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Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis plays a shot against Ireland

Kamindu heroics steer Sri Lanka past Ireland in T20 World Cup

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul rode to victory on a wave of nationalism amid heated border tensions with Cambodia

Man of the people

Thailand's pilot PM lands runaway election win

An Tirol ass et zum Tëschefall komm

Luxembourgish skier collides with bus after pushed off piste

Nepal's Lokesh Bam is crestfallen after failing to hit the six he needed off the final ball to give his side a famous win

England avoid seismic shock by beating Nepal in last-ball thriller

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on course for a thumping victory in snap elections

Takaichi on course for landslide win in Japan election

No party is forecast to win an outright majority, and coalition negotiations are expected to follow the results

Need for 'strong leader'

Conservative Thai PM claims election victory

A giant screen shows Lindsey Vonn crashing in the Winter Olympics women's downhill

Devastating fall

Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics in brutal end to medal dream

Sanae Takaichi has entrenched her leadership since becoming Japan's first woman prime minister but has shown little interested in framing it around gender

Resounding victory

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's triumphant first woman PM

Families and groups of friends gathered on rooftops and in parks and streets for the three-day kite-flying festival in Lahore

After 19-year ban

Colour and caution as banned kite-flying festival returns to Pakistan

The captors threatened to mutilate the victims if the cryptocurrency transfer was not made quickly

French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

US director Paul Thomas Anderson, winner of the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for "One Battle After Another," poses in the press room during the 78th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards

Oscar favourite

Paul Thomas Anderson wins top director prize for 'One Battle After Another'

Botswana is the world's second largest diamond producer after Russia

De Beers sale drags in diamond doldrums

A sport for decades associated with no-nonsense jocks has in recent years encouraged its stars' newfound obsession with attire as a way to capture new fans

Capturing new fans

NFL embraces fashion as league seeks new audiences

A farmer inspects wheat crop in his field on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 3, 2025

What's at stake for Indian agriculture in Trump's trade deal?

India's Mohammed Siraj removed US batter Saiteja Mukkamalla

World Cup squad

Real Madrid can wait - Siraj's dream night after late T20 call-up

Major infrastructure development in Islamabad has meant large-scale clearance of trees and natural vegetation

Known for its lush greenery

Pakistan's capital picks concrete over trees, angering residents

The three buildings were used to house Soviet soldiers

Property rights

Berlin's crumbling 'Russian houses' trapped in bureaucratic limbo

Labourers at a quarry outside Mandera town where the highest infection rates of the parasitic disease Kala-Azar have been recorded

Becoming endemic

Neglected killer: kala-azar disease surges in Kenya

The sweeping job cuts at The Washington Post left hundreds of journalists without work

Effective immediately

Washington Post CEO out after sweeping job cuts

The indirect talks between Washington and Tehran are taking place with the US having repeatedly threatened military action against Iran

Tehran reiterates red lines

Iran FM looks to more nuclear talks, but warns US

Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime is now fully in charge of the Caribbean country, after the transitional council's mandate ended

Unstable political climate

Haiti's transitional council hands power to PM

During the last ruling party congress in North Korea, Kim Jong Un (C) was named general secretary, resurrecting a title previously held by his late father

Reinforcing authority

N. Korea to hold party congress in February, first since 2021

Japan's Kira Kimura celebrates victory in the men's snowboard big air final at the Milan-Cortina Olympics

Japan's Kimura soars to Olympic gold in snowboard big air final

Jack Lang has run the Arab World Institute since 2013

Veteran French politician loses culture post over Epstein links

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres celebrates after scoring against Sunderland

Gyokeres lifts Arsenal nine clear as Man Utd pile pressure on Frank

Both Spain and Portugal issued warnings over potential fresh floods

Spain, Portugal face fresh storms, torrential rain

At the demonstration by the MEK, the group's leader Maryam Rajavi (C) welcomed former European Council chief Charles Michel (R) and former German economy minister Peter Altmaier on stage

Brandenburg Gate

Demonstrators in Berlin call for fall of Iran's Islamic republic

People clash with police during a protest against the environmental, economic and social impact of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Games, in Milan on February 7, 2026.

Artifical snow and tree felling

'Free the mountains!": clashes at Milan protest over Winter Olympics

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