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President Lai Ching-te was due to visit Eswatini from April 22 to 26

'Intense pressure' from China

Taiwan leader postpones Eswatini trip after overflight permits revoked

Headed toward Singapore

US says it intercepted sanctioned oil vessel in Asia-Pacific

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) and former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem were both convicted for their roles in an attempted coup

Amid longstanding tensions

Lula warns will respond after US expels police attache

Education U-turn

Sweden replaces screens with paper textbooks and handwriting

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) gestures next to Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro (C) and Brazil's First Lady Rosangela 'Janja' Lula da Silva on a visit to Portugal

'No trade preferences'

In Portugal, Lula urges return to multilateralism

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, pictured at a speaking event in Washington on April 13 2026, acknowledged that he was "speculating"

Departing from Trump's tone

US official says gas prices have peaked despite Iran war

Pope Leo XIV was met by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

After three days in Angola

Pope calls for 'law and justice' on Equatorial Guinea visit

The flags of Israel, the EU and Germany fly in front of the Berlin House of Representatives on 13 October 2025.

Foreign ministers in Luxembourg

Germany, Italy reject suspending EU-Israel cooperation deal

Guelleh has ruled strategically important Djibouti since 1999

Sixth straight election

Djibouti president re-election confirmed with 97% of vote

Am Joresrapport 2025 huet Amnesty International festgehalen, datt ënner anerem d'Zivilgesellschaft zolidd ënner Drock steet.

Annual report 2025

Amnesty International warns situation ‘cannot go on like this’

India's colossal census drive will help shape policy for the country's estimated 1.4 billion people for years to come

World's largest population count

Counting a billion people: Inside India's mega census drive

Apple's Tim Cook (L) will take over as chairman of the board after he cedes the CEO position at the storied technology company

Apple's Tim Cook to step down as CEO after 15-year run

Britain is one of the leading players in renewable energy in Europe owing to onshore and offshore wind power

'Era of fossil fuel security is over'

UK tackles electricity price link to world gas amid Mideast war

Dhaka's motorbike taxi drivers grapple with high prices and long waiting times, struggling to earn their usual living

Middle East war fallout

Bangladesh fuel crunch forces hours-long wait at the pump

Visitors flocked to Francis's tomb at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a year after the Argentine pope's death

'He lives in us'

Fondness for Francis undimmed one year after pope's death

Sacked Foreign Office official Olly Robbins says he came under pressure to approve Peter Mandelson's appointment as US envoy swiftly

Brushing off pressure

Downing Street exerted pressure to OK Mandelson: sacked UK official

A FedEx cargo plane on the tarmac of Liege airport in Grace-Hollogne on May 7, 2025

Logistics giant denies allegations

FedEx faces French 'genocide' complaint over Israel cargoes

NASA's Curiosity rover has been searching for signs of possible past life on Mars since 2012

Scientific breakthrough

Rover discovers more building blocks of life on Mars

This handout image released by the Russian Transport Ministry shows a ceremony marking the connection of the two sides of the new Russia-North Korea road bridge

Strengthening ties

Russia, North Korea connect road bridge ahead of summer opening

Endearing video message

British king pays tribute to 'darling mama' on late queen's 100th birthday

Higher prices and energy-saving measures have been 'devastating' to Pakistani businesses, shopkeepers say

Between rising fuel costs and blackouts

'Strangled': Pakistan faces economic imperative in Iran war peace push

Jaafar Jackson portrayed his uncle, the King of Pop, in 'Michael', which hits US theaters on Friday

Portrayed by nephew

Michael Jackson fans pack Hollywood for biopic premiere

The miners had been on a topless hunger strike outside the Turkish energy ministry since Monday

Turkey arrests 110 coal miners on hunger strike

A Primark store in Montpellier, southern France

Huge consumer business

Associated British Foods to spin off Primark clothes brand

China is pouring in the cash to get its hands on Turkmenistan's vital gas reserves

Energy-rich nation

Turkmenistan, the gas giant increasingly dependent on China

AI-generated singer Lolita has become a sensation in Romania -- but is stirring debate

Angering real-life musicians

Romanian AI music sensation Lolita sparks racism debate

A woman holds a sign demanding the release of her relative, one of thousands detained by President Nayib Bukele's mass incarceration policy, which has seen around 1.4 percent of the country's population locked up without due process

El Salvador holds mass trial of nearly 500 alleged gang members

EU foreign ministers debate sanctions on Israel, Germany remains opposed

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