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In second place at the Razzies came Disney's live-action remake of 'Snow White' which was mired in controversies years before its disappointing release

Anti-Hollywood awards

'Snow White,' 'War of the Worlds' top Razzies

Kyiv downgraded diplomatic relations with Iran after it supplied Shahed drones to Moscow

'Showy gesture'

Iran envoy says Ukraine support to US, Gulf is a 'joke'

While Iraqis have grown accustomed to war over the decades this has not diminished anxiety about a wider conflict

Chaotic danger zone

'Normal, but not really': Iraqis try to carry on as missiles fly

Village chief Joseph Batangouna has had a hard time convincing the young generation to vote

Election campaign deepens Congo's generational divide

Six athletes from Russia have been allowed to compete under their national flag and anthem at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics

Russian sports minister defends return of flag, anthem to Paralympics

France's Alexis Pinturault

France's Pinturault to retire at season's end

Athletes compete in the men's snowboard cross event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games

Carmona: actor, skateboarder, Paralympic history-maker

Pope Leo XIV moved into the historic papal residence after extensive renovations

Apostolic Palace

Pope Leo moves into papal apartments

Ryan Gosling's publicity blitz for 'Project Hail Mary' is taking him around the world, including to Paris recently

Future cinema debate

Ryan Gosling's 'Hail Mary' is about making theatre-going films

The members of Iran's women's football team who did not claim asylum in Australia arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11, 2026

Branded 'traitors'

Iran state media says two more footballers pull Australia asylum bids

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine went into hiding after a January 15 election

Uganda opposition leader in hiding says left country

Communicative action theory

German philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies, aged 96

A satellite image of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal

'A crown jewel'

Kharg Island: Vital Iran oil hub in Trump's crosshairs

The police and fire departments quickly arrived at the scene of the blast in Buitenveldert district in the south of Amsterdam

'Cowardly act of aggression'

Blast outside Jewish school in Amsterdam, no injuries: mayor

Banners bearing portraits the slain leaders of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement now look down on ruins left by the latest Israeli strikes

Hezbollah's 'existential' war against Israel could be its last

Joint press conference

UN OCHA chief, FM Bettel call for international solidarity as humanitarian needs spiral

Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakh environmental activist speaking during an interview with AFP at his office in Leh on May 17, 2024

Himalaya protests

India frees Ladakh activist Wangchuk after 6 months in jail

A photograph taken on 14 March 2026 shows a police car parked outside Jewish school in Amsterdam, where an explosion was reported overnight.

'Cowardly act of aggression'

Blast outside Jewish school in Amsterdam, no injuries: mayor

McLaren's British driver Lando Norris sits in his car in the pits during the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

'Hard to challenge' Ferrari in Chinese Grand Prix, admits Norris

Mechanics push the car of Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen in the pits during the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

Underperforming

'Every lap is survival' laments Verstappen on Red Bull woes

North Korea fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the sea of Japan Saturday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said

Toward the Sea of Japan

S.Korea says North fires around 10 ballistic missiles

Some political observers have suggested that Trump's desire to control the Arctic may extend beyond Greenland to Svalbard

Europe's biggest single supplier

Middle East turmoil revives Norway push for Arctic drilling

Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova created the concrete statue with her colleague Denys Ruban in 2019 for a park

En route to Venice

Ukraine's 'Origami Deer' sculpture rescued from frontline tours Europe

Samsung's battery plant sprawls over 50 hectares

Cancer-causing chemicals

Samsung battery plant turns toxic for Orban's re-election campaign

Consumers are already feeling the pain at the pump but costs will rise throughout the global economy, analysts say

Latest developments

Middle East war: global economic fallout

Japan have been clinical at the Women's Asian Cup

Clinical Japan confident of taking down Philippines at Women's Asian Cup

A fireball errupts from the site of an Israeli stike in a southern Lebanese village

No reprieve in sight

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometres south of the mainland

Kharg Island at the centre

Iran, US threaten attacks on oil facilities

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