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A century by captain Najmul Hossain Shanto helped Bangladesh to reach 301-4 on the first day of the first cricket Test against Pakistan in Mirpur

'One of the best I have seen'

Shanto century puts Bangladesh on top in Pakistan Test

Poland, which sits on the eastern flank of both the EU and NATO, is the biggest beneficiary of the European loan programme for defence

Security Action for Europe

Poland signs 44-bn-euro EU defence loan deal to modernise military

Just 24 percent of Europeans view America positively, according to the survey

Negative views of US jump among Europeans: polls

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he expected 'a serious offer' from Iran

Middle East conflict

Rubio says expecting Iran response to US proposal on Friday

Map of Ghana

Bales and bundles

Ghana artist's billboard campaign takes aim at fast fashion fallout

President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing in the Phala Phala scandal

$4 million cash-heist scandal.

South Africa top court revives impeachment inquiry against president

Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea has been criticised in France where it is under investigation after demanding fuel surcharges from customers because of the energy shock from the war

High energy prices

Airlines banned from adding fuel charges after ticket purchase: EU

In Kenya, President Emmanuel Macron will co-host a summit bringing together African leaders and business executives

After years of strained ties

Macron seeks to cement Africa legacy with Kenya summit

Bahais have long been persecuted in Iran

Decades of persecution

'Scapegoating': Iran's Bahais feel brunt of crackdown

Myanmar announced the discovery of an 11,000-carat ruby, but did not give a precise value

Most expensive rubies in the world

Myanmar says massive 11,000-carat ruby discovered

The Federal High Court in Abuja is hearing the trial of civilians allegedly linked to the coup

Three dozen officers on trial

What to know about Nigeria's court martial over 2025 coup plot

Hostage-taking at German bank over, no one hurt: police

Kenyans go wild as Arsenal earn a place in the Champions League final

Decades of drought has not dampened enthusiasm

'They looked like me': Why Arsenal became Africa's club

A spate of bear encounters including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year has sparked alarm, with the government deploying troops to help trap and hunt the animals

After record 13 deaths last year

Japan confirms year's first fatal bear attack, two more suspected

Taipei has only 12 diplomatic allies, including Paraguay, after Beijing systematically poached the others in a bid to isolate the self-governed island

Rolled out red carpet

Taiwan welcomes Paraguay leader as China ramps up pressure

Beaten and tortured: ex-Ukraine marine Yaroslav Rumyantsev shows a picture of himself while he was held in a Russian prison

Widespread violence

Inside the jails where Russia breaks Ukraine prisoners 'like dogs'

The bears are now thriving at an animal rescue centre in Armenia's highlands

They need to feel 'wild'

Caged and fed 'cookies': Rescuing Armenia's captive bears

Medellin fans set a fire in the stands during the Copa Libertadores group match between Independiente Medellin and Flamengo

Home fans set off flares and lit fires

Copa Libertadores match in Colombia abandoned after crowd trouble

Australian Federal Police officers arrested the mother and daughter as they arrived at Melbourne International airport on Thursday evening.

'Crimes against humanity'

IS-linked Australian women charged with keeping slave in Syria

A mother lies next to her measles-stricken child in a paediatric ward at the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital in Dhaka

Killed over 300 children

Child deaths mount from Bangladesh measles outbreak

A China Eastern Airline plane

Nearly a year after being investigated for graft

Former China Eastern boss charged with bribery

Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel start the cloud seeding process during a flight over Kedah in 2019

Malaysia plans cloud seeding for drought-hit 'rice bowl'

A person in a hazmat suit (2R) is escorted to an ambulance at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam on May 6, 2026

Not yet established where outbreak began

WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreak

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier its escorts were transiting the Suez Canal, the defence ministry said

Tensions remain high

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Inside Iran, ordinary Iranians are dubious that the latest exchange of peace plans between Tehran and Washington will end the conflict nor reveive their war- and sanctions-wracked economy

War in Middle East

US and Iran trade fire, threatening fragile truce

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are expected to meet to discuss formalising a truce on tariffs they shook hands on at a meeting in South Korea in October

Advance team already in Beijing

Where are the flash points in next week's Trump-Xi talks?

US President Donald Trump (R) is due to visit China on May 14-15, where he is expected to meet leader Xi Jinping (L)

What does China want out of Trump's visit?

A person receives free medication in Sudan's capital. In Blue Nile to the south, displaced people have reported shortages of medicine and food

'Only given one meal a day'

'No medicine for my son': Sudanese struggle to survive in new war zone

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