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Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, has been accused by more than 150 women

Frustrated by British Police

US woman speaks of ordeal in France Al-Fayed trafficking probe

The French teenager is on a student pass and is studying in Singapore, according to court records

Mischief and public nuisance

French teen faces jail in Singapore for licking vending machine straw

An Afghan parkour athlete performs a stunt on the back of a vehicle in the sandy mountainside at Reg-e-Rawan

Off limits to women and girls

Steep mountainside offers respite for daring Afghans

Chronic kidney disease is common among older cats, affecting up to 40 percent of felines aged more than 10, and 80 percent of those over 15

Common affliction

Japan startup seeks approval of cat kidney disease treatment

Crowds are expected from around the world to see Shakira perform a free concert at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach on May 2

On Copacabana beach

Technician dies installing stage for Shakira concert in Rio

Three Luxembourgers involved

Global Sumud Flotilla heads towards Gaza with aid supplies

Muscovites are trying to reconnect with their folk roots amid the war in Ukraine

Facing deepening isolation

Cut off from the West, Muscovites rediscover Russian 'roots'

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg activists join Gaza aid flotilla, sports museum inquiry, and historic marathon world record

Colombia is hosting the first global conference on the transition away from fossil fuels in the coastal city of Santa Marta.

Attended by 60 nations

Nations backing fossil fuel exit 'a new power': conference host Colombia

He denounced 'indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on unarmed civilians, and serious obstacles to humanitarian action'

International news ticker

Pope calls for humanitarian corridors in Sudan

This photo obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boat allegedly taking part in an operation to seize ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, on April 21, 2026

Iran foreign minister arrives in Russia as US talks remain stalled

A strengthening euro could push down inflation in the eurozone

Amid global energy shock

ECB set to hold rates steady with eye on Iran crisis

Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane has played fewer Bundesliga minutes as his club is chasing Champions League glory.

Golden ball front-runner

Team-first Kane propelling Bayern to glory as PSG showdown looms

World champion Tadej Pogacar (L) expects teenage French sensation Paul Seixas (R) to one day 'destroy' all the competition

Pogacar vows to keep going until Seixas 'destroys' him

Engineer-turned-mortician Ali Gebbai estimates he and his team of volunteers have buried around 7,000 people in Khartoum in three years of war

Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan's war

In the wild, orangutans are found only on Sumatra and the nearby island of Borneo, which is shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei

Conservation group initiative

Orangutan uses Indonesia canopy bridge in 'world first': NGO

Two women sit at a cafe table with drinks in Tehran

Strict dress rules

As some hijabs come off in Iran, restrictions still in place

Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang

Vowing to aid Moscow

North Korea's Kim reaffirms support for Russia's 'sacred' Ukraine war

People watch a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test at a Seoul train station after Pyongyang's latest test launch

Global security landscape

North Korea strengthens nuclear push as US flails in Middle East

Trump was attending the annual press gala for the time as president, having skipped it throughout his first term and last year

Suspect in shooting at Trump press dinner to appear in court

After the US withdrawal in 2021, evacuees from Afghanistan fled to escape the Taliban, seen here landing at Hamad International Airport in Qatar's capital Doha from Kabul

Stuck for over a year

Caught between wars, US Afghan allies trapped in Qatar without safe exit

Elon Musk's lawsuit argues that OpenAI duped him about its vision for artificial intelligence, but the company counters the early backer was out for control

World's richest person

Stage set for Elon Musk's court battle with OpenAI

A four-day US visit by Britain's king and queen will go ahead despite the latest security scare targeting the US president

British royals begin four-day US visit despite shooting

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez (2R) headed the winner against Leeds

Fernandez sends Chelsea into FA Cup final to lift gloom after Rosenior sacking

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe wins the London Marathon in a new world record time

Record-breaking day

Sawe makes history with first sub-two-hour marathon in London

The blast left buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway in the restive southwestern Cauca Department of Colombia

Colombia road bombing death toll rises to 20

The three top spenders -- the United States, China and Russia -- accounted for more than half of global expenditure

$2.9 trillion spent

Global military spending surges on insecurity: report

Najib appeared in court in Damascus in a striped prison jersey

Syrian court begins proceedings against Assad and allies

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