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An aerial view of Mayo Square in Buenos Aires on the 50th anniversary of Argentina's former military dictatorship

Huge crowd in Buenos Aires marks 50 years since Argentina's coup

No evidence of insider trading had been established as of Tuesday

Oil, stock trading spiked before Trump's Iran remarks

The C-130 Hercules plane crashed one kilometer from the runway it had taken off from near the border with Peru

US-donated aircraft

Colombia military plane crash death toll rises to 69

Chile President Jose Antonio Kast's leftist predecessor had backed former president Michelle Bachelet (L) to become the first woman to head the United Nations (COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on March 24, 2026 shows Chile's former president (2006-2010 and 2014-2018) Michelle Bachelet speaking to the press after casting her ballot during the presidential runoff election in Santiago on December 14, 2025, and Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast speaking during a press conference for national and international media after a meeting with business leaders from various production sectors at the Swissotel in Quito on December 23, 2025. Chile’s new government under President Jose Antonio Kast withdrew on March 24, 2026, the country’s support for former socialist president Michelle Bachelet’s candidacy for UN secretary-general.

Jose Antonio Kast

New Chile president withdraws support for Bachelet UN chief bid

A statue of Christopher Columbus now stands near the White House at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

The 'original American hero'

Trump adds Columbus statue, walkway in latest White House makeover

Workers are seen assembling temporary seating to expand capacity at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada ahead of the 2026 World Cup

Smallest of 16 venues

Toronto unveils upgraded World Cup venue after fan scorn

Asian equity markets tracked gains in New York but gains were pared and oil rallied on continued uncertainty despite Donald Trump's claims of talks with Iran

Oil prices jump as Trump's Iran claims raise doubts

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says US President Donald Trump has fatally wounded Venezuela's long-running socialist regime

Trump has destroyed Venezuela's socialist ideology: opposition leader

US citizen Dennis Coyle was detained by the Taliban authorities in January 2025

After over a year

Afghanistan releases detained US citizen

US President Donald Trump said he was talking to the 'right people' in Iran

Trump says Iran gave US 'gift' linked to Strait of Hormuz

Russia pours 400 drones at western Ukraine in rare daytime attack

Massive Russian drone attacks kill eight, hit Ukraine UNESCO site

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's tenure has introduced a raft of changes at the US space agency

Moon mission reboot

NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned against Israeli ground operations in south Lebanon

'Major humanitarian consequences'

France urges Israel 'to refrain' from seizing south Lebanon zone

The United Arab Emirates is among the countries which called for an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council

UN rights council to hold urgent debate on Iran's Gulf strikes

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance (C) pictured during a meeting at the White House in January 2026

'We're obviously a big investor in Qatar'

ConocoPhillips chief seeks extra US protection of Mideast assets

A successful test drive of the world's first antimatter delivery system, conducted by CERN's BASE-STEP experiment

'Starting point to a new era'

In world first, antimatter taken on test drive at CERN

Mammals cannot be cloned an infinite number of times, research on mice has established for the first time

Disappointing findings

Mammals cannot be cloned infinitely, mice study discovers

Pinot noir grapes have been cultivated in France for 600 years

Grape discovery

600-year-old pinot noir grape found in medieval French toilet

The Archa III robot can also scan artifacts inside museums or outdoors

Saving history on wheels

Czech 'arks' help preserve Ukraine's cultural heritage

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed suit in 2023 against Meta, alleging the company failed to protect children from sexual abuse, online solicitation and human trafficking

First day of deliberations

Meta awaits verdict in New Mexico child safety trial

People look on as thick smoke and flames rise during a major fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on November 26, 2025

Following deadly November 26 fire

Residents recount guilt, chaos in hearing on deadly Hong Kong fire

The Israeli-US war on Iran is 'in breach of international law', President Steinmeier says

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

US-Israeli war on Iran is 'breach of international law': German president

The stranded whale was said to be weak, with its health deteriorating, according to conservationists

Stuck in shallow water

Outlook worsens for whale stranded on German coast

A Palestinian man climbs on the Iranian missile remnant that landed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

New waves of attacks

War in the Middle East: latest developments

US President Donald Trump did not disclose the identity of the person

'A top person': Who is the US dealing with in Iran?

Al-Bass in Tyre dates back three thousand years but is under threat from Israel's war with Hezbollah

Dates back three millennia

In Lebanon's Tyre, ancient site threatened by Israeli bombs

The Israeli-US war on Iran is 'in breach of international law', President Steinmeier says

'Deep rift' with ally

US-Israeli war on Iran is 'breach of international law': German president

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses members and senators during a joint sitting of the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on March 24, 2026

Amid global instability

Australia, EU agree sweeping new trade pact eight years in the works

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