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South Korea’s presidential candidates hold first heated debate 

18 May 2025

South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo, have held the first of three televi...

Pope Leo XIV meets Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after his inaugural Mass 

18 May 2025

Pope Leo XIV has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his inaugural Mass in the Vatican, where he delivered...

India’s space agency suffers setback as it fails to launch satellite 

18 May 2025

News|Space India’s space agency says it has failed to place the EOS-9 surveillance satellite into the intended orbit a...

Portugal holds its third election in three years 

18 May 2025

News|Elections Voting is under way in a general election in Portugal – its third vote in as many years – with immigr...

Indian professor held over remarks on military operation against Pakistan 

18 May 2025

A professor from an elite, private liberal-arts university in India has been arrested for a social media post about news...

At least 10 reported killed in suicide bomb blast in Somalia’s Mogadishu 

18 May 2025

Several people have been reported killed in a suicide bomb attack at an army recruitment centre in Somalia’s capital, ...

Photos: Tens of thousands join worldwide protests to mark Palestinian Nakba 

18 May 2025

Tens of thousands of people have rallied across the world in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s brutal war on ...

Poland votes in tight presidential election 

18 May 2025

Voters in Poland are casting their ballots to elect the next president in what is expected to be a close contest between...

Week in Pictures: From deadly storms in US to forced displacement in Gaza 

18 May 2025

Skip linksSkip to Content Gallery|Gaza Pilgrims march near the Colosseum carrying revered statues from Europe’s co...

‘Brutal crime’: Children burned to death as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza 

18 May 2025

The Israeli military has killed at least 125 Palestinians, including children sleeping in tents, as it unleashed a wave ...