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All 133 cardinals voting in conclave are now in Rome: Vatican 05 May 2025 - 03:34 pm
A friar walks in St Peter's square in The Vatican, on May 4, 2025. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
Belgian mother and son die in Jordan floods: authorities 05 May 2025 - 03:30 pm
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Spain's blackout highlights renewables' grid challenge 05 May 2025 - 03:01 pm
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Francis's popemobile converted into clinic for Gazan children 05 May 2025 - 01:54 pm
Pope Francis waves to the crowd, from his popemobile, as he arrives at the Manger Square before presiding over an open-air mass on May 25, 2014 outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank Biblical town of Bethlehem. Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP
France, EU leaders spearhead effort to lure US scientists 05 May 2025 - 12:31 pm
(From L) French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva listen to the speech delivered by France's Minister in charge of Higher Education and Research Philippe Baptiste during the
15 Palestinians killed, several injured as Israel bombs house in Gaza 04 May 2025 - 11:25 pm
A Palestinian inspects the damage following overnight Israeli strikes, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 4, 2025.  (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
US Fed expected to pause rate cuts again, await clarity on tariffs 04 May 2025 - 10:58 pm
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Jordan evacuates tourists from Petra after flood hits 04 May 2025 - 10:05 pm
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Zelensky says does 'not believe' Russian truce promises 04 May 2025 - 09:56 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
Iran revises port blast death toll to 57, arrests two over safety failures 04 May 2025 - 09:54 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent (IRCS) on April 28, 2025, shows thick black smoke billowing at the scene of a massive explosion two days earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. (Photo by Iranian Red Crescent / AFP)
Despite tensions, weddings go on in Pakistan's Kashmir border 04 May 2025 - 09:42 pm
Groom Chaudhry Junaid with his bride, Rabia Bibi, during their wedding ceremony in Ashkot village on the Line of Control (LoC) in Neelum Valley, district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
South Africa troops exit from DR Congo to be completed this month, says general 04 May 2025 - 09:02 pm
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Trump claims credit for 'good parts' of economy, blames Biden for rest 04 May 2025 - 08:40 pm
President Donald Trump exits the Oval Office for an event for the National Day of Prayer in the Rose Garden on Thursday. MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post
Malta offers to repair Gaza aid ship in drone strike row 04 May 2025 - 08:33 pm
Palestinians queue for a hot meal at a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 4, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Muslim World League condemns targeting of critical infrastructure, facilities in Sudan 04 May 2025 - 08:22 pm
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Three dead, 60 hospitalised in China boat disasters: state media 04 May 2025 - 07:03 pm
People carry out search and rescue operation at the site where two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 4, 2025. Xinhua
Bolsonaro leaves hospital three weeks after abdominal surgery 04 May 2025 - 05:59 pm
Former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the DF Star clinic in Brasilia on May 4, 2025, three weeks after undergoing a 12-hour operation to treat an intestinal obstruction, a complication from a stab wound he suffered in 2018 during a campaign event weeks before he won the presidential election. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
WHO warns of serious deterioration in health conditions in Gaza Strip 04 May 2025 - 05:49 pm
Displaced Palestinian children play at a damaged lecture hall at the Islamic University campus in Gaza City on May 1, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP