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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

Among the new settlements approved by Israel was the former settlement of Homesh, evacuated by Israel in 2005 along with settlers from Gaza

'Historic decision'

Israel's settlement plan in occupied West Bank draws criticism

Aspiring Mexican judge Silvia Delgado hands out campaign flyers in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez

Controversial candidacy

Chapo's ex-lawyer among Mexico's 'high-risk' aspiring judges

Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army (RTA) General Pana Klaewplodthuk (R) and the Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army General Mao Sophan (L)

Looking to 'solve the problem'

Thai, Cambodian army chiefs meet over border clash

The United States' flag flutters at the US ambassador's residence in Damascus during a visit by US special envoy for Syria

At war since 1948

US suggests Syria-Israel non-aggression deal

Beijing reacted in fury Thursday at the US government's vow to revoke Chinese students' visas, condemning President Donald Trump's crackdown on international scholars

Higher education

Chinese students lament US plans to block visas

Aid destined for Gaza awaits Israeli authorisation for transportation to Gaza.

Amid starvation threat

44 killed in Israel attacks in Gaza, after food warehouse looted

Much of the Sudanese capital's health and sanitation infrastructure, including this Khartoum hospital, was devastated by two years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Amid ongoing war

Cholera outbreak in Sudan capital kills 70 in two days

Popstar Dua Lipa lends her voice to calls urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel

300 celebrities

Dua Lipa, public figures urge UK to end Israel arms sales

Macron and Prabowo flew in a helicopter to a military base

Macron decorates Indonesia leader, announces cultural partnership

With his rags-to-riches narrative, Lee Jae-myung has cultivated a loyal support base

Rags-to-riches story

Lee Jae-myung's rise from poverty to brink of South Korean presidency

A man carries a bag of food aid while others rush to get a share after people stormed a World Food Programme warehouse in Deir el-Balah in Gaza on May 28, 2025

Possible deaths

Thousands storm aid warehouse in Gaza as hunger crisis deepens

South Koreans go to the polls on June 3, capping months of political turmoil triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's ill-fated effort to suspend civilian rule in December

Ending political turmoil

Early voting starts for S. Korea election triggered by martial law

CHEGA far-right party leader Andre Ventura speaks to journalists in Lisbon on May 20, 2025

Portugal far-right party becomes second biggest in parliament

Elon Musk has stepped back from his job of cutting government spending by firing civil servants and gutting or closing departments

DOGE head not happy

Musk to exit US government role after rare break with Trump

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the talks would take place in Istanbul

Russia proposes new Ukraine talks, Kyiv demands terms upfront

The humanitarian situation in Gaza, where Israel has imposed a two-month aid blockade, is dire

Israel and UN clash over aid to Gaza

Palestinians receive food packages from a US-backed foundation in the southern Gaza Strip

Netanyahu tells parliament

Israel says killed Hamas's presumed leader in Gaza

Jaish al-Islam held sway in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus during the earlier years of the civil war

Conscription of minors

French court jails ex-Syria rebel for 10 years for war crimes

US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House

Trump says warned Netanyahu against striking Iran

Judicial workers protest contentious reforms making Mexico the world's only country to elect all judges

Controversial move

In world first, Mexican voters to elect all judges

The issue of aid has come sharply into focus amid a hunger crisis after Israel imposed a full blockade on Gaza for over two months

600th day of war

Palestinians in Gaza 'deserve more than survival,' says UN envoy

The three-month trial of French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has brought to light the extent of his crimes and the suffering of his victims

Mass paedophile

French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for abusing children

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is based in Abuja

Amid tariffs and aid cuts

At 50, West African bloc teeters amid shifting alliances, security woes

Flowers and toys are placed over the graves of Roman Martyniuk, 17, his sister Tamara, 11, and brother Stanislav, 8, who were killed by a Russian missile strike

Robbed of a future

Ukrainian town mourns three siblings killed in Russian strike

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