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Turkey is gripped by its biggest street demonstrations in 12 years, and authorities have cracked down on protesters and journalists

Detained on terrorism charges

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey kept 'isolated': employer

Marine Le Pen was given a prison term and fine after being convicted of a fake jobs scheme at the EU parliament

Denying all charges

Defiant French far right insists 'we will win' despite Le Pen ban

Israel's embattled security chief Ronen Bar has been in the government's sights since he blamed it for Hamas's October 2023 attack and oversaw an investigation into alleged covert payments from Qatar to an aide to the premier.

Drawing mass protests

Israel PM drops security chief nominee under fire from Trump ally

Finland's parliament needs to approve the decision to withdraw from the treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines

Response to Russian threat

Finland to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty

The strike on the south Beirut building damaged its top floors

Multi-storey building hit

Hezbollah official among four dead in Israeli strike on Beirut

A worker transports the body of an earthquake victim for cremation at a facility on the outskirts of Mandalay, Myanmar on March 31, 2025

'Too young to be named'

'Noble work' of Buddhist cremations after Myanmar quake

Several canine teams have been deployed to help search and rescue at the site of a Bangkok building collapse

Thailand rescue dogs double as emotional support

The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sails in waters off Taiwan on March 31, 2025

Practising blockade

China holds large-scale military drills around Taiwan

This frame grab from video taken on March 31, 2025 and released by the Taiwan Defence Ministry on April 1, 2025 shows Chinese military vessels in waters off Taiwan

Contended territory

The Taiwan Strait: crucial waterway and military flashpoint

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans have been rallying for and against Yoon every weekend in central Seoul

Possibly triggering new elections

South Korea court to rule Friday on president impeachment

Kenyan President William Ruto says people who oppose church donations 'don't believe in God'

Corruption fuel

Kenya president still handing cash to churches despite his own ban

Washington's sweeping foreign aid cuts have heightened fears of a deepening crisis for the stateless Rohingya

Temporary shelters

Desperate Rohingya mark Eid in Indonesia limbo

Far-right and nationalist figures voiced their support for Marine Le Pen

Claiming failure of democracy

Far-right leaders rally around France's Le Pen after poll ban

Marine Le Pen was defiant in a television interview

Alleged fake jobs scam

France's Le Pen defiant after five-year election ban

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech in Damascus on March 29, 2025

Aiming for consensus

Syria president says new authorities can't satisfy everyone

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US was threatening 'mischief' after Trump's comments

After Trump threat

Iran will have 'no choice' but to acquire nukes if attacked: Khamenei adviser

Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader Mark Carney has taken a strong lead in polls heading into a second week of the election campaign

Crucial elections

Canada candidates promise less reliance on US a month before vote

People fleeing Rafah arrive in nearby Khan Yunis following new Israeli evacuation orders on Monday

No end in sight

Hamas issues call to arms against displacement as Israel orders new evacuations

Israeli anti-government demonstrators outside parliament in Jerusalem mock Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what local media have dubbed

Prime Minister summoned to testify

Israel's Netanyahu slams Qatargate probe as 'political witch hunt'

Rescue teams work to reach people believed trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building Sky Villa Condominium in Mandalay

A desolate scene

Myanmar to mark minute of silence as quake toll passes 2,000

Residents flee Rafah by foot and by bike, while others push makeshift carts loaded with basic belongings after an Israeli evacuation order

Gazans flee southern city of Rafah after Israel military orders evacuation

Protesters hold up red lights during a demonstration in Jerusalem on March 20, 2025 against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to oust the head of Shin Bet

Former navy commander

Israel's Netanyahu picks new security chief, defying legal challenge

Cannot run for office for five years

France's Le Pen sentenced to four years in prison, served with electronic tag

Morning Roundup

Belgium national strike, rescuers search for earthquake survivors in Myanmar, and A7 tunnels shut at night

A large sign welcomes travellers arriving at passport control in Terminal 2 at London's Heathrow Airport

Bought online for €12

UK imposes travel permit on Europeans from Wednesday

The case against Duterte should be thrown out, says his lawyer

Charge of crimes against humanity

Duterte lawyer: 'compelling' grounds to throw case out

Elon Musk has thrown his political clout, and his world-record fortune, into Wisconsin's supreme court race

Two $1 million checks for voters

Musk deploys wealth in bid to swing Wisconsin court vote

Employees produce basketballs that will be exported to Europe at a factory in Sihong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 25, 2025.

Still in prolonged slump

China manufacturing activity grows at highest rate in a year

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