Artists are in Vienna for the Eurovision Song Contest but the public broadcasters for Ireland, Slovenia and Spain say they will not be showing it

Over Israel's participation

Boycotting Spain, Ireland, Slovenia will not show Eurovision

The grim polls came less than two years after Starmer swept to power in a landslide general election victory

Growing threat to leadership

Under-threat UK PM Starmer vows to prove 'doubters' wrong

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was also impeached last year on mostly the same charges but the Senate sent the case back to the House

Could end her 2028 presidential bid

Philippine lawmakers vote to impeach VP Sara Duterte

Thai police seized smuggled ivory valued at around $300,000

250kg of elephant tusks

Thai police arrest 9 in largest ivory seizure in decade

A Southern right whale shown off Muizenberg Beach in False Bay, Cape Town on October 11, 2013

Shifting sea traffic into their habitats

Middle East conflicts a danger for whales off S.Africa: study

Iran is the world's second most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups based outside the country

Claimed coercion to false confession

Iran hangs 'elite student' on espionage charges: NGOs

Thaksin Shinawatra hugs his daughter Paetongtarn at Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok

Return to the spotlight?

Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin released from prison

Passengers wearing blue protective suits were evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius at the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands

Endemic in Argentina

US, French nationals from hantavirus ship test positive

Festivities for table tennis world champion Sun Yingsha's 25th birthday included messages on massive digital billboards, a drone show and packed fan gatherings at shopping malls across China

Waste of resources

Party's over: China tells fans to end birthday blowouts for sport idols

Canary Islands authorities had warned that the evacuation operation must be completed by Monday, when adverse weather conditions will force the ship to leave

For at least three weeks

Australia to quarantine six people from hantavirus ship

ETH Zurich professor of geology Domenico Giardini inside the BedrettoLab

'It was a success!'

Groundbreaking: 'Controlled' quakes triggered under Swiss Alps

An aerial view of Epuyen, Argentina, where a hantavirus outbreak caused 11 people to die over several months in 2018-2019

Took place more than seven years ago

Hantavirus outbreak renews painful memories for Patagonian village

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