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The beach at Withernsea, on the UK's northeast coast, near where a tanker carrying jet fuel was struck by a cargo ship

36 people rescued

Search ends for missing crew member after North Sea collision

A damaged apartment building in a residential complex following the Moscow drone attack

337 drones shot down across the country

Moscow targeted by 'massive' Ukrainian drone attack

Flags of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine line a road in Jeddah before a visit by Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Plan for partial ceasefire

Ukraine to present US with Russia partial truce after row

The HQ of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) on the edge of Vienna

North Korea taekwondo supremo that Austria can't kick

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, pictured here in 2018, was arrested Tuesday in Manila on charges of crimes against humanity

Deadly narcotics crackdown

Philippines' Duterte earned international infamy, praise at home

Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) shakes hands with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) head Mazloum Abdi after signing an agreement in Damascus

New administration

Syrian presidency announces agreement to integrate Kurdish institutions

People walk through flood waters in Bahia Blanca, Argentina on March 8, 2025

Argentina searches for baby, sister swept away by floods

Mark Carney speaks at Canada Liberal Party event in Ottawa, where he was elected to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader and prime minister on March 9, 2010

New prime minister

Carney vows 'quick' transition to new Canada government

Francis had part of one of his lungs removed as a young man and is prone to respiratory infections.

Signs of improvement

Pope still improving, Vatican eyes end of hospitalisation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed 'the poison of patriarchy' at a UN meeting on women's rights

'Rollbacks in women's rights'

UN chief says 'poison of patriarchy' is back with a vengeance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, then his team will stay on to meet US officials

Zelensky, Rubio arrive in Saudi for Russia ceasefire talks

Negotiators headed to Qatar with Israel having cut off aid and electricity to the Gaza Strip

After first phase ends

Israeli team heads to Qatar for Gaza truce talks

Gordie Howe's 'elbows up' tactics are one way that Canadians are getting in the spirit to fight back against Donald Trump

'Elbows up!' - the hockey tactic inspiring Canada's anti-Trump fight

Romania's electoral bureau has rejected Calin Georgescu's candidacy for fresh May presidential elections

Calin Georgescu

Far-right Romanian candidate appeals presidential vote ban

Major disruptions

TER train crashes into a car trapped on the tracks

Not aligned with 'America First'

83% of USAID programs to be scrapped: Rubio

Canada's incoming prime minister Mark Carney has portrayed himself as best-positioned to weather challenges from US President Donald Trump

Change in leadership

Canada's next PM Mark Carney vows to 'win' US trade war

Sergio Encinas and his partner Lorena Pacheco have been priced out of the market by soaring rents

Social housing estates

'Quite sad': Renters turn to lottery in Spain's housing crisis

WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus jolted world leaders into action on Covid on March 11, 2020

Five years ago, WHO's pandemic call shook world into action

Metz city centre

Mentally ill man found guilty of abusing former girlfriend

South Korean protesters hold banners that collectively read

From Hwanghae province

North Korea fires missiles as South begins drills with US

Morning Roundup

Flights to Germany cancelled this morning, Ukraine talks to start and Patrizia van der Weken wins bronze medal

On Sunday, there was a festival atmosphere as crowds stopped to take photographs and pause in front of signs for the town of Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge

'So important': Selma marks 60 years since US civil rights march

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through Columbia University's campus in New York in October 2024

Columbia University

Trump admin detains pro-Palestinian campus protest leader

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, then his team will stay on to meet US officials

Resolving the three-year conflict

Ukraine set for crucial talks with US on ending war with Russia

Rubio departs Miami on a trip to Saudi Arabia to meet with Ukrainian officials

US Secretary of State

Rubio heads to Saudi to gauge if Ukraine ready for peace talks

National Liberation Army ELN rebels of the Manuel Vazquez Castano northeastern war front stand guard at Catatumbo region, Colombia on March 8, 2025.

Global cocaine trade

Colombian guerrillas warn of 'total war' as peace plan falters

Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government move in Syria's western city of Latakia

Over a thousand casualties

Syria vows accountability after reports of mass killings

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