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There was fighting in the capital Bamako this weekend

Security crisis

Attacks in Mali: What we know

British flags have been put up alongside the US flag at the White House ahead of the royal visit

Four-day state visit

King Charles state visit to US to go on as planned after shooting

Israeli opposition figures Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, seen here in 2022, have both been outspoken critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and beyond

Critical of current government

Two former Israel PMs unite to challenge Netanyahu in elections

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's term at the helm of the central bank is set to end May 15

Tricky backdrop

US Fed set to hold rates steady again on cost hikes from Mideast war

This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a man that he identified as the gunman who breached security at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner

31-year-old California man

Suspect in US press gala shooting - what we know

US Senator Thom Tillis says he will now support the nomination of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve

Powell probe dropped

Key US senator lifts block on Fed chair nominee

Smoke rises from targeted areas in Lebanon Nabatieh province following an airstrike, on April 26, 2026

War in the Middle East: latest developments

US President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the East Wing modernization as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One

400-million dollar project

Trump says shooting proves need for his White House ballroom

Archivfoto vun enger 250kg-Bomm

In Prüm, Germany

250kg bomb from the Second World War successfully defused on Sunday morning

People light candles set in shape of a radiation sign in front of a memorial for Chernobyl victims in the town of Slavutych

'Reckless attacks'

Zelensky accuses Russia of 'nuclear terrorism' on Chernobyl anniversary

Yusra Qwaider, 97, is bedridden and helpless: within days, bulldozers from Jerusalem municipality will tear down the home she's lived in for over 50 years

Built without permits

East Jerusalem residents anguished as homes demolished to make way for biblical park

Slavutych was created to house people who lost their homes in the Chernobyl disaster, now it has become home as well for those displaced by Russia's invasion

'Friendship of the peoples'

Chernobyl refugee town welcomes Ukraine's conflict displaced

Fighting continues in Lebanon despite what is supposed to be a ceasefire

Stay up-to-date

War in the Middle East: latest developments

US law enforcement said they detained the sole shooter who charged a glitzy media gala attended by President Donald Trump

Expressing shock

World leaders react to Washington gala shooting

Under threat again

Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to know

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room

'I've studied assassinations': Trump muses on reasons for latest shooting

Trump evacuated as shooter opens fire at Washington gala

India has ramped up purchases of Russian oil and revived alternate supplies from Africa, Iran and Venezuela to blunt a sharp crude shortfall from the Middle East.

Ramping up purchases

India plugs oil gap as Middle East supplies sink

Buddhist monks prepare to cast their ballots at a polling station in Dharamsala in India durin the first round of voting on February 1, 2026

Outside Chinese control

Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by China

A woman cycles past two vending machines next to a clock shop in Tokyo's Bunkyo district on April 14, 2026

Rethinking the business

Japan inflation cools demand for vending machine drinks

Amnesty International says 300 human rights defenders were targeted with intimidation and violence in Indonesia in 2025

Vicious attacks

Acid attacks highlight growing danger for Indonesian activists

The refinery on the outskirts of the port city of Le Havre is France's largest and is key to supplying the capital

Keeping planes flying

TotalEnergies refinery working full tilt to keep France fuelled

Austrian-Hungarian singer Benjamin Gedeon, aka Cosmo, will represent Austria at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest

Threatening geopolitics

Eurovision, venerable institution where art meets politics

The war between Sudan's army and the RSF has killed tens of thousands of people

'Abandoned' by the world

The rescuers of Khartoum: How to keep a city alive in war

Video posted online showed armed jihadists moving in Kati, hometown of Mali's military ruler General Assimi Goita

Security crisis

Jihadists, Tuareg rebels, claim attacks across Mali

People stand next to vehicles destroyed in a deadly bomb attack on a highway in Cauca department in southwestern Colombia

Conflict-ridden region

Bomb attack on Colombia highway kills 14 ahead of election

Signal has long been a go-to messaging service for users especially concerned about communications secrecy

Encrypted messaging app

What is Signal and is it secure?

Washington's Reflecting Pool is getting a new, swimming pool-style surface

Lincoln Memorial

Trump orders new, blue surface for Washington's Reflecting Pool

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