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'African Lion' is US Africa Command's largest annual exercise, bringing troops from several allied nations together for training, as seen here in 2022

Annual joint military training exercise

Massive search continues for two missing US soldiers in Morocco

Kobbie Mainoo scored Man Utd's winner against Liverpool

Stay up-to-date

Man Utd beat Liverpool, Spurs climb out of relegation zone

Coco Gauff was delighted with her French Open singles trophy last year but is among the players who say the prize money should be raised

'Deep disappointment'

Players keep up battle with tennis majors as they decry Roland Garros prize money

The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde

Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus: WHO

Marcus Thuram donned sunglasses to celebrate Inter Milan's 21st Serie A title

Thanks to 2-0 win over Parma

Inter Milan win Italian title for third time in six seasons

Elaine Thompson-Herah grabs victory for Jamaica in the 4x100m at the World Relays

Big US names absent

Thompson-Herah shines at world relays, Tebogo helps Botswana to win

As the transatlantic row unfolded last week, Merz visited German troops

Despite spat over war in Iran

Germany's Merz says not 'giving up on working with Donald Trump'

Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Anne Hathaway return as stars of the sequel

20 years after original

'Devil Wears Prada 2' takes top spot in N. America box office

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez flew over the site of a giant rave party in a helicopter

French military site

Second unexploded shell found at illegal French rave: minister

This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on May 3, 2026 shows firefighters extinguishing a fire at the site of a drone attack in Dnipropetrovsk region

Kyiv hits Russian oil sites as eight killed in both countries

Diego Maradona's daughter Gianinna and her mother Claudia Villafane at the San Isidro courthouse

Daughter says Maradona died after carers' plan 'went out of control'

Varun Chakravarthy took 3-36 in Kolkata Knight Riders' seven wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad

Third consecutive win

Chakravarthy, Narine help Kolkata stay alive in IPL

The UAE has announced its departure from OPEC and OPEC+, further rattling oil markets

OPEC+ hikes oil production quotas but stays mum on UAE pull-out

Britain and France have signed a new three-year deal on security operations to stop the crossings

From northern France

Two women die on migrant boat seeking to reach UK

Colombian singer Shakira performs for adoring fans on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

Latin pop queen

Under full moon, Shakira thrills 2 million fans on Rio's Copacabana beach

A street vendor pushes a cart of fresh fruit in Bangkok, where tighter controls on vendors threaten livelihoods and the street food culture that defines the Thai capital

Local delicacies

Bangkok food vendor curbs push city staple from the streets

While there is a ceasefire in the Iran war, direct talks between Tehran and Washington remain frozen

Negotiations deadlocked

Trump says US not likely to accept new Iran peace proposal

Electric microbus driver Purushottam Adhikari charges his Chinese-made e-van at a charging station in Kathmandu

Middle East war

More Nepalis drive electric, evading global fuel shocks

(FILES) Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles (L) and Japan's Minister of Defense Koizumi Shinjiro (R) pose for a photo with Eisaku Ito, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, before the signing of the contract for Japan to deliver the first three of Mogami-class warships, in Melbourne on April 18, 2026

Latecomer Japan eyes slice of rising global defence spending

Granular urea is among the products made by the SKW Piesteritz agro-chemical plant near Wittenberg, Germany

German fertiliser makers and farmers struggle with Iran war fallout

The UAE has announced its departure from OPEC and OPEC+, further rattling oil markets

OPEC+ to make first post-UAE production decision

Colombian singer Shakira performs for adoring fans on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

Bringing the heat

Massive crowds fill Rio's Copacabana beach for Shakira concert

A child takes part in a ritual at the annual Koovagam transgender festival in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district

Fleeting freedom at festival for India's transgender community

Israel said it had carried out fresh strikes on Lebanon

War in the Middle East: latest developments

US President Donald Trump has said he wants Europe to take on greater responsibility for its own defense

Rift in transatlantic ties

Trump says cutting US troop numbers in Germany 'way down'

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

'No words can measure up'

Man charged with murdering Indigenous girl in Australian outback

King Charles's address to a joint meeting of the US Congress was well received

'Warmth and laughter'

King Charles grasped 'opportunity' on US trip, palace says

Chinese snooker player Wu Yize

'Hits it like God'

China's Wu wins last-frame thriller to reach snooker world final

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