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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has been acclaimed at home for her determined response to US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs

At mass rally, Mexico president says confident Trump tariffs resolved

Romania's electoral bureau rejected the candidacy submitted by far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu

Calin Georgescu's candidacy

Far-right candidate excluded from Romania presidential vote

The initial phase of the Israel-Hamas truce brought relative calm to Gaza after more than 15 months of war devastated the territory

Rattling fragile ceasefire

Israel halts Gaza electricity supply ahead of new truce talks

US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler said he understood Israel's 'consternation' at his direct talks with Hamas

Unprecedented direct talks

US envoy says Gaza hostage deal possible 'within weeks'

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said there was a growing sense of urgency within the 27-nation EU because 'something fundamental has shifted'

Common interests

EU chief sees US as 'allies' despite 'differences'

A gunman fires shots in the air to disperse clashing protesters in Syria's capital Damascus, after reported mass killings of the minority Alawite community

Following the reported mass killings

Syria security forces disperse rival protests in Damascus

Surprise in Thuringia

Woman discovers pig on her garage roof

Pope Francis had part of one lung removed as a young man and is prone to respiratory infections

Issuing written Angelus prayer

Ailing pope thanks doctors as condition improves

US President Donald Trump (R) has made no secret of his affinity for Russia's leader Vladimir Putin (L), but is it reciprocated?

'Went through a hell of a lot with me': how Trump boasts about Putin ties

Narges Mohammadi could be sent back to prison any time, her lawyers fear

Peace Prize winner

Women will overthrow Iran's Islamic republic: Nobel laureate

All of Greenland's main political parties back independence

Ahead of legislative elections

Greenland's road to independence, explained

Supporters below chanted 'Free Palestine' and 'You are a hero'

Lengthy standoff

Man with Palestinian flag arrested after scaling London's Big Ben

Colombian police and soldiers sent to quell unrest in a coca-producing region were disarmed and detained by local civilians

Kidnapped by local gangs

Colombian guerillas release hostage security forces

Protesters in Istanbul took to the streets for International Women's Day

Around the world

Protesters rally on International Women's Day, fearing far right

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the US Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a Ukrainian national flag he gave them on December 21, 2022

Polarised politics

Did Ukraine have to become a partisan US issue?

Britain's King Charles appealed for unity in 'unceratin times'

Growing diplomatic role

Britain's King Charles calls for unity in 'uncertain times'

a picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows a member of the Syrian forces checking the identity card of a driver at a checkpoint in Latakia, following deadly unrest

Authorities clash

Syria forces beef up security amid reports of mass killings of Alawites

Francis, who had part of one of his lungs removed as a young man, is prone to respiratory illnesses

Road to recovery

Pope responding well to pneumonia treatment, Vatican says

A sign is displayed at the entrance of a makeshift camp near near the Prairie Green landfill in Winnipeg in 2024

Remains of murdered Indigenous woman found at Canada landfill

Some protesters took aim at US President Donald Trump

250,000 across the country

French throng streets for International Women's Day rallies

Train tracks in Peru: A drunken man fell asleep recently on tracks in another part of the country and was hit by a train, but survived

Dozing along the tracks

Sleeping man is struck by train in Peru but survives

'My thanks and recognition go to the state institutions upholding the rule of law...' wrote Schmidt

Previously signed by Serb leader

Bosnia top envoy backs court ruling against separatist laws

An extraordinary meeting of the the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has adopted an Arab proposal for rebuilding the Gaza Strip

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Muslim nations adopt Arab alternative to Trump's Gaza plan

In Dobropillia, AFP saw charred residential buildings, flattened market stalls and evidence of cluster bomb damage

Far from cease fire

Russia claims advances in Kursk region, Zelensky demands sanctions

Before weakening into a tropical low, Cyclone Alfred battered Nobby's Beach on the Gold Coast of eastern Australia

Dangerous conditions

Troops injured as ex-cyclone batters Australia

A Pakistani man is charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat

History of violence

WhatsApp group admin shot dead for allegedly removing member

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from detention after a court voided his arrest

Attempt to subvert civilian rule

South Korea's impeached President Yoon released from detention

Junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing says Myanmar will hold elections by January 2026, the first since the 2021 coup

War-torn nation

Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January

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