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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

This picture taken on May 6, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on May 8, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) visiting a munitions factory to inspect the production status of military hardware at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

Seoul potentially within striking range

North Korea to deploy new artillery along border with South

Oceans absorb around 90 percent of the excess heat generated by human activity.

May looks set to break own record

EU monitor says sea temperatures near all-time highs as El Nino looms

Pope Leo XIV is a baseball and tennis fan who never misses his daily game of Wordle and has clashed with Donald Trump

Head of world's 1.4 billion Catholics

Tradition, Trump and tennis: Five things about Pope Leo

Participants in the "Man vs Fat Soccer" weight-loss program play a soccer game, in Houston, Texas

Man vs. Fat Soccer

In big man US football league, guys score a different kind of goal

Carmen Nava places flowers at the grave of her son, Victor Quero Navas, who died in a Venezuelan prison last year without notification of family

Venezuela admits death of political prisoner in custody nearly one year later

US President Donald Trump is meeting China's President Xi Jinping for the second time since returning to power

High-stakes meeting

Trump heads for Xi summit overshadowed by Iran war

Officers of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) typically cover their faces on operations

'Intimidation tactic'

New York governor orders US immigration agents to unmask

Nikki Glaser will host the Golden Globes again on January 10, 2027

Also ruled out of Oscars contention

AI actors not eligible for Golden Globes, say organizers

Arsenal are four games away from a historic double

AFP Sport looks at three talking points

Arsenal sense Premier League glory as Spurs eye safety

Pitch perfect: Workers install the pitch at New York New Jersey Stadium ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Pitch for World Cup final installed at US stadium

The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on US authorities to reopen an investigation into the death of Palestinian American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead while reporting for Al Jazeera in the West Bank in May 2022

Call to reopen investigation

CPJ demands progress on US probe of journalist Abu Akleh killing, four years on

(From left to right) Fernando Rueda, Emilio Rueda, and Victor Hugo 'Jairo' Rueda look over their football albums from previous World Cups

Sky-high prices for tickets

'Elitist' World Cup leaves Mexican soccer family on sidelines

Mali is reeling from attacks by jihadists and Tuareg-led separatists

Following large-scale attacks

Twin jihadist-claimed attacks kill more than 30 in Mali

The EU has yet to ratify an agreement reached last year with the United States to lower Trump's tariffs

Bloc has made 'good progress'

Trump gives EU until July 4 to ratify deal or face tariff hike

Lula and Trump, who command the largest economies in the Americas, have had a turbulent relationship, though Trump has hailed their 'excellent chemistry'

Security and investment topping agenda

Brazil's Lula and Trump hail positive talks after rocky relations

Colombian singer Shakira will once again be the singer for the official song of the World Cup

Released brief video

Shakira teases new World Cup song

Three people have died in a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship

Following deadly outbreak

Past hantavirus outbreak shows how Andes virus spreads

The hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius has sparked international alarm

'No suspected or confirmed cases' on island

30 passengers left hantavirus ship in Saint Helena: cruise operator

French President Emmanuel Macron on a visit to Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou in 2017

Ahead of Macron's tour of Africa

French parliament votes to ease returns of looted art to ex-colonies

The attacks were launched by FLA Tuareg rebels and the jihadist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM)

Tense atmosphere

Civilians lynched in Mali witch hunt after jihadist, rebel attacks

The United States announced new sanctions on Cuban military conglomerate 'Grupo de Administracion Empresarial SA' (GAESA) whose Havana office is pictured here

Mounting pressure campaign

US targets Cuban military, mine in new sanctions

The case argues that Google favoured its own display advertising services while excluding its rivals

Accused of abusing its dominance

Google faces new UK lawsuit over online display ads

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

Global risk 'low'

WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreak

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says too few of those fighting addiction have had access to treatment

Goal to drive down overdose deaths

NY to hire 500 addiction recovery mentors with opioid settlement cash

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