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Australian player Lucas Herbert at the LIV Golf South Africa tournament in March

Divisive new tour

Was LIV Golf an expensive failure for Saudis? Not everyone thinks so

Four out of 12 voting members on the Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee dissented against its latest policy statement

Middle East war fallout

US Fed official says rate hikes may be needed if inflation surges

Bakers are 'indispensable to the continuity of social life', the government argues

Essential service or not?

Baguettes take centre stage on France's Labour Day

Nepal has lost hundreds of precious artefacts stolen after the country opened up to the outside world in the 1950s

'Our god is back'

Nepal temple celebrates return of stolen Buddha statue

A commercial vessel is seen off the coast of Dubai on April 20, 2026

Gulf countries' plans to bypass Hormuz still far off, experts warn

Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition said northern Kidal was under their control after a weekend offensive

Amid large-scale fatal attacks

Rebels take key military camp in Mali's north

Pavel Talankin, a Russian teacher, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin'

Lufthansa apologises for lost Oscar after US airport security row

More than 750 ships have found themselves trapped in the Gulf since the Iran war broke out

Maritime security centre

French hub monitors Hormuz tensions from afar

Kem Sokha co-founded the Cambodia National Rescue Party

Three-decade sentence for treason

UN troubled by rejected appeal of Cambodian opposition leader

Urges immediate repeal

Israel's death penalty law perpetuates racial discrimination: UN watchdog

Sun Yang, 34, returned to competition in 2024 after a four-year ban

'Maliciously fabricated rumours'

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang reports cyberbullying to police

Mohamed Salah applauds the Liverpool fans after their 2-0 win against Brighton at Anfield

Departing superstar

Salah 'deserves big send-off', says Liverpool boss Slot

De Materialschued ass héich, nodeems d'Kierch Affer vun de Flame ginn ass

French border region

Church in Montenach destroyed as flames consume roof and bell tower

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele faces a risky vote of no-confidence

Government impasse

Solomon Islands leader to face no-confidence vote after appeal court loss

Japanese professional baseball umpire Takuto Kawakami was struck by a bat last month

Struck on the head

Japan baseball umpire hit by bat still unconscious two weeks on

Naoya Inoue (left) and Junto Nakatani will square off at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday

'In perfect shape'

Nakatani says won't be intimidated in sold-out Inoue title clash

An Afghan man picks poppy flowers on a hillside in the Jalayer Valley of Northern Afghanistan

Traditional symbolism

Afghans celebrate spring in bright red poppy fields

Iran's supreme leader Mojataba Khamenei has not been seen in puclic since being chosen to replace his late father last month, but a statement issued in his name defied Washington's naval blockade of Iran's ports

'Doomed to fail'

Iran activates air defences as Trump faces congressional deadline

Arsenal are three points clear of Manchester City in the Premier League title race

Extending their lead

Arsenal seek to ramp up heat on Man City in title race

Australian police have found a body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old Indigenous girl, referred to at her family's request as Kumanjayi Little Baby

Overnight confrontation

Clashes erupt in Australian town over death of Indigenous girl

The war in Iran has reshaped trade routes in the Gulf

Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot

A villager collects cow dung from her stable near Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district. India is promoting biogas as a low-cost rural energy source

India's cows offer biogas alternative to Mideast energy crunch

Vienna will host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest final

Flashy symbol of European integration

Eurovision: 70 years of geopolitics, patriotism, music and glitter

The bookmakers predict that a Finnish duo will win the 70th edition of Eurovision this year

Finland's 'Flamethrower' and 4 other Eurovision favourites

The mammoth trade deal between the EU and South American bloc Mercosur comes into force provisionally on May 1

Landmark trade agreement

Blockbuster EU-Mercosur trade deal enters into force

Japan's Kei Nishikori will retire at the end of the 2026 season

Japanese tennis trailblazer Nishikori to retire at end of season

The US Supreme Court's decision makes it far harder to challenge electoral maps that dilute minority voting power

Electoral map scramble

'Uncharted': US court ruling shakes up battle for Congress

James Hitchcock was among the inmates who spent the longest time on death row in the United States

Lethal injection

Florida executes man who spent nearly 50 years on death row

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