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Palestinian Muslims hold eve-of-Ramadan prayers outside the Dome of the Rock in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

Saudi Arabia, most other Sunni Arab states to start Ramadan Saturday

Brutal accident in Trier

Car falls five metres and overturns on train tracks

US President Donald Trump (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met at the White House in Washington, but a fiery exchange cut proceedings short

Fiery altercation

After fiery Trump-Zelensky spat, what next for Ukraine?

Vice President JD Vance sparked a clash between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in an Oval Office meeting

Extraordinary public clash

In Zelensky duel, Vance throws fuel to advance 'America First'

US President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President JD Vance (R) meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) in the Oval Office on February 28, 2025

Laid bare America's political divisions

'Disgraceful' -- Trump-Zelensky row sparks US political firestorm

Many in Kyiv backed Zelensky after Trump's latest broadside

Rallying a nation

Outraged by Trump, Ukrainians praise Zelensky

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky had a public falling-out in the Oval Office

A public bust-up, a royal invite, and wild AI - a week in Trumpworld

In a few astonishing minutes, a diplomatic photo opportunity in the Oval Office that was meant to be a step on the path to peace between Ukraine and Russia descended into a blazing row that has left Kyiv's fate hanging in the balance

How it all went down

From handshake to meltdown as Trump and Zelensky clash

Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025 under a truce deal

More than 490 days

Released Israeli hostage recounts hunger, chains that 'cut into your flesh'

Update – 'Isolated' incident

Pope spends 'peaceful night' after breathing crisis: Vatican

Colombia-bound migrants leave Panama by boat from the port of Miramar

Influx from the north

Trump crackdown leaves Panama facing chaotic reverse migration wave

The Israeli military offensive on Gaza has reduced much of the territory to ruins

Displacement 'unacceptable'

Trump's Gaza 'riviera' should be for Gazans, says minister

Fifty-seven people were killed in the crash two years ago

Greece marks train crash anniversary with national stoppage

Belgian forensic police outside a residential care home where a 90-year-old man is suspected of stabbing to death two elderly residents

Another in critical condition

Man, 90, suspected of killing two in Belgium nursing home

Riot police clashed with some protesters who threw petrol bombs outside the Greek parliament

Hundreds of thousands in the streets

Violence mars Greece train crash mass protest

Onlookers gather after a suicide blast during Friday prayers at Dar-ul-Uloom Haqqania school in Akora Khattak, east of Peshawar Friday

After Friday prayers

Suicide blast at Taliban religious school in Pakistan kills six

Two Russian divers were found dead, one in the jaws of a shark, in a popular Philippine scuba spot

One in jaws of shark

Russian divers found dead near popular Philippines resort

The Kurds, an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and language, have long fought for their own homeland

Potentially seismic shift

Joy and fear among Kurds in Iraq, Syria after Ocalan's call to disarm

A Palestinian steers his donkey cart past market stalls in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip

Hamas wants pressure on Israel to start next phase of Gaza truce

Possible retaliation

US issues Thailand security alert after Uyghur deportations

Katy Perry, at Windsor on 7 May 2023

Baby, you're a firework!

Katy Perry to blast off into space

Tokyo's Skytree is the world's tallest tower, offering views of Mount Fuji on a clear day

634 metres tall

Tokyo's all-seeing Skytree tower

Shevkunov has been described in media reports as 'Putin's confessor'

Thwarted by security service

Russia says foiled Ukrainian plot to kill Putin-linked bishop

While the Vatican reports improvements in Pope Francis's health, prayers are still being said around the world for the pontiff

Optimistic statements

Pope rests as Vatican reports new improvement

China's leadership will convene to hammer out plans to shield the ailing economy from tariffs and trade threats

Glimpse into leadership's priorities

China's leaders gather to hash out Trump tariff battle plans

Extraordinary turnaround

Zelensky, Trump to sign minerals deal at White House

Morning Roundup

Google to open Luxembourg office, agreement on biodiversity, and tram to airport opens this weekend

China drew Russia deeper into its orbit as Moscow faced international isolation over the Ukraine war

Analyst opinion

Trump's Russia pivot keeps China guessing on Ukraine

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