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A portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad next to a national flag is slightly damaged by shrapnel outside the Barzeh scientific research centre north of the Syrian capital Damascus, after being targeted by a December 2024 Israeli airstrike

Targeting 'military' capabilities

Israeli strikes hit Damascus, central Syria; monitor says 4 dead

New York City Mayor Eric Adams saw the charges against him dropped with prejudice, meaning they cannot be reopened

US judge dismisses corruption case against New York mayor

Voters at a polling station in Greenland, where left-wing party Siumut have pulled ahead in municipal elections

In the shadow of Trump

Left-wing party pulls ahead in Greenland municipal elections

'Our priority is to reach an agreement that verifiably and durably constrains the Iranian nuclear program,' Jean-Noel Barrot told lawmakers

Military confrontation 'almost inevitable' if Iran nuclear talks fail: French FM

Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks in Ottawa on March 4, 2025

Pierre Poilievre

Canada Conservative leader warns Trump could break future trade deal

Greece has ordered 24 Rafale fighter jets from France

Introducing 'Achilles's Shield'

Greece to spend 25 bn euros in 'drastic' defence overhaul: PM

Buddhist monks clear up rubble at the damaged Thahtay Kyaung Monastery in Mandalay

Defying the odds

Myanmar junta declares quake ceasefire as survivors plead for aid

NATO secretary General Mark Rutte will host alliance foreign ministers in Brussels

Trump administration

NATO chief says alliance with US 'there to stay'

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has remained defiant despite her conviction

Far-right leader

France Le Pen eyes 2027 vote, says swift appeal 'good news'

Jordan Bardella addressing reporters at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

'Deep defence of the rule of law'

Le Pen ally denies planned rally a 'power play' against conviction

Trump has issued an executive order on the issue

Certain foreign firms must 'self-certify' with Trump diversity rules: US embassies

Israeli protesters demand an end to the war in Gaza and mock the 'Qatargate' scandal

What is the 'Qatargate' scandal roiling Israel?

European visitors to the UK are now required to obtain an online entry permit under new travel rules

'Border security measure'

UK imposes online entry permit on European visitors

Britain's Prince Andrew (L) and Virginia Giuffre (R) who accused him of sexual abuse

'Banged up and bruised'

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre 'stable' after car crash

Singapore has seen several cases in recent years where youths have allegedly made attack plans following exposure to extremist content online

'East Asian Supremacist'

Singapore detains teenage boy allegedly planning to kill Muslims

Taiwanese forces at Hsinchu air force base, as China holds military drills aimed at the self-ruled island

'Intimidation tactics'

China practises hitting key ports, energy sites in Taiwan drills

A Palestinian boy leaves empty-handed after finding this Gaza City bakery closed for want of flour after stocks ran out in the face of a month-old Israeli aid blockade.

Short on everything

Hunger returns to Gaza as Israeli blockade forces bakeries shut

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar has reduced many buildings to rubble

Like 'living in hell': Quake-hit Mandalay monastery clears away rubble

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (left) with his Philippines counterpart Gilberto Teodoro during a press conference in Manila on March 28 where Hegseth said the two countries must stand

Amid rising tensions with China

US approves $5.58 bn fighter jet sale to Philippines

Both Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump have enthusiastically shared pictures of prisoners shackled, shorn and manhandled while simultaneously highlighting and rejecting objections from judges and opponents

'Onward together'

El Salvador's Bukele flaunts 'iron fist' alliance with Trump

The seas around the self-ruled island have this week swarmed with Chinese warships in what Beijing has dubbed its

Between fighter jets and warships

China probes for key target weak spots with 'paralysing' Taiwan drills

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai was the founder of Apple Daily, a now-shuttered newspaper that championed Hong Kong's 2019 democracy protests

Pro-democracy activist

US lawmakers seek to rename street for Hong Kong's jailed Jimmy Lai

Donald Trump has attacked Democratic-backed candidate Susan Crawford, accusing her of being a 'radical left liberal'

Judiciary 'not for sale'

Trump faces first electoral setback after Wisconsin Supreme Court vote

Morning Roundup

Trump to unleash tariffs, police to start wearing body cams, and Luxembourg sees sunniest March on record

Cory Booker spoke to journalists after finishing his Senate floor endurance feat

Marathon protest

US senator smashes record with 25-hour anti-Trump speech

Rio garbage collector Samuel da Silva dos Santos wants to adopt a newborn baby girl he found in a box next to a dumpster on his garbage route

Between joy and indignation

Brazil binman finds newborn baby on garbage route

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is facing more allegations he discussed military positions and weapons systems on non-governmental communications platforms

Washington Post report

Trump advisor Waltz faces new pressure over Gmail usage

General Abdourahamane Tiani, former head of the presidential guard, came to power in Niger in a 2023 coup

Former president still incarcerated

Niger junta frees ministers of overthrown government

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