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Russian strikes on Kyiv killed 16 people

Zelensky urges allies to seek 'regime change' in Russia

A demonstrator holds a Peruvian flag and wears a shirt that reads

Rights violation

Peru's president rejects court order on police amnesty

Analysts predict junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will keep a role as either president or armed forces chief following the election

Myanmar junta ends state of emergency in election run-up

Germany's Laura Dahlmeier poses during the medal ceremony for the women's 7,5 km sprint event at the IBU Biathlon World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden, on March 8, 2019. Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday after she was seriously injured by a rockfall on a Pakistani mountain.

Mountaineering accident

Authorities abandon recovery of German Olympian killed in Pakistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities struck a deal with Qatar to recruit 3,100 workers from Afghanistan

More than 15,500 expected to register for 3,100 jobs

Thousands of Afghans scramble for chance to work in Qatar

Krayem is serving long prison sentences for his role in the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016

No empathy or remorse shown

Sweden jihadist jailed for life over Jordan pilot burned alive

Demonstrators gathered in central Kyiv to urge lawmakers to back the vote

Reversing changes that had sparked protests

Zelensky signs bill ensuring anti-graft agencies' 'independence'

Omar Ayub Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Pakistan court

'Bad for democracy'

Pakistan opposition leader given 10 years for Imran Khan protests

Former ambassador to Luxembourg

Austria's top EU diplomat resigns after sex blog scandal

Au Kam-san, a primary school teacher who became one of Macau's longest-serving pro-democracy legislators, poses for a photo in 2024

Chinese casino hub

Macau ex-lawmaker arrested in city's first national security law action

Belgian border region

Child steals farm vehicle, causes multiple accidents in Durbuy

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney exits a press conference after announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state

Immediately rejected by Israel

Canada intends to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly: Carney

Morning Roundup

Canada to recognise Palestinian state, Spuerkeess fined in Caritas scandal, and man rescued from Alzette river

Israeli settlement activists gather on a hill overlooking war-devastated Gaza to stake their claim to the battered territory.

'Ours forever': would-be Israeli settlers march on Gaza

People gathered around one of the people shot while waiting for aid trucks entering Gaza on Thursday

Hundreds wounded

Gaza civil defence says 30 killed in food queue by Israeli fire

Ukraine's Foreign minister Andriy Sybiga tells AFP that an anti-graft law that set off angry protests is being 'fixed' before a vote Thursday

Amid EU ambitions

Ukraine will fix anti-graft law, minister tells AFP ahead of crucial vote

A Royal Jordanian Air Force C-130 Hercules military transport prepares to take off from King Abdullah II airbase with a consignment of aid to airdrop over Gaza.

Brink of famine

From skies over Gaza, Jordanian crew drops lifeline to civilians

Palestine Action has condemned the ban as an attack on free speech

Palestine Action wins bid to challenge terror ban in London court

The pavilions at World Expo 2025

Presenting future visions and sustainability in immersive and playful ways

The WHO says airstrikes and a lack of medical supplies, food, water and fuel have 'virtually depleted' Gaza's health system

Carrying 'essential' supplies

WHO chief says continuous medical aid into Gaza 'critical'

Royal Thai Army soldiers sit in the back of an army vehicle in the Thai border province of Surin

Cross-border fighting

Thailand and Cambodia trade allegations of truce breaking

People protect themselves with disposable rain ponchos as Typhoon Co-May hits Shanghai

From vulnerable coastal areas

Shanghai evacuates 283,000 people as typhoon hits

Authorities said residents in the northern Kuril islands were evacuated to safety

Following 8.8-magnitude quake

Russia relieved as tsunami spares far east from major damage

Swathes of northern China have this week endured deadly rains and floods that killed over 30 people and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands

Worst floods in years

'All gone': Beijing villagers left with nothing after deadly floods

A soldier consoles the parents of Thai soldier Theerayuth Krajangthong, 22, who died in clashes with Cambodia, during funeral rites

Casualties before ceasefire

Thai family mourns soldier son killed just before truce

'New York Call'

Luxembourg, 14 other nations urge recognition of Palestinian state

Outrageous but true

Housing crunch: Dutch rail company offers 'glamping' at train station for new students

Japan is cracking down on host clubs, where psuedo-romance has led some women into towering debt

No paying for romance

Intimate no more? Japan clamps down on 'host clubs'

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