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In the wild, orangutans are found only on Sumatra and the nearby island of Borneo, which is shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei

Conservation group initiative

Orangutan uses Indonesia canopy bridge in 'world first': NGO

Two women sit at a cafe table with drinks in Tehran

Strict dress rules

As some hijabs come off in Iran, restrictions still in place

Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang

Vowing to aid Moscow

North Korea's Kim reaffirms support for Russia's 'sacred' Ukraine war

People watch a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test at a Seoul train station after Pyongyang's latest test launch

Global security landscape

North Korea strengthens nuclear push as US flails in Middle East

Trump was attending the annual press gala for the time as president, having skipped it throughout his first term and last year

Suspect in shooting at Trump press dinner to appear in court

After the US withdrawal in 2021, evacuees from Afghanistan fled to escape the Taliban, seen here landing at Hamad International Airport in Qatar's capital Doha from Kabul

Stuck for over a year

Caught between wars, US Afghan allies trapped in Qatar without safe exit

Elon Musk's lawsuit argues that OpenAI duped him about its vision for artificial intelligence, but the company counters the early backer was out for control

World's richest person

Stage set for Elon Musk's court battle with OpenAI

A four-day US visit by Britain's king and queen will go ahead despite the latest security scare targeting the US president

British royals begin four-day US visit despite shooting

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez (2R) headed the winner against Leeds

Fernandez sends Chelsea into FA Cup final to lift gloom after Rosenior sacking

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe wins the London Marathon in a new world record time

Record-breaking day

Sawe makes history with first sub-two-hour marathon in London

The blast left buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway in the restive southwestern Cauca Department of Colombia

Colombia road bombing death toll rises to 20

The three top spenders -- the United States, China and Russia -- accounted for more than half of global expenditure

$2.9 trillion spent

Global military spending surges on insecurity: report

Najib appeared in court in Damascus in a striped prison jersey

Syrian court begins proceedings against Assad and allies

There was fighting in the capital Bamako this weekend

Security crisis

Attacks in Mali: What we know

British flags have been put up alongside the US flag at the White House ahead of the royal visit

Four-day state visit

King Charles state visit to US to go on as planned after shooting

Israeli opposition figures Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, seen here in 2022, have both been outspoken critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and beyond

Critical of current government

Two former Israel PMs unite to challenge Netanyahu in elections

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's term at the helm of the central bank is set to end May 15

Tricky backdrop

US Fed set to hold rates steady again on cost hikes from Mideast war

This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a man that he identified as the gunman who breached security at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner

31-year-old California man

Suspect in US press gala shooting - what we know

US Senator Thom Tillis says he will now support the nomination of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve

Powell probe dropped

Key US senator lifts block on Fed chair nominee

Smoke rises from targeted areas in Lebanon Nabatieh province following an airstrike, on April 26, 2026

War in the Middle East: latest developments

US President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the East Wing modernization as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One

400-million dollar project

Trump says shooting proves need for his White House ballroom

Archivfoto vun enger 250kg-Bomm

In Prüm, Germany

250kg bomb from the Second World War successfully defused on Sunday morning

People light candles set in shape of a radiation sign in front of a memorial for Chernobyl victims in the town of Slavutych

'Reckless attacks'

Zelensky accuses Russia of 'nuclear terrorism' on Chernobyl anniversary

Yusra Qwaider, 97, is bedridden and helpless: within days, bulldozers from Jerusalem municipality will tear down the home she's lived in for over 50 years

Built without permits

East Jerusalem residents anguished as homes demolished to make way for biblical park

Slavutych was created to house people who lost their homes in the Chernobyl disaster, now it has become home as well for those displaced by Russia's invasion

'Friendship of the peoples'

Chernobyl refugee town welcomes Ukraine's conflict displaced

Fighting continues in Lebanon despite what is supposed to be a ceasefire

Stay up-to-date

War in the Middle East: latest developments

US law enforcement said they detained the sole shooter who charged a glitzy media gala attended by President Donald Trump

Expressing shock

World leaders react to Washington gala shooting

Under threat again

Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to know

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