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While stricly speaking the events seem to contravene restrictions imposed on mass gatherings, they have been tolerated by the authorities

Israelis dance on at Tel Aviv 'bunker party' as missiles fly

Canadian actor Hudson Williams plays Shane Hollander on 'Heated Rivalry'

Sending haters to the penalty box

'Heated Rivalry' stars condemn 'hateful' fan engagement

US President Donald Trump (R), alongside Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L), speaks about autism at the White House in Washington, DC on September 22, 2025

Insufficient evidence

Trump administration does about face on autism treatment

Benicio Del Toro, already an Oscar winner, earned his third nomination for 'One Battle After Another'

Soulful turn as karate dojo owner

Oscar nominee Benicio Del Toro says 'One Battle' has 'heart'

Several expats in Dubai said they were wary of the Iranian attacks, but felt the city was still safe enough for them to stay

Migrants stay put

Expats cling to Dubai's allure despite Iran's missiles

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Lebanese capital Beirut

Tuesday roundup

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Toronto police investigated after shots were fired at the US consulate in what they called a 'national security incident'

Under investigation

Gunfire at US consulate in Toronto a 'national security incident': police

Timothee Chalamet is in Asia promoting Oscar Best Picture hopeful "Marty Supreme", in which he plays a 1950s table tennis champion consumed by grand ambitions

Promoting Marty Supreme

Oscar nominee Chalamet woos Chinese fans days before Best Actor bid

People inspect a damaged building following an airstrike in central Tehran

'At the beginning I was in favour'

How is Trump's 'freedom' war seen by those it aimed to help?

The US and Israel's war on Iran has upended global energy markets, raising the price at the pump in Egypt up by as much as 30 percent

Affects everyone

Egyptians feel Iran war shockwaves as fuel prices jump

Motorists queue to pump gasoline into their vehicle at a gas station in Hanoi on March 10, 2026

20 to 50 percent increases

Vietnam to tap emergency fund to cool surging fuel prices

A UN investigation found Moscow's deportation and forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia amounted to a crime against humanity

Deportation, forcible transfer, enforced disappearance

Russia committed 'crimes against humanity' in deporting Ukrainian children: UN inquiry

Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono welcomed home 22 compatriots repatriated from war-torn Iran

First group of Indonesians evacuated from Iran arrive home

As Tehran residents returned to work on Sunday, black smoke from Israeli oil depot strikes rise into the air

By governments and armed groups

Journalists face restrictions, detention covering Mideast war

Finland joined NATO in 2023 in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Freed-up resources

Finland warns end of Ukraine war could bring more Russian spying

The portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini was painted by Italian master Caravaggio when the nobleman born in 1568 was in his 30s

Depicting future pope Urban VIII

Italy buys rare Caravaggio portrait for 30 million euros

Turkemnistan's capital Ashgabat is just a stone's throw from Iran

Regional repercussions

Iran war sends prices in next door Turkmenistan soaring

Ghana has set up initiatives to attract descendants of enslaved Africans

Reconnecting with ancestors

'Home' at last: Ghana grants citizenship to 150 members of African diaspora

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said 'it was a strategic mistake for Europe to turn its back' on civilian nuclear energy

Calling for nuclear energy

EU chief, Macron say Mideast war exposes Europe energy vulnerability

A Winnie the Pooh Bear toy is displayed during a tour of the Walt Disney Studios Archives ahead of the 100th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh

'Winnie the Pooh is all of us'

In which Pooh turns 100: Hunny-loving bear marks a milestone

Oliver Blume, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, at the International Motor Show IAA on September 9, 2025, in Munich, southern Germany

'Business model no longer works'

Volkswagen says to cut 50,000 jobs as profit slides

An explosion erupts following an Israeli airstrike on the village of Abbasiyeh in southern Lebanon on March 10, 2026

Lebanon death toll rises

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Since 1991, the Ig Nobel prizes have celebrated the sillier side of science

The 'sillier side of science' gets serious

Ig Nobel prizes moving to Europe because US 'unsafe' to visit

A diver instals one of the new eco-moorings in Porto Rafti bay near Athens

Threatened by anchors

Greece hopes eco moorings will protect vital seagrass colonies

Iranian Kurds in Iraq are living in fear of more attacks

'Everything came crashing'

Iranian Kurds hunted by drones in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iftar has become a gathering of people of all faiths in the Pakistani city of Mithi

Interfaith harmony

In southeast Pakistan, Ramadan brings Hindus and Muslims closer

Oil prices have soared as the conflict has seen strikes on facilities across the Middle East

Over $50 million

Red Cross launches Iran emergency appeal as needs soar

Germany is a major exporter of cars

Faster than expected

German exports drop in setback to fragile recovery

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