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Lionel Messi announces international retirement

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Court says India must uphold Pakistan water treaty

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Nepal-Tibet flash floods

Catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed more than 1,000 people, with thousands still missing.

How China buried Tibet flood images after Nepal disaster

Nepal floods test PM Balen's young government

Nepal floods trap hundreds in hydropower tunnels

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Niger's failed coup exposes cracks in the military

The failed coup in Niger over the weekend has exposed a divided army — and the junta's growing dependence on Russia.

Asia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025

Putin-Modi meeting at SCO: Can Russia-India ties hold?

At the SCO summit, Russia's Putin and India's Modi seek to manage ties as US pressure grows on both countries.

Germany

Chancellor Friedrich Merz sits across from ARD journalist Markus Preiss during a televised interview in Berlin

Fact check: Germany's Merz misstates record in ARD interview

Chancellor Merz made several misleading claims in his summer interview with German public broadcaster ARD.

Europe

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem pose on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival 2017.

At Venice Film Festival, politics take center stage

With works about Gaza, Ukraine and Elon Musk, political cinema is in the spotlight at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.

Middle East

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Fighting Iran war, can US military sustain a long conflict?

The Iran war is stretching US forces and depleting weapons stockpiles. Does the US have the resources to keep fighting?

North America

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks as he announces a 1.3 billion contract for icebreakers at the Davie shipyard in Levis, Quebec on August 24, 2026

Tariffs spat: Carney bets Canada can defy Trump

Canada is facing new US import penalties after Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to match US tariffs on China.

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Voters in Saxony-Anhalt go to the polls on September 6 in an election that could see the far-right Alternative for Germany govern a German state for the first time.

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A visitor stands near an art installation by Galam Zulkifli portraying country Presidents China's Xi Jinping, US Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin blurred into one

With multilateralism in decline, what's next for the world?

As nations search for a new world order, some may gain influence and power, while others have much to lose.

A man holding four dried sea cucumbers in his hands in a store

Inside the sea cucumber smuggling boom

A quiet black market is exploding across the Indian Ocean, driven by one unlikely animal: the sea cucumber.

Banners and flags promoting diversity and human dignity fly outside Magdeburg cathedral on, August 20, 2026

German churches warn against AfD ahead of state election

As the AfD party leads polls in Saxony-Anhalt, church leaders warn against its "ethnonationalist" agenda.

A drone sprays white clouds of pesticides over a bright green rice field

EU wants drones to spray pesticides, but it could backfire

The EU wants to lift a ban on spraying pesticides from the air. But experts warn that could trigger more pesticide use.

Cars and trucks cross a bridge over the Rhine river on the Autobahn 48 highway near Bendorf, Germany. There is little water in the river.

Can businesses navigate the Rhine's new reality?

Businesses are now being forced to plan around repeated low-water periods and an increasingly unpredictable river.

Girls seen studying at a government school in India, seated on the ground in an outdoor courtyard writing in notebooks (May 9, 2025)

India's citizen-led school audits test limits of activism

The "Cockroach" movement's campaign for accountability at government schools is facing resistance from authorities.

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Movie star and style icon: Zendaya turns 30

In the spotlight for over 15 years, the star of "Spider-Man" and "The Odyssey" is also renowned for her outfits.

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Ailing Djokovic 'despised' every moment of US Open defeat

Could time — or an unknown health condition — be catching up with the Serbian tennis legend?

A round, golden-brown baked empanada rests on a table. A large slice has been cut out and pulled slightly forward, revealing a filling of vegetables and other ingredients, while a kitchen or bakery is softly blurred in the background.

Empanadas are a popular on-the-go snack

Empanadas, stuffed pastries from Spain and South America, come in many different variations.

Four Black people, including ballroom performer Hanabi from Paris, stand outdoors in front of a building with greenery in the background. They are standing close together, with some hugging another while posing for a photograph.

Queer Black people find family in Paris ballroom scene

The ballroom subculture in Paris gives queer Black people the chance to express their identities through dance.

Museum goers inside the golden room which holds the French Crown Jewels in the Louvre Museum in Paris a photograph from January 6, 2022

Europe's museum heists: New tactics, new targets

Europol has warned museum thefts are growing more violent as organized crime groups target Europe's cultural treasures.

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What's daily life like in Malta?

You may know the Mediterranean island of Malta as a vacation spot. But what's it like to live there as a young adult?

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