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Aaja Chemnitz has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in de-escalating tensions with the US

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

Aaja Chemnitz, Greenland politician standing up to Trump

India's Sanju Samson (R) top-scored with 89 as India posted a huge score in the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand

India crush New Zealand to win third T20 World Cup title

Ozdemir became one of the first federal MPs with Turkish roots in 1994

'Swabian Anatolian'

Cem Ozdemir, Germany's Turkish-heritage political star

India's Sanju Samson (R) top-scored with 89 as India posted a huge score in the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand

India crush New Zealand to win third T20 World Cup title

'Deeply concerning'

Xavier Bettel denounces Senegal’s proposed anti-homosexuality law

The blast, which caused no injuries and minor material damage, occurred in the small hours of Sunday

Possible terror motive in US embassy blast, say Norway police

Footage authenticated by AFP recorded the sound of a drone then a loud explosion and plumes of smoke

Second week of war

Kuwait airport, Bahrain desalination unit struck as Iran presses Gulf attacks

Lebanese first responders inspect a Beirut hotel room targeted by the Israeli strike

'There is no safe place'

Israel strikes Beirut hotel as Lebanon says war toll nears 400

Cricket fans cheer as they arrive to watch the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup final match

'Whole country will stop' as India dreams of home World Cup glory

Explosions were seen in Tehran during airstrikes on an oil refinery in the capital

Apocalyptic sight

Tehran plunged into darkness by smoke from burning oil

Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamgoglu goes on trial in a massive graft case

Main opposition party

Turkey's jailed mayor says demand for change cannot be stopped

Iranian players salute during the national anthem before their AFC Women's Asian Cup match against the Philippines in Gold Coast

Against South Korea

Iran sing national anthem before bowing out of Women's Asian Cup

Iran's president says that Tehran will be forced to respond if its neighbours attacked

Fireballs and clouds of smoke

Iran prepares to name new supreme leader as fuel dumps burn

People wait in a queue to refuel their vehicles near a fuel station in Dhaka on March 8, 2026

95 percent of oil and gas imported

Bangladesh rations fuel as Mideast war deepens energy crunch

The disappearance of flight MH370 12 years ago is one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries, with the latest search yielding no fresh clues

Aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries

New hunt for flight MH370 ends with no clues to 12-year mystery

Mercedes'George Russell (R) competes with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc during the Australian Grand Prix

Dominant Russell wins Australian Grand Prix in Mercedes 1-2

The world's second-most populous country is threatened with a demographic crisis after its birth rate halved over the past decade -- all while people rapidly age out of the workforce

Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a press conference in Beijing

Ongoing tensions

China FM urges US to manage differences in face of trade woes

A handout photograph taken March 4 and released by the Sri Lankan President's Office shows Sri Lankan navy personnel evacuating rescued Iranian sailors from the Dena

After warship was sunk

Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued from torpedoed Iranian vessel

Franklin Parra shows his release order after leaving the Bolivarian National Police Zone 7 prison in Caracas

Venezuela frees more political prisoners under amnesty law

Iran's president says that Tehran will be forced to respond if its neighbours attacked

Into second week

Iran says can fight for months as Israel strikes Beirut hotel

An explosion erupts after strikes near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on Saturday

Sirens, strikes, and warnings

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Visitors check out the PlayStation gaming stall during the Bengaluru Comic Con 2025 fest in Bengaluru on December 21, 2025

Japanese entertainment giant

Sony faces $2.7 bn class action from UK PlayStation users

Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate Balendra Shah (centre R) waits to collect a certificate for his victory in parliamentary elections at the counting centre in Damak in Nepal's Jhapa district

Nepal's rapper-led centrist party heads for poll landslide

Cristian Lucanas, an entomologist from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, shows preserved specimens of cockroaches in Los Banos town

Country's lone expert

Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs

Ilia Topuria is one of the UFC's top rated fighter and a double-weight champion who has won all 17 of his fights

White House UFC event to be headlined by Topuria-Gaethje

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil

Global positioning system

Why have 1,000 ships at times lost their GPS in the Mideast?

Kari Lake was hired by Trump to oversee layoffs at US Agency for Global Media

Unlawfully appointed?

US court voids mass layoffs at Voice of America parent

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