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Volunteers putting on their personal protective equipment in Bunia, the capital of the DR Congo's Ituri province

Ebola spreading into new areas in northeast DR Congo: WHO

At least 20 leading experts from Africa and Asia were denied visas to attend the midwifery congress

'Every delegate from wealthy countries got in fine'

African, Asian experts denied EU visas for major midwives summit

Grief-stricken families mark a year since Air India Boeing 787 crashed into a medical college shortly after take-off, killing 260 people

No closure in sight

A year after deadly Air India crash, families await answers

Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay after competing in the women's 5,000m heats during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 18, 2025

Long distance runner

Former world champion Tsegay banned over doping violation

'Third-country' deportations have become a staple of US President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration

'Removed and abandoned'

US deportation flight carrying Iranians en route to C.African Republic

25 basis points

BCL defends ECB rate hike as 'logical and best decision'

Herat residents reported significant deployment of Afghan security forces ahead of a planned rally against the morality police's crackdown

'To prevent more bloodshed'

Afghans scrap protest plans as Herat city under tight security

Chinese actress Xin Zhilei, a jury member at the Shanghai International Film Festival, said in an interview with AFP that she was keen for new experiences and did not want to limit herself

International success

'I don't want to limit myself': Chinese star Xin Zhilei on new experiences

New Zealand great Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket

'I've thought about it for a while'

New Zealand great Williamson says 'right time' to retire from international cricket

People on campus at the University of Benghazi, which was largely reduced to ruins a decade ago

Rising from the ruins

At a Libyan university once ravaged by war, students dream again

Sixteen girls died in the fire at the Utumishi Girls Academy on May 28

As school attacks continue

Kenya mourns schoolgirls killed in suspected dorm arson attack

Lyhanna's grandparents attended a silent march to demand new child protection laws on Tuesday in Saint-Jean d'Angely, southwestern France

Warnings ignored

Lyhanna case puts French justice system under scrutiny

Yoon Suk Yeol faces a series of legal cases over his disastrous martial law declaration in 2024

Amid appeal against life sentence

South Korea ex-president gets 30 years in jail over North drone incursion

David Hockney poses at the Orangerie museum in Paris in 2021, in front of his 'A year in Normandy'

Passed away at 88

David Hockney: contemporary master of brilliant, bold colours

A mourner weeps while holding a photo of Thai princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol in front of Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok

Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol

Thai princess dies aged 47 after three years in hospital

Ships on the Danube pass the port of Sulina, at Romania's easternmost tip

At Romania's edge, quiet life meets threat of war

Migrants irregularly entering the EU will have their fingerprints taken under new rules coming into force on June 12

Controversial changes

The migration pact: What's in the EU's landmark asylum reform?

Opinion polls predict a tight result in the June 14 vote

Conflicting interests

Switzerland split on immigration vote: four perspectives

US officials have said the base near Perth, where the rotating submarines will be located, gives its navy closer proximity to the South China Sea

AUKUS agreement

US submarine group to arrive in Australia this year: minister

54-year-old Indonesian fisherman Muhammad Yusuf is a superfan of the Argentina national team and Lionel Messi

Indonesian Messi superfan welcomes World Cup

An Afghan burqa-clad woman walks past a Taliban security personnel standing guard outside a mosque in Shahrak-e-Almahdi, Jebrail district of Herat Province on June 11, 2026

Two people killed

UN experts condemn crackdown on women by Afghan morality police

Morning Roundup

France holds nuclear waste inquiry, Trump claims Iran deal, and iPhone users to get Luxembourgish keyboard

India and Bangladesh share a porous border where crossings are common

Despite porous border

India migrant evictions seed fear in Bangladesh border towns

Youngsters living under pressure want to party, but fear being on the streets late

In wartime Myanmar

Yangon's furtive party scene belies junta claims of normality

Trump's announcement fuelled a stock market rally and tanked oil prices, although Iran's position remained unclear

Tehran says no final decision as Trump touts imminent deal

Oh Hyeon-gyu (centre) celebrates after scoring South Korea's winner in their World Cup winner

South Korea defeat Czechs to make strong World Cup start

The opening ceremony lit up the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City

Shakira and protests as World Cup kicks off in Mexico

SpaceX has placed a big bet on the success of its newest rocket, Starship, but it is still under development

Fairytale timelines

Science fiction? Musk's lofty SpaceX goals unrealistic, skeptics say

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