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Uganda has deployed troops in the DR Congo with its consent since 2021 to counter an Islamist miiltia

Under the radar

Uganda: the quiet power in the eastern DRC conflict

Members of the M23 movement in Goma in March after launching their DR Congo offensive this year

Rwanda, DRC presidents hold surprise ceasefire talks in Qatar

The Ethno House restaurant in Gracanica, an ethnic Serb enclave on the edge of the Kosovo capital Pristina

Previously unimaginable scenes

Kosovo inn serves up peace and love, one bite at a time

Citizens looks at the flags of Ukraine, the United States and others at Independence square during the commemoration ceremony for the six Americans, who died fighting for Ukraine during Russia-Ukraine war in Kyiv on 14 March.

Morning Roundup

No ceasefire for Ukraine, Frieden to meet Swedish PM, and life expectancy in Luxembourg among highest in EU

President Donald Trump has personally called for a judge's impeachment

Judiciary conflict

Supreme Court chief rebukes Trump over call for judge's impeachment

Opposition politicians disrupted voting on the bill by lighting flares

Orban targets LGBTQ+ rights

Hungary passes bill against annual Budapest Pride march

An Afghan shops in Mazar-i-Sharif: the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women

Face mesh as symbol of oppression

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

Maradona was found dead in bed of a heart attack two weeks after surgery for a brain clot

Maradona homocide trial

No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

Mourners left flowers and messages for the 59 people killed in the fire in Kocani

Dozens left dead

Pain and anger grip N. Macedonia after fire tragedy

Israel has unleashed its most intense campaign on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire, and vowed to increase military pressure on Hamas

Over 400 casualties

Netanyahu says Gaza strikes 'only the beginning'

Poland and the Baltic state want to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines

Increased security risk

Poland, Baltics signal plans to withdraw from landmines treaty

Catholics have been praying for Pope Francis's recovery during his month-long stay in hospital

In hospital for over a month

Pope did not need oxygen mask overnight: Vatican

A Turkish university says Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu falsely obtained his university degree

Likely to appeal decision

In high stakes move, Istanbul University revokes degree of top Erdogan rival

'Negotiations will begin immediately'

Trump, Putin agree halt to Ukraine energy attacks but no ceasefire

A man pleads with Mozambican policemen after they removed the body of a man killed during demonstrations that was left covered on a curb

Mozambique police fire on protesters, killing two: AFP journalists

The Huthis called out huge crowds to the capital Sanaa to protest against US strikes on Yemen

Huthis announce new attack on American warships, fresh US strikes

Ex-general and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has rehabilitated his image despite allegations of rights abuses under dictator Suharto's rule

'Abuse' of power

Indonesia activists condemn amendment allowing more military in government

Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrate against US strikes

Expert analysis

'Resilent fighters': why Yemen's Huthis are no pushover for US

In 2023, Hong Kong began to offer HK$1 million bounties for information leading to the arrest of pro-democracy activists living overseas

Sovereignty undermined

Australia slams reported targeting of citizen by Hong Kong

Trump signed an order last week freezing Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets as part of his sweeping cuts to federal government spending

China calls media outlets facing Trump funding axe 'notorious'

A Death Row inmate in Louisiana has appealed to the US Supreme Court to halt his execution by nitrogen gas on the grounds he would not be able to practice his religion -- via Buddhist meditative breathing -- as his life is taken

Across four different states

US to execute four Death Row inmates this week

Morning Roundup

Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza, EU pledges aid for Syria, and sharp rise in syphilis cases in Luxembourg

The plans would free German defence spending from strict debt rules

Radical departure

German parliament to vote on huge spending boost for defence, infrastructure

Seria has been gripped by student-led protests for months over corruption and lax construction oversight

Watershed moment

'No going back': Serbia protests heap pressure on government

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (L) with Britain's Keir Starmer (R)

Traditional friends

Carney says Canada 'too reliant on US' on UK, France trip

The M23 has seized swathes of the DRC's mineral-rich east

M23 shuns DR Congo peace talks at 11th hour after sanctions

Syria's interim foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani attended the EU-convened donors' conference, where he met EU chief Ursula von der Leyen

Road to stability

Donors pledge 5.8 bn euros for Syria, down on last year

President Donald Trump has ordered a funding freeze on US-funded outlets such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Laying off staff

EU warns Trump's freeze of US-funded media risks aiding enemies

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