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French Interior ministry confirms

Data breach at French ANTS portal exposes personal user information

Morris positioned man as part of the animal world -- a radical idea at the time for a public brought up to think of homo sapiens as derived from the divine

Desmond Morris: from 'Naked Ape' to watching 'Big Brother'

Russia denies wrongdoing

Europol 'hackathon' traces 45 forcibly deported Ukrainian kids

British singer Amy Winehouse pictured during a 2007 concert in France

Amy Winehouse's father loses suit against friends selling her clothes

Robert Golob's party secured a razor-thin majority in parliamentary elections last month

Razor-thin majority

Slovenian liberal Golob fails to form government

People walk past a banner in Jerusalem depicting US President Donald Trump with the slogan 'The Deliverer'

Stay up-to-date

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Iran is the world's second most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups based outside the country

On charges of spying for Israel

Iran executes two more members of exiled opposition: group

Pope Leo XIV's trip to Angola is the third stop in a four-nation tour of Africa

Third stop in four-nation tour of Africa

Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast

A TV monitor shows the earthquake that struck off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on 20 April 2026. Around 4:53 pm on that day, an earthquake with its epicenter off the coast of Sanriku occurred.

Evacuation call issued

Tsunami warning as major quake hits northern Japan, shakes Tokyo

Philippine and US soldiers salute as their national anthems are played during the opening ceremony of the annual Balikatan military exercise at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila on Monday

Annual military exercises

US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast conflict

EU Commissioner

EU must speed up energy transition and support citizens

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah applauds the crowd after the Premier League win at Everton.

Headline-makers in major European leagues

African players in Europe: Goals for Salah, Beto in Merseyside derby

Mohammad Rashid (R) standing outside his house with a newly-built private bunker

Conflict worst in decades

Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack

Comedian Satoru Saito poses at a "yankii" event in Japan -- a subculture of hot-blooded teens who rebelled against society in the heady 1980s

Pop-culture darlings

Hit reality show helps rev up Japan's delinquent youth subculture

Security had been visibly stepped up in Islamabad ahead of the expected US-Iran talks

War in the Middle East: latest developments

This handout photo released by US Central Command shows AH-64 Apaches flying above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol on April 17, 2026

Hours after reopening it

Iran not planning to attend talks with US in Pakistan

People watch a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test at a Seoul train station after Pyongyang's latest test launch

North Korea uses cluster bombs in latest missile test: KCNA

The aftermath of a fire that killed 168 people at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong

The city's deadliest fire in decades

Residents return to ravaged homes months after Hong Kong fire

Family members including (L-R) son of Michael Jackson Bigi Jackson, son of Michael Jackson Prince Jackson, US singer Jackie Jackson, US singer Jermaine Jackson, US singer Marlon Jackson pose for photogaphers at the premiere

'Controlled narrative'

Who's Bad? Not Michael Jackson in new big-budget biopic

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) welcomed Pakistan's military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran for a three-day visit following the Islamabad talks

Pushing for peace

Pakistan's military chief takes lead on US-Iran talks in diplomatic blitz

The global energy crisis triggered by the Iran war has seen some countries rely on coal to meet short-term demand.

More than 50 countries attending

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

More than 190 countries agreed to transition away fromfossilfuelsat the COP28 meeting in Dubai in 2023, but little progress has been made on the issue since then

A look at some key factors

Money, lobbyists, inertia: why fossil fuels are so hard to quit

Ultimately the five permanent members of the UN's top body, the Security Council, hold the power, wielding vetoes over who leads the global organization

Who are the contenders?

'Save humanity': Four figures battling it out to lead embattled UN

This screen grab taken from a Blue Origin broadcast shows the booster of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket preparing to land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean

Cost-lowering approach

Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time

World Rugby Chair and former Australian international Brett Robinson says that the sport is 'truly international'

Rugby's American dream

Top boss vows 'no sitting still' as rugby bids to conquer US

While some displaced residents have returned to their southern Lebanese villages since a truce was agreed, others are more hesitant

'Israeli expansionism' denounced

Israel vows to level homes in Lebanon, counter threats with 'full force'

Manchester City have hit their stride when it matters most, just as Arsenal have run out of steam

A dent in the Gunners' hopes

History haunts Arsenal as Man City take control of title race

Hundreds camped at Muxima overnight ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit

Calling leaders to account

Pope Leo XIV draws 100,000 to Angola Mass, condemns corruption

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