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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

Soaring black market prices of cooking gas in India's capital are pushing poorer families back to wood and coal

Second-largest buyer of LPG

Gas shortages push India's poor back to wood and coal

Fisherman Ibrahima Mar, who lives in a fishing village in the Dakar suburb of Rufisque, says the lack of fish off Senegal's coast is causing people to lose hope

Livelihoods at risk

'Plundered': Senegal fishers feel sting of illegal, industrial vessels

European Parliament in Luxembourg

Young Ukrainian shares testimony of life under Russian occupation

Kim Jong Un told the Supreme People's Assembly that North Korea would never give up nuclear weapons as analysts say Pyongyang is closely watching US operations against Iran

N. Korea's Kim vows 'irreversible' nuclear status, warns Seoul of 'merciless' response

A proposed amendment to India's transgender law has sparked fear and anger among LGBTQ groups, who warn it could undo hard-won legal gains and take away the right to self-identify

Self‑identification at the centre

Trans community alarmed as India moves to curb LGBTQ rights

A park in Vienna named after Hermann Gmeiner, the now disgraced founder of the children's charity SOS Kinderdorf

Shocking odyssey

Families' nightmare fight for justice in Austria child sex cases

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg and Belgium pledge faster Brussels rail link, snow on the way, and Iran denies talks with Washington

The Cirebon-1 coal power plant in Cirebon, West Java

Tackling shortages

Back to black: facing energy shock, Asia turns to coal

Manila's jeepney drivers, like Eric Helera, are struggling with higher diesel costs, sent soaring by the Middle East war

Makeshift minibus

Manila's jeepney drivers struggle as Mideast war sends diesel cost soaring

Third time lucky? Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has already led the country twice

Tuesday elections

The contenders vying to be next Danish leader

Once the grand residences of Mughal-era nobility, the Indian capital's haveli homes now stand at fragile crossroads -- a handful lovingly restored but many more sliding quietly into ruin

At a fragile crossroads

India's historic haveli homes caught between revival and ruin

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso is trying to lead the country to a first World Cup appearance since 2014

Four final spots up for grabs

Pressure on Italy as play-off hopefuls eye 2026 World Cup

US star Ilia Malinin will be seeking redemption at the world figure skating championships in Prague after his shocking collapse at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics last month

Path of redemption

Malinin and Sakamoto seek solace at figure skating worlds as Olympic champions absent

Japan welcomed a record number of tourists last year

Cherry blossom emoji at the ready

'Perfect Japan' posts spark Gen Z social media backlash

Moninder Singh, head of the Sikh Federation of Canada, said it was 'deeply disturbing' the Canadian government normalised ties with India so quickly

Appealing for international action

Silence not an option, says Canadian Sikh activist after fresh threats

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were brought to New York's Metropolitan Detention Center in January after they were captured by the U.S. military in Caracas

Deposed Venezuelan president

Too old? The 92-year-old US judge handling Maduro case

Wounds are seen on the muzzle of a capybara under care at the Center for Wildlife Animal Recovery of Estacio de Sa University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Identified through CCTV

Eight people arrested in Brazil for 'brutal' attack on capybara

Mark Lanier, a lawyer for plaintiffs in the social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, speaking with journalists on Friday, March 20

Liability lawsuit

US social media addiction trial jury struggles for consensus

The Washington Post newspaper quoted security officials as saying Peter Szijjarto regularly called his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to give 'direct reports on what was discussed' in EU meetings

Baseless claims?

EU 'concerned' by reports Hungary leaked information to Russia

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs

'Radwan Force terrorists'

Israel pounds south Beirut, says captured Hezbollah members

A damaged and burnt out ambulance is pictured along a street in Golders Green, north London

'Antisemitic hate crime'

UK police probe attack on Jewish ambulances

A protester in Caracas holds a sign reading "to produce is to win; down with sanctions"

Galloping inflation

Venezuela protesters demand end to 'hunger' level wages

The surge in oil prices since the war began have fanned concerns about a fresh spike in inflation

Oil slides, stocks rebound on Trump's Iran remarks

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright tells a gathering of industry leaders that oil market disruptions from war in the Middle East are temporary

Annual conference

Trump administration seeks to ease oil fears but industry wary

Bill Cosby was a towering figure in late 20th century American popular culture

Disgraced comedian

Bill Cosby ordered to pay $19m over sex abuse claim

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