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Ukraine-Russia war: Trump says Putin is ‘doing what anybody would do’

Attacks come as Trump ‘strongly considering’ widespread sanctions and tariffs on Russia until Moscow and Kyiv agree peace deal

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Europe

Eurostar trains expected to resume on Saturday after WWII bomb defused

<p>Sea foam is pushed by record-breaking waves caused by the outer fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred at Point Danger in Coolangatta </p>
LiveAustralasia

Thousands ordered to evacuate as Cyclone Alfred batters Australia's east

<p>Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally near the presidential residence </p>
East Asia

South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol leaves prison

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<p>Jimmy Lai is one of more than 250 activists, lawmakers and protesters detained under the national security law and sedition charges</p>
China

Starmer needs to do more to help Jimmy Lai, China’s most feared critic

<p>Former King Gyanendra Shah greets the crowds upon his arrival at Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport</p>
South Asia

Two decades after ousting their king, Nepalis want him back

<p>Supporters of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol wave South Korean and the US flags during a rally in downtown Seoul</p>
East Asia

South Korea braces for unrest ahead of Yoon impeachment ruling

<p>Soldier stands at a North Korean military guard post flying a national flag, seen from Paju, South Korea</p>
Tech

North Korea hackers cashing out after world’s biggest crypto heist

<p>A fashion show organised by an Indian label in Kashmir, India, has been accused of ignoring local sensitivities</p>
India

Designer apologises for ‘discomfort’ caused by Ramadan fashion show

<p>A pipette is used to wash serum cells separated from the blood of vaccinated mice</p>
Science

China claims breakthrough in vaccine for stroke and heart attack

<p>File: Tourists walk through a temple complex in Hampi</p>
India

Third India gang-rape suspect held as visitors flee tourist hotspot

<p>Representative. A police official in Japan</p>
Japan

Woman held for locking naked partner out on freezing balcony

<p>Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony of the Ukrainian flag rising in the reclaimed city of Izyum in Kharkiv, 14 September 2022</p>
Europe

Trump has left Zelensky no choice but to bend the knee in Saudi Arabia

Europe

Trump has left Zelensky no choice but to bend the knee in Saudi Arabia

<p>Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony of the Ukrainian flag rising in the reclaimed city of Izyum in Kharkiv, 14 September 2022</p>
<p>Frederik was born with the mitochondrial disease and diagnosed at age 14</p>
Health

What is POLG? Everything we know about the genetic disease

<p>Ukraine is expected to propose an air and sea ceasefire at US-led Saudi Arabia talks after US president Donald Trump said Ukraine 'may not survive' war (Pool via AP)</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war live: Kyiv to push air and sea ceasefire at Saudi talks

<p>The British embassy in Moscow</p>
Europe

Moscow accuses British diplomats of spying, expels them from Russia

<p>Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky</p>
Europe

What to expect from US-Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia

<p>Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky</p>
Europe

What to expect from US-Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia

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Europe

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 16-22

<p>Calin Georgescu will challenge the decision in court</p>
Europe

Far-right candidate banned from running in presidential election

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Middle East

<p>Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks in Damascus </p>
Middle East

Syria’s new leader vows action after his soldiers massacre civilians

<p>A small boy pulls containers full of fresh water on a trolley through the mud</p>
Middle East

UK hits out at Israel after Gaza electricity ‘immediately’ cut

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Middle East

Muslim nations reject calls to empty Gaza Strip of Palestinians

<p>Taliban security personnel stand guard as a woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province in 2024</p>
Middle East

Inside the women’s underground fightback against the brutal Taliban

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month</p>
US politics

Trump accused of ‘genocidal rhetoric’ after threatening Gazans

<p>Mehdi Yarrahi</p>
Middle East

Iranian singer given 74 lashes over protest song urging hijab removal

<p>Taliban security personnel stand guard as a woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province in 2024</p>
Middle East

Inside the women’s underground fightback against the brutal Taliban

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month</p>
US politics

Trump accused of ‘genocidal rhetoric’ after threatening Gazans

<p>Mehdi Yarrahi</p>
Middle East

Iranian singer given 74 lashes over protest song urging hijab removal

<p>A screen grab from a new AI video featuring Donald Trump in Gaza</p>
Middle East

Creator of ‘Gaza Riveria’ AI video shared by Trump speaks out

Middle East

Creator of ‘Gaza Riveria’ AI video shared by Trump speaks out

<p>A screen grab from a new AI video featuring Donald Trump in Gaza</p>
<p>Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants since October 2023, lift placards during a rally calling on the government for a deal that would bring all the remaining captives back, outside the prime minister residence in Jerusalem on March 2</p>
US politics

Trump warns Gazans ‘you are dead’ if hostages not released

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Middle East

US and Hamas chiefs hold secret talks on Israeli hostages

<p> Iran Air Force unveils unmanned stealth fighter jets</p>
News

Iran unveils unmanned stealth fighter jets for ‘bombing missions’

<p>Shahzadi Khan’s family maintains she was wrongly implicated in murder of an infant</p>
Middle East

Indian woman quietly executed in Abu Dhabi for infant’s murder

<p>Shahzadi Khan’s family maintains she was wrongly implicated in murder of an infant</p>
Middle East

Indian woman quietly executed in Abu Dhabi for infant’s murder

<p>Palestinian children receive food cooked by a charity kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, Gaza</p>
Middle East

Israel preparing ‘hell plan’ to force Hamas to release more hostages

<p>Israeli security forces secure the scene of a stabbing attack in Haifa</p>
Middle East

One killed and four wounded in stabbing attack in Israel’s Haifa

US

<p>The Washington Post’s owner Jeff Bezos has announced that only opinions that support ‘personal liberties’ and ‘free markets’ will be welcome in its comment pages </p>
US politics

WaPo columnist quits after op-ed disagreeing with Bezos is rejected

<p>President Donald Trump encouraged House Republicans to vote ‘yes’ on the temporary government funding bill as the potential of a shutdown looms</p>
US politics

Will there be a government shutdown? Trump says it’s possible

<p>The body of Gary Jones, right, was found in Lake Oconee, Georgia, more than a month after he disappeared in a boating accident. His fiancée, Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Wilson, left, also died in the accident and was found on February 9. </p>
Americas

Atlanta teacher’s body found after month-long search in Georgia lake

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Americas

Ontario slaps 25% increase on electricity exports to U.S. in response to Trump's trade war

<p>A former civil servant with the Social Security Administration warned that ‘chaos’ of Elon Musk’s DOGE takeover risks data ‘leaking into the wrong hands’</p>
US politics

DOGE’s Social Security takeover risks data ‘leaking into wrong hands’

<p>Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has succeeded Justin Trudeau as Canadian PM</p>
Americas

Mark Carney vows to fight US trade war ‘until Trump shows respect’

<p>Ty Vaughn allegedly staged his partner’s death to look like a suicide, police say</p>
US Crime News

Man accused of Googling ‘Can I kill an illegal?’ before fiancé shot

<p>Nancy Mace gave a ‘scorched earth’ speech on the House floor, where she accused her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant and three business of his associates of sex crime</p>
US politics

Man called a ‘predator’ during Mace speech hits back at allegations

<p>The Supreme Court agreed to hear case that challenges a Colorado law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors</p>
US politics

Supreme Court to hear case on conversion therapy ‘ban’ for LGBTQ youth

US politics

Supreme Court to hear case on conversion therapy ‘ban’ for LGBTQ youth

<p>The Supreme Court agreed to hear case that challenges a Colorado law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors</p>
<p>Donald Trump has reportedly urged Steve Bannon to stop attacking Elon Musk and arrange a sitdown with the DOGE leader.</p>
US politics

Trump urged Bannon to quash beef and sit down privately with Elon Musk

<p>Genoveve, a 12-year-old ocelot, is prepped for an artificial insemination at Houston Zoo</p>
Americas

Ocelots are nearly extinct in the US. Experts are trying to save them

<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has vowed to revoke green cards and visas of ‘Hamas supporters’ after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest </p>
US politics

Marco Rubio threatens to deport green card holders who ‘support Hamas’

<p>Donald Trump hit the golf course again this weekend after his daughter-in-law Lara Trump claimed he never takes a day off</p>
US politics

Lara Trump says Trump doesn’t take days off after his weekend golfing

<p>Donald Trump hit the golf course again this weekend after his daughter-in-law Lara Trump claimed he never takes a day off</p>
US politics

Lara Trump says Trump doesn’t take days off after his weekend golfing

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LiveUS politics

Trump refuses to rule out recession as chaotic trade war escalates

<p>Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was reported missing on Friday morning after she vanished from her hotel room</p>
Americas

Mystery over PA student who went missing during Spring Break

Europe

<p>People protest against president Donald Trump’s policy concerning Ukraine in front of the US Embassy in Kyiv on Saturday</p>
Europe

Defiant Ukrainians blame Trump betrayal for latest battlefield horrors

<p>The Peaky Blinders unit during winter in eastern Ukraine</p>
Europe

Inside the ‘Peaky Blinders’ unit launching drone attacks for Ukraine

<p>North Korean troops are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region</p>
Europe

Ukraine is losing the war in Kursk at exactly the wrong time

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US politics

Rubio and Musk turn on Polish foreign minister in spat over Starlink

<p>Doctors say Pope Francis has shown a ‘gradual, slight improvement’ in recent days</p>
Europe

Pope Francis shares message from hospital bed

<p>A Ukrainian serviceman patrols a street in Sudzha in 2024</p>
Europe

Russian forces ‘crept through gas pipeline’ to ambush Ukrainian troops

<p>Pope Francis, right, hugs Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2014</p>
Europe

Pope Francis’ views on resigning changed in recent years. Here’s why

<p>Vanya Gaberova (centre), Ivan Stoyanov (bottom left), Katrin Ivanova (top left), Orlin Roussev (top right) and Biser Dzhambazov (bottom right)</p>
Europe

Inside the Bulgarian spy ring waging Putin’s hybrid war on UK soil

<p>The 88-year-old pope enters his fourth week in hospital</p>
Europe

How Pope Francis spent his time in hospital between rest and therapy

Europe

How Pope Francis spent his time in hospital between rest and therapy

<p>The 88-year-old pope enters his fourth week in hospital</p>
<p>Forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals</p>
Archaeology

Breakthrough after skeleton of Neanderthal-and-human child found

<p>A Russian strike on a town in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region has killed at least 11 people</p>
Europe

Russian strikes kill 20 in Ukraine as US cuts intelligence sharing

<p>An inquest is set to take place into the death of 14-year-old Raymi Saldaña Rojas</p>
Home News

Musician, 14, died in tragedy on Amsterdam boat trip

<p>Millions of Ukrainians live in Russian-occupied territory, such as Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region</p>
Europe

Millions of Ukrainians issued Russian passports in occupied territory

<p>Millions of Ukrainians live in Russian-occupied territory, such as Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region</p>
Europe

Millions of Ukrainians issued Russian passports in occupied territory

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Europe

Italy's top court orders government to compensate migrants who were stranded at sea for days

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Europe

How Zelensky went from Europe’s war hero to Trump’s punching bag

Africa

<p>Afrikaans farmers picket in support of an executive order by US president Donald Trump</p>
US politics

Trump offers citizenship to South African farmers after cutting aid

US politics

Trump offers citizenship to South African farmers after cutting aid

<p>Afrikaans farmers picket in support of an executive order by US president Donald Trump</p>
<p>Health workers walk between wards at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma </p>
Africa

Warning over new ‘highly infectious’ Mpox variant identified in Congo

<p>Joshlin Smith went missing on February 19, 2024</p>
Africa

Woman on trial accused of kidnapping, selling her 6-year-old daughter

<p>A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation center of Madudu Health Center III, Uganda (file photo)</p>
Africa

4-year-old dies of Ebola raising concerns of spreading outbreak

<p>Nearly 1,100 cases have been reported since the first outbreaks were discovered in late January</p>
Africa

Death toll rises as cases of mystery illness in Congo surpass 1000

<p>Nearly 1,100 cases have been reported since the first outbreaks were discovered in late January</p>
Africa

Death toll rises as cases of mystery illness in Congo surpass 1000

<p>The World Health Organization is helping investigate the outbreak</p>
Health

UK on alert after death toll from mystery illness in Congo rises

<p>Laila Soueif is still in hospital as she protests her son’s detention </p>
Home News

Government ‘gambling’ with life of woman on 150 day hunger strike

<p>King Mohammed VI of <a href="/topic/morocco">Morocco</a> has urged citizens to forgo the traditional purchase of <a href="/topic/sheep">sheep</a> for sacrifice </p>
Africa

Moroccan King urges people against sacrificing sheep for Eid

<p>Health officials still do not know the cause</p>
Africa

Concern as mystery illness detected in two distant villages in Congo

Sierra Leone Kush
Africa

The war on kush: The synthetic drug sweeping through parts of Africa

<p>Mitchell worked for the BBC in several African countries</p>
Africa

BBC worker murdered in hotel by man who fell to his death – coroner

<p>An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to the World Health Organization</p>
Africa

First symptoms of mystery illness that killed 50 people revealed

<p>File. White South Africans holding crosses march to protest against the violent murder of farmers which they term ‘genocide and oppressive state policies in favour of blacks’ in Pretoria in 2013</p>
Africa

South African court dismisses claim of ‘white genocide’ in country

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Home News

Two arrested after Briton ‘tortured and dumped in sack’ in Kenya

<p>Campbell Scott was reported missing by police earlier this month</p>
Home News

Missing British businessman Campbell Scott found dead in Kenya

Asia

<p>Photo released on 8 March 2025 by the North Korean government shows leader Kim Jong Un, center, visiting a shipyard</p>
East Asia

North Korea fires ballistic missiles over US-South Korea drills

<p>Lalit Patidar from Madhya Pradesh in India has a rare condition called 'werewolf syndrome' </p>
India

Boy with 95 per cent of face covered in hair sets Guinness record

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Southeast Asia

How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi

<p>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple complex located in Chino Hills, in southwestern San Bernardino County in southern California</p>
India

India condemns vandalism of Hindu temple in California

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South Asia

Taliban say women’s rights are protected despite ongoing restrictions

<p>Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows</p>
Southeast Asia

Why thousands freed from forced labour face indefinite detention

<p>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple complex located in Chino Hills, in southwestern San Bernardino County in southern California</p>
India

India condemns vandalism of Hindu temple in California

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South Asia

Taliban say women’s rights are protected despite ongoing restrictions

<p>Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows</p>
Southeast Asia

Why thousands freed from forced labour face indefinite detention

<p>President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping in 2019</p>
China

Why China’s president hasn’t called Trump about US tariff trade war

<p>File: Thitisan Utthanaphon, also called Joe Ferrari, seen after a video went viral showing the apparent torture and killing of a drug suspect</p>
Southeast Asia

Former Thai police chief convicted of torture and murder found dead

<p>Representational: Indian policewomen patrol a street </p>
India

Israeli tourist among two women gang-raped in India, police say

<p>A worker transfers steel cables at a steel factory in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province on 8 June, 2018</p>
China

China announces tit-for-tat tariffs on Canadian food imports

<p>A supporter for the LGBTQ+ community holds up a poster reading ‘Legalize the same-sex marriage’ as plaintiffs speak in front of media members by the main entrance of the Tokyo district court after hearing the ruling regarding LGBTQ+ marriage rights</p>
Japan

Refusal to recognise same-sex marriage unconstitutional – Japan court

<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom right, visits a shipyard to construct warships at an undisclosed place in North Korea</p>
East Asia

Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea’s first ‘nuclear-powered submarine’

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Southeast Asia

Myanmar junta chief announces election in next 10 months

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South Asia

UN special rapporteur calls on UK to open up to more Afghan refugees

Australasia

<p>Australia Cyclone</p>
Australasia

Shipwrecks over 100 years old unearthed after Cyclone Alfred

Australasia

Shipwrecks over 100 years old unearthed after Cyclone Alfred

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<p>Police on Monday said the discovery was part of a ‘criminal con job’</p>
Australasia

Police foiled an antisemitic terror plot. They now say it was fake

<p>People paddle a canoe down a street in South Lismore, New South Wales, on 10 March 2025</p>
Australasia

Sharks swim in canals as Australia grapples with cyclone aftermath

<p>Cyclone Alfred made landfall yesterday</p>
Voices

No country is rich enough to save itself from cyclones like Alfred

<p>Energex crews clear a fallen tree following the passage of tropical cyclone Alfred</p>
Australasia

Ex-Cyclone Alfred: 300,000 homes without power in Australia

<p>Energex crews clear a fallen tree following the passage of tropical cyclone Alfred</p>
Australasia

Ex-Cyclone Alfred: 300,000 homes without power in Australia

<p>File: A Jetstar aircraft is seen in Sydney</p>
News & Advice

Passengers overpower teenager ‘brandishing gun’ on Australia flight

<p>Lithuanian rower Aurimas Mockus (L) and his wife Sonata Mockuviene embrace after reuniting at HMAS Kuttabul naval base in Sydney, Australia, 07 March 2025. The Australian Navy rescued Aurimas Mockus after being caught in Tropical Cyclone Alfred off the Queensland coast</p>
News

Rower trapped for three days in Cyclone Alfred reunited with wife

<p>A fallen gum tree at a house on Australia’s Gold Coast</p>
Australasia

How to cyclone-proof your home to prevent it being ripped apart

<p>Muri beach on Rarotonga, the largest island of the Cook Islands</p>
Australasia

Amid China fears, New Zealand is ramping up its scrutiny of a key ally

<p>Chris Hemsworth and Isla Fisher</p>
Lifestyle

Ice Cube, Isla Fisher, Chris Hemsworth caught up in cyclone Alfred

<p>Cyclone Alfred tracker</p>
Australasia

Mapped: When and where will Tropical Cyclone Alfred make landfall?

<p>A group evade a crashing wave on 6 March 2025 in Tweed Heads, Australia</p>
Weather

Cyclone Alfred: What is making the storm unusual?

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News

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowing down – here’s why it matters

<p>Qantas and Jetstar are offering passengers the choice to change their flights due to the cyclone affecting travel</p>
News & Advice

Flights cancelled as several airports shut amid Cyclone Alfred threat

Australasia

Watch live: Cyclone Alfred nears Australia’s central east coast

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