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Vogelwaarde (NL)

Three dead, including children, as car ploughs into Dutch biking group

El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean

Potentially intensifying to historic strength

Weather pattern El Nino is here and could reach historic intensity

El Nino can disrupt weather worldwide but scientists caution that no two events are the same.

No two events are the same

El Nino is back, but its effects vary widely

A ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah was supposed to have taken effect on April 17 but has never been observed

Lowest level since pandemic

World Bank lowers global growth forecast on Iran war impacts

Towhid Hridoy helped Bangladesh wrap up their first ODI series win over Australia

Bangladesh clinch first-ever ODI series win over Australia

The Iran war is pushing up eurozone inflation

Struggling eurozone

ECB makes first rate hike since 2023 to tame Iran war inflation

Somali World Cup referee Omar Artan received a hero's welcome when he returned home after being refused entry to the US

UEFA president praised him

Somali referee banned by US to officiate UEFA Super Cup

The nuclear dilemma

What does France’s nuclear waste plan in Bure mean for Luxembourg?

A chartered plane carrying 262 Nigeria nationals landed at Lagos's Murtala Mohammed International Airport Thursday morning

Escalating anti-immigrant attacks

Nigerians fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa return home

General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of Niger's military government, has prioritised sovereigntist and anti-Western policies since seizing power and been critical of some Western values

Between five and 10 years

Niger criminalises same-sex relations with jail terms

Ildikó Bódi, missing since 2023, wanted for child abduction

Ciryl Gane (R) will take on Brazilian Alex Pereira (L) in the White House on the day of US President Donald Trump's (C) birthday

'The irony is rich'

All the president's men? Inside Trump's hot guy fascination

The US said it launched dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iran on Thursday morning

Tit-for-tat attacks

Trump vows fresh Iran strikes and seizure of oil terminals

Demand from private collectors and auction houses has fuelled an international black market in rare palaeontological specimens

Years of effort

Smuggled dinosaur fossils return to Mongolia after two decades

The pope cast a floral wreath in tribute to the migrants who have died trying to reach the Canary Islands

Long-held wish of predecessor Francis

Pope condemns 'indifference' towards migrants on Canaries trip

The French and Swiss authorities are imposing heavy security measures for the G7 summit in Evian

On French border

Tight security for G7 summit at Lake Geneva resort

Global temperatures reached about 1.39C above preindustrial levels in 2025, according to a recent study

Key climate indicators deteriorating

Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring

Despite concerns to economy

ECB makes first rate hike since 2023 to tame Iran war inflation

Downgraded from tropical storm

Storm off El Salvador kills one, expected to bring downpours

Iran's national football team is navigating uncharted waters as the Middle East war heats up again

'Vamos Iran! Vamos Iran!'

Iran's World Cup team finds supporters in Mexico

The Anstalten Rosersberg prison north of Stockholm ersberg is among Swedish facilities preparing special units for young offenders

Lack of support in parliament

Sweden withdraws controversial proposal to jail 13-year-olds

Critics have looked with concern at Indonesia's response to mounting pressures sparked by surging crude prices

Higher interest rates

Economic pressures 'manageable': Indonesian deputy finance minister

Oil prices have soared since the start of the US-Iran war

No-frills airline

UK probes Ryanair over fees for parents to sit with children

Dramatic footage

'Racist thuggery' condemned after second night of disorder in N.Ireland

Speaking last week in Australia, the country's new Prime Minister Matthew Wale said his cabinet would review the deal, which he admitted he had not seen until just before his visit

Due to legal restrictions

Solomon Islands says China security pact to remain secret

Two men were sentenced to death over a deadly 2015 blast at a Bangkok temple

Killed 20 people

Thailand sentences Chinese Uyghurs to death in 2015 shrine bombing case

Some Orthodox pilgrims were more concerned with bringing the conflict to an end, as soon as possible

'Victory' or 'peace': Russian Orthodox believers question Church's war stance

Zaitsev's death is one of a number linked to Ukraine's mobilisation campaign

'I trusted them with my child'

Ukrainian mother's agony highlights abuse and weaponisation of draft

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