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Commuters make their way past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran

Talks remain frozen

Iran warns of ceasefire violation as US plans to escort Hormuz ships

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says the oil crisis has an 'enormous impact' on the Asia-Pacific region

Speaking in Canberra

Japan PM says oil crisis has 'enormous impact' in Asia-Pacific

North Korea played at the Women’s Asian Cup this year in Australia

First time since 2018

North Korean club to play rare football match in South

US President Donald Trump, here with his son Donald Trump Jr., said US forces would soon start escorting ships out of the Strait of Hormuz

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Samya Stumo died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash where she was en route to Kenya for her first assignment with ThinkWell, a public health NGO that aimed to increase access to health care in Africa and Asia

Most claims settled

Boeing faces civil trial over 737 MAX crash

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is hosting Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for talks on energy, critical minerals

Navigating global oil supply squeeze

Japan, Australia discuss energy, critical minerals

The Almaraz plant is slated to close in 2028 as part of the leftist government's plan to shut all nuclear reactors by 2035

Village braces for closure of Spain's largest nuclear plant

US video game retailer GameStop is making a takeover bid to buy eBay for about $56 billion

Potential competitor to Amazon

GameStop makes $56 billion takeover bid for eBay

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who experienced a dramatic fall from grace after seeking unsuccessfully to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, is in hospital in critical but stable condition, a spokesman said

Ex-NY mayor Giuliani hospitalized in 'critical' condition: spokesman

The golden-domed Imam Ali Shrine in Iraq's holy city of Najaf is the ornate burial place of the first Shia Imam

Devastated city's economy

'No pilgrims': regional war hushes Iraq's holy cities

Brazilian flotilla activist Thiago Avila appeared before an Israel court, with his detention extended by two days

Accused of Hamas ties

Israel court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists

'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

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