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A 2017 picture of the 6th century Saint Catherine's monastery, established at the biblical site of the burning bush in the Sinai

Site of burning bush

Egypt denies court ruling threatens historic monastery

Mexican soldiers patrol the western state of Michoacan, a battleground for rival drug cartels

Improvised landmines

Mexico says 10 Colombian ex-soldiers arrested after deadly blast

The threat of Russian attacks hovers constantly over schools across Ukraine

'Mix of pride and fear'

'Really worried': Ukrainian pupils mark end of school as war drags on

Afghan men holding Taliban flags and Palestinian national flags take part in an anti-Israel protest to show their solidarity with Palestinians after the Friday prayers

Solidarity prompted by Taliban

Thousands protest in Afghanistan to support Gaza

France's President Emmanuel Macron gives the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2025

President takes dig at China and Russia

Macron urges Asia, Europe to unite to resist 'spheres of coercion'

Opinion polls are predicting a close race in Poland's presidential vote on Sunday

Presidency race

Rivals neck-and-neck ahead of Poland's 'clash of civilisations' vote

Game changers: droppings from Adelie penguins can change the weather

Smorgasboard of quirky stories

Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

Israeli tanks take position on the Gaza border amid calls from a far-right minister to use

UN warns all of Gaza at risk of famine

After Palestinian recognition

Israel minister says 'we will build Jewish Israeli state' in West Bank

Rescuers use heavy equipment to search for people buried by a rockfall at the quarry in Cirebon, Indonesia

'Safety standards were lacking'

Rockfall at Indonesian limestone quarry kills 13

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has won his libel case against the BBC, and has been awarded 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages

Awarded €100,000

Ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins BBC libel case

China has signed a convention setting up a global mediation body in Hong Kong, which aims to be comparable to organisations such as the International Court of Justice

Convention signed

China establishes global mediation body in Hong Kong

South Korea is desperate to draw a line under months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon's suspension of civilian rule, for which he was impeached

Following political turmoil

Early voting ends for South Korea election triggered by martial law

Jimmy Sham (L) was one of four people released on Friday after serving their sentences

Released after four years

Freed HK democracy activist says needs to figure out 'red lines'

Diplomatic efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine, now in its fourth year, have intensified in recent weeks

Calls for tougher sanctions

Trump's mixed signals on Russia cloud European strategy

NATO member Turkey has become a key mediator in the war

Ahead of further negotiations

Turkey proposes to host Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit

Especially near Luxembourg

Tobacco sales in France hit historic low as border sales plummet

Will have to form alliance

Centre-right leader Montenegro renamed Portugal's prime minister

Morning Roundup

France bans smoking in public places, Swiss glacier landslide destroys village, and von der Leyen receives Charlemagne Prize

Elon Musk sometimes struggled to come to grips with the realities of US politics

Chainsaw-brandishing sidekick

Elon Musk's rocket-fueled ride with Trump flames out

From July 1, France plans to ban smoking on beaches, in parks and other places where children might be

Including beaches, parks, and bus stops

France to ban smoking outdoors in most places: minister

In this pool picture distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a bunch of flowers to Akie Abe, widow of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, at the Kremlin

Assassinated former Japanese prime minister

After Trump, Shinzo Abe's widow meets Putin

Supporters of former Bolivia's President Evo Morales have taken to the streets to demand that he be allowed to run for another term as president in the upcoming general election

Barred from running for office

20 detained, officers injured as Morales supporters clash with police in Bolivia

A Chinese student wearing a New York marathon t-shirt walks at Beijing Foreign Studies University

Drastic change in views

Targeting foreign students, Trump hits a US lifeline

Both sides traded drone attacks overnight

Still waiting for reply

Ukraine renews demand to see Russia's peace terms

The city takes its name, 'Los Abuelos,' from two human-like sculptures of an 'ancestral couple' found at the site

Important ceremonial site

Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala

Diego Maradona died on November 25, 2020 at age 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery

Judiciary embarrassed

After 2 months, 40 witnesses, Maradona trial scrapped

A boy carries a box of supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private US-backed aid group that has bypassed the longstanding UN-led system

Witkoff optimistic

Hamas says new US-backed truce proposal does not meet demands

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