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Manila's jeepney drivers, like Eric Helera, are struggling with higher diesel costs, sent soaring by the Middle East war

Makeshift minibus

Manila's jeepney drivers struggle as Mideast war sends diesel cost soaring

Third time lucky? Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has already led the country twice

Tuesday elections

The contenders vying to be next Danish leader

Once the grand residences of Mughal-era nobility, the Indian capital's haveli homes now stand at fragile crossroads -- a handful lovingly restored but many more sliding quietly into ruin

At a fragile crossroads

India's historic haveli homes caught between revival and ruin

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso is trying to lead the country to a first World Cup appearance since 2014

Four final spots up for grabs

Pressure on Italy as play-off hopefuls eye 2026 World Cup

US star Ilia Malinin will be seeking redemption at the world figure skating championships in Prague after his shocking collapse at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics last month

Path of redemption

Malinin and Sakamoto seek solace at figure skating worlds as Olympic champions absent

Japan welcomed a record number of tourists last year

Cherry blossom emoji at the ready

'Perfect Japan' posts spark Gen Z social media backlash

Moninder Singh, head of the Sikh Federation of Canada, said it was 'deeply disturbing' the Canadian government normalised ties with India so quickly

Appealing for international action

Silence not an option, says Canadian Sikh activist after fresh threats

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were brought to New York's Metropolitan Detention Center in January after they were captured by the U.S. military in Caracas

Deposed Venezuelan president

Too old? The 92-year-old US judge handling Maduro case

Wounds are seen on the muzzle of a capybara under care at the Center for Wildlife Animal Recovery of Estacio de Sa University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Identified through CCTV

Eight people arrested in Brazil for 'brutal' attack on capybara

Mark Lanier, a lawyer for plaintiffs in the social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, speaking with journalists on Friday, March 20

Liability lawsuit

US social media addiction trial jury struggles for consensus

The Washington Post newspaper quoted security officials as saying Peter Szijjarto regularly called his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to give 'direct reports on what was discussed' in EU meetings

Baseless claims?

EU 'concerned' by reports Hungary leaked information to Russia

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs

'Radwan Force terrorists'

Israel pounds south Beirut, says captured Hezbollah members

A damaged and burnt out ambulance is pictured along a street in Golders Green, north London

'Antisemitic hate crime'

UK police probe attack on Jewish ambulances

A protester in Caracas holds a sign reading "to produce is to win; down with sanctions"

Galloping inflation

Venezuela protesters demand end to 'hunger' level wages

The surge in oil prices since the war began have fanned concerns about a fresh spike in inflation

Oil slides, stocks rebound on Trump's Iran remarks

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright tells a gathering of industry leaders that oil market disruptions from war in the Middle East are temporary

Annual conference

Trump administration seeks to ease oil fears but industry wary

Bill Cosby was a towering figure in late 20th century American popular culture

Disgraced comedian

Bill Cosby ordered to pay $19m over sex abuse claim

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni waves to supporters at the end of a campaign meeting

Italian voters reject Meloni's reforms in referendum blow

Bosnian truckers blocked goods crossing the border with neighboring Croatia to protest against EU visa rules limiting their time in the bloc

One day protest

Bosnian truckers blocked EU freight terminals for a day over visa rules

Military personnel clambered over the wreckage of the Hercules transport plane, enveloped in smoke

Military transport

Colombia military aircraft crashes with 125 aboard, many feared dead

Francesca Albanese presented her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Torture as state policy

World gave Israel 'licence to torture Palestinians': UN expert

French President Emmanuel Macron is not eligible to run in 2027 due to term limits

Unclear on candidates

France turns to 2027 race to succeed Macron

Iran has virtually blocked oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and on Monday major oil fields in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates were hit

Facts and figures

What cargo ships are passing Hormuz strait?

Starlink provides high-speed internet access to remote locations

Second setback in Africa

Namibia rejects Starlink licence request

Former Swedish model Ebba Karlsson filed a complaint in France accusing modelling scout Daniel Siad of rape

Potential implications in crimes

Ex-model questioned in France over scout with Epstein links

The UK has allowed the US to use the RAF Fairford base in southwest England for Iran operations

To counter Iranian attacks

UK sending air defence systems to Gulf: PM

Chamber research finds

Luxembourg holds international responsibility towards Israeli human rights violations

Airports have been getting jammed up as a partial government shutdown has increased absences among airport screening staff

Travel disruption

US deploys immigration agents to airports amid shutdown chaos

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