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A Syrian troop looks out over the Al-Hol camp, where thousands of family members of suspected IS jihadists left last month

After evacuation

Chaos as jihadist relatives left Syrian camp, witnesses say

'Everywhere we go we have ended up running into brick walls,' Karystianou told AFP

Forming new party

Mother of Greek train tragedy victim takes on politicians in bid for 'justice'

Duterte is not attending the hearing

Potential trial for crimes against humanity

No proven link between Duterte speeches and drug deaths, defence tells ICC

Greek investigative journalist Thanassis Koukakis, one of those targetted by the spyware, welcomed the verdicts

Israeli and Greek executives

Athens court convicts four over Greece spyware saga

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) Chief Executive Officer Bonnie Chan said HKEx "reinforced its role as a global superconnector" and "regained its position as the world's leading venue for IPOs"

Booming markets propel Hong Kong exchange's profits to record high

Abdallah Al-Khatib kicked off a controversy during the events closing ceremony

Freedom of speech

Filmmakers defend Berlin festival chief in Gaza row

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai won an appeal over a 2022 fraud conviction, days after a court jailed him on separate national security charges

Pro-democracy supporter

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai wins appeal in fraud case

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits the Forbidden City in Beijing on February 26, 2026.

Merz says Germany, China must overcome trade gaps 'together'

The snake-like robot arm measures 22 metres and weighs about 4.6 tonnes

Dangerous radiatation levels

Snake-like robot unveiled for Fukushima debris removal

Cannes film festival has praised South Korean director Park Chan-wook's 'narrative', 'moral' cinema

Historic appointment

S.Korea's Park Chan-wook to head Cannes festival jury

The repression of LGBTQ+ people is politically advantageous in Senegal, where it is widely regarded as deviant

From arrests to online attacks

'Public lynching': Senegal cracks down on LGBTQ+ community

Kwok Yin-sang (left) leaving the High Court after a hearing in May 2025

'Alarming act of collective punishment'

Hong Kong sentences father of wanted activist to 8 months in jail

'I was in shock, I cried so much,' Anila Bisha said of her AI's appearance in parliament

Living in avatar's shadow

The woman fighting to reclaim her face from Albania's 'AI minister'

A Thai political party that came second in this month's vote filed a criminal complaint against the nation's election commissioners, accusing them of violating election laws

Thai runner-up party seeks criminal case against election officials

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking at a military parade marking a rare congress of the nation's ruling Workers' Party.

Mounting speculation

North Korea's Kim shuns South but could 'get along' with US

Morning Roundup

Teenager stabbed at a Luxembourg City school, Clintons testify in Epstein investigation, and new bike lanes in the capital

Australia's prime minister has apologised after saying sexual assualt survivor 'difficult'

Misinterpreted?

Australian PM sorry after saying sexual assault survivor 'difficult'

Files indicate Jeffrey Epstein built close ties with leading figures in Africa

From Senegal to Ivory Coast

Epstein files reveal links to cash, women, power in Africa

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called the Geneva talks with the US 'a historic opportunity'

Amid massive military build-up

US presses missile issue as new Iran talks to open in Geneva

Several new parties and alliances have emerged in Nepal, with young candidates leading the charge in the upcoming election

Between two giants

Post-uprising polls won't shake Nepal's delicate India-China balance

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull reacts during an interview in Sydney on February 26, 2026. Australia ditching the British monarchy is "more important than ever" and voters would likely back a head of state elected by its parliament, he told AFP.

Three decades after referendum

Australian ex-PM says 'more important than ever' to ditch UK monarchy

This picture taken on February 25, 2026 and released by North Korea's North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the end of the ruling Workers' Party congress.

Dressed for succession? Kim Jong Un, daughter fuel speculation with matching coats

This undated photo released by the US Justice Department on January 30, 2026 as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows Epstein with Donald Trump in an unidentified location

FBI records withheld?

US government accused of major 'cover-up' over Trump sex abuse claims

EVs are driving global demand for lithium

IMmediate effect

Export ban sparks rush to process lithium in Zimbabwe

Sculptor Ehtisham Jadoon spray paints a model of Optimus Prime, a film character from Transformers, made from scrap metal at his studio

Pakistani sculptor turns scrap into colossal metal artworks

Racks of GPUs (graphics processing units) with a closed-loop liquid cooling system inside an operational Microsoft data centre

Where AI lives: Southeast Asia's data centre boom

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un addresses a rare congress of the nation's ruling Workers' Party.

Overtures ignored

Kim Jong Un spurns olive branch from 'hostile' South Korea

The back-up supply in Biletsky's block meant the lift -- unlike in many places -- was still shuttling up and down

Kyiv residents pool together for solar panels and batteries amid Russian strikes

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