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Pope Leo XIV urged people to open their hearts and minds

'Break down barriers'

Pope Leo condemns 'exclusionary mindset' in Pentecost address

An AFP photographer saw fires and fireworks light up the streets during clashes

Involving 2,000 troops

Trump sends military force to LA over immigration protests

A boy looks on during early morning prayers for Eid al-Adha

Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 36, six near aid centre

US President Donald Trump and former top advisor Elon Musk hurled insults at each other in a spectacularly public fallout on social media this week

Relationship imploded

Trump threatens Musk with 'serious consequences' in spending bill row

Rescuers scrambled to rescue the injured in Kharkiv

Nationwide barrage

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of delaying prisoner swap

Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over Greenland

First since Trump threats

France's Macron to visit Greenland

Two Israeli embassy workers were killed in cold blood in Washington

Amid rising violent incidents

Jewish groups in US line up to oppose Trump anti-Semitism strategy

US President Donald Trump and former top advisor Elon Musk hurled insults at each other in a spectacularly public fallout on social media this week

Tech billionaire

Musk deletes post claiming Trump 'in the Epstein files'

The United States embassy in Kabul has not functioned since 2021

Entry conditions tightened

'Return to your country' Kabul tells Afghans rebuffed by Washington

Two migrants are forcefully detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the hallways of immigration court in New York City after appearing for an appointment with immigration authorities

Masked and armed

US steps up immigration crackdown with LA raids, NY courthouse arrests

Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage

Muslim pilgrims 'stone the devil' as hajj nears end in Saudi Arabia

While teachers and staff offered students their support, holding up signs of encouragement, some test takers, dressed in school uniforms, appeared panicked

Highly competitive

Millions sit China's high-stakes university entrance exam

Israel has blocked most foreign correspondents from independently accessing Gaza

Media groups urge Israel to allow Gaza access for foreign journalists

Containing up to five times more iron than cow's milk, camel milk is non-allergenic

Lifeline for disadvantaged communities

In Tunisia's arid south, camel milk offers hope for economic gain

Illegal burning of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, in September 2024

Brazil fires drive acceleration in Amazon deforestation: report

Trump has no plans to speak to Musk, a White House official said

Blistering break-up

Trump says Musk has 'lost his mind' as feud fallout mounts

Hundreds of Venezuelan and Salvadoran nationals were sent from the United States to the notorious maximum security CECOT facility in El Salvador

'Facing justice'

Wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant arrested on return to US

Smoke and fire erupted from the site of one of the strikes in south Beirut

After ceasefire violation

Israel warns of more Lebanon strikes if Hezbollah not disarmed

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she would consider using

After alleged mercenary 'incursion'

Tensions spiral between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir since a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, to open a strategic railway line

India's Modi opens strategic railway in contested 'crown jewel' Kashmir

Eleven mainly young fans died in a stampede near the stadium

11 fans crushed

Indian police detain four after deadly cricket stampede

Muhammad Yunus, 84, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who leads Bangladesh's caretaker government

Following regime overthrow

Bangladesh's Yunus announces elections in April 2026

The EU plan would make it harder for passengers to claim compensation for delayed flights, a key consumer group says

Negotiations in Luxembourg

EU states look to trim compensation for flight delays

Joshua Wong (C), pictured here in 2020, became a household name during student-led protests over a decade ago

Hong Kong charges jailed activist for 'collusion with foreign forces'

Elon Musk showed up to the Oval Office press conference sporting a bruise around his right eye

Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

Deadly high-rise fire claims four lives, including child

Muslim pilgrims prayed at dawn on Mount Arafat

Muslim pilgrims pray, shirk sun, as hajj reaches peak

A photo taken on April shows a general view of the waterfront area of the World Expo, that has suspended shows because of high levels of bacteria

Tiny flying insects

Bacteria cancels water shows at Japan's World Expo

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