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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa address a joint press conference

Rights campaigners criticise visit

Syrian leader pledges to work with Germany on migration, recovery

Chinese authorities have warned of the risks of OpenClaw hacks

Real-life tasks

AI agent future is coming, OpenClaw creator tells AFP

Firefighters inspect the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on the Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs

War in the Middle East: latest developments

The G7 helps shape policy debates in the world's wealthiest nations

Oil and gas prices

G7 ministers tackle economic fallout of Mideast war

A plume of smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on Monday

Raising economic stakes

Trump threatens to destroy Iran oil island despite price surge

Kenya's Albert Korir after winning the 2021 New York City Marathon

Kenya's former NY marathon champion Korir gets 5-year doping ban

Myanmar cleared the way for coup-leading general Min Aung Hlaing (L) to become president and maintain his rule in civilian garb

Nominated vice-presidential candidate

Myanmar paves way for junta chief to become civilian president

Iran executes more people than any nation other than China

'Severe internal repression'

Iran hangs two 'political prisoners' from banned opposition: activists

Moscow and London have each expelled several of the other's embassy staff over the last decade

'Complete nonsense'

Russia expels UK diplomat on spying allegations

This handout natural-colour image acquired with MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite taken on February 5, 2025 shows the Strait of Hormuz (L)

Long war would hurt

Middle East war: global economic fallout

The defendants include four officers in France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers and six business executives

22 people to stand trial, 7 risk life imprisonment

French masonic lodge at heart of murky murder trial

Japanese locals and tourists have packed the country's most stunning cherry blossom spots

Heralds the start of spring

Japan's cherry blossom season dazzles locals and tourists

Dräi Lëtzebuerger Päss

3,574 more within a year

Surge in US-based Luxembourgers raises questions about nationality law

From August 2024 to early March, more than 480,000 sheep and goats have been slaughtered because of the pandemic

Terrible toll on farmers

Sheep culls put pressure on Greek feta cheese production

Booming prediction markets face growing backlash

Damage from a strike in eastern Tehran that was hit by a missile strike, on March 28, 2026

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Paul Conyngham's months-long quest to fight his rescue mutt Rosie's cancer has grabbed the attention of Sam Altman, whose OpenAI firm developed ChatGPT

Quest to help pet dog

One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia's AI vaccine saga

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was blocked by police from accessing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Israel PM restores access after Latin Patriarch blocked from Holy Sepulchre

Gianluigi Donnarumma, the hero of Italy's Euro 2020 triumph, is hoping to play at his first World Cup

AFP Sport previews the play-off finals

Italy chase World Cup spot as Kosovo bid to make debut

Manifestation à l'appel de Reza Pahlavi, fils exilé du shah iranien, à Washington DC, le 29 mars 2026

'The only option'

'Long live the shah': Iranian diaspora back war at Washington rally

For the past seven months, hundreds of Australian police have pursued fugitive Desmond Freeman

One of country's most-wanted criminals

Australian fugitive shot dead by police after seven-month manhunt

Taiwan's main opposition party KMT chairperson Cheng Li-wun speaks at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club in Taipei on March 23, 2026.

Drawing criticism that she is too pro-China

Taiwan opposition leader accepts Xi's invitation to visit China

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

Unprecedented arrangement

US military building 'massive complex' beneath White House ballroom project: Trump

The squeeze on supply has pushed oil and gas prices ever higher, with drastic knock-on effects for supply chains in countless industries

G7 ministers set to tackle financial fallout of Mideast war

Fans of many Premier League clubs have joined the "Stop Exploiting Loyalty" campaign

Need to keep tickets affordable

Premier League fans feel the pinch from ticket price hikes

Australia's government has sought to reassure motorists that shipments of fuel continue to arrive, and petrol shortages in rural towns stem from panic buying

To help motorists

Australia to halve fuel tax in response to Middle East war

China's flagship carrier has resumed flights to Pyongyang after a six-year halt

Direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang

Air China resumes flights to North Korea after 6-year pause

A fisherman travels past the Sara Sky, which last week arrived in the Philippines bearing crude oil from Russia

Out of 'extreme necessity'

Philippines oil refinery secures 2.5 mn barrels of Russian crude

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