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Iraq's holy cities host funeral processions for Khamenei

US, Iran trade strikes in new threat to ceasefire

Pacific nation of Tuvalu condemns Chinese missile launch into Pacific

Rescuers search for missing in China storms after 100,000 evacuated

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Ex-Australia cricketer MacGill loses appeal against cocaine conviction

Cambodia wants to bring tigers back, but should it?

Oil prices extend rally as US strikes on Iran revive geopolitical fears

Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools

Iraq's holy cities to host funeral processions for Khamenei

Ecuador's Death Canal: watery grave for victims of gang violence

In Venezuela's quake ruins, a baby is born

'Unique event': Solar eclipse fever fills empty Spain

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Unexpected economic twist

AI and the Future of Wealth

Fentanyl trade unravels

Turkish police fire tear gas, arrest hundreds at Istanbul May Day rallies

Turkish police on Friday fired tear gas and arrested hundreds of people holding May Day demonstrations in Istanbul, as thousands rallied nationwide.

Lufthansa apologises for lost Oscar after US airport security row

German airline Lufthansa on Friday said it had apologised to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin for losing his Oscar statuette after US airport security banned him from taking it on a flight from New York.

French hub monitors Hormuz tensions from afar

A dozen members of the French navy scour screens for blinking lights indicating movement thousands of kilometres away near the Strait of Hormuz.

Flick happy Raphinha back for Barca with title in sight

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick celebrated the return of winger Raphinha from injury on Friday as the Catalans close in on the Spanish title.

UN troubled by rejected appeal of Cambodian opposition leader

The UN rights chief said Friday he was "deeply concerned" by a Cambodian court rejecting the appeal of detained opposition leader Kem Sokha against his nearly three-decade sentence for treason.

Activists on Gaza aid flotilla detained by Israel disembark in Crete

Dozens of activists on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Crete disembarked on Friday in the Greek island, an AFP journalist saw.

Suspect appears in UK court charged with attacking two Jewish men

A 45-year-old man appeared in a UK court Friday charged with stabbing two Jewish men in north London earlier this week, in the latest attack to rock Britain's Jewish community.

Oil steady after wild swing, stocks diverge in thin trading

Oil prices steadied and stocks diverged Friday in thin holiday trading, as investors awaited the next move in the Middle East crisis and digested corporate earnings.

Lufthansa says searching for Oscar lost after US airport security row

German airline Lufthansa on Friday said it was searching for an Oscar statuette belonging to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin after reports US airport security banned him from taking it on a flight from New York.

Howe says Saudi backers are fully behind Newcastle

Eddie Howe said Friday he was certain that Newcastle's Saudi backers remain firmly behind the club's efforts to establish itself as one of the best in the world.

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