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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, walks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto while inspecting a honor guard before their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 15, 2025
Round-up / 15 May 2025
World in brief: May 15 2025
15 May 2025
Palestinians evacuate after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for several schools and a hospital in Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood, May 14, 2025
Gaza Genocide / 15 May 2025
Israeli air strikes kill more than 50 people in Khan Younis in second consecutive night of bombing
15 May 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks to journalists as he arrives at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, May 15, 2025
Russia-Ukraine / 15 May 2025
Putin skips direct peace talks with Zelensky in Turkey
15 May 2025

Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment

Argentina's President Javier Milei greets supporters during the closing campaign rally for Manuel Adorni, a contender in the upcoming elections for the Buenos Aires city legislature, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14, 2025
Argentina / 15 May 2025
Javier Milei's government orders immigration crackdown
15 May 2025
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (right) and her colleagues from Te Pāti Māori, talk to reporters following a protest inside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, November 14, 2024
Indigenous Rights / 15 May 2025
New Zealand's Parliament to debate suspending Maori politicians for protest haka
15 May 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 20, 2025
Maga Diplomacy / 15 May 2025
Trump and Ramaphosa to meet next week after US takes in white South Africans as ‘refugees’
15 May 2025
Supporters walk alongside the casket of former President Jose Mujica during his funeral procession from the presidential palace to the National Assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 14, 2025
National Mourning / 15 May 2025
Uruguay bids farewell to former president ‘Pepe’ Mujica
15 May 2025
Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti (second from left) argues with senators who voted against a labour reform referendum proposed by the government, in Bogota, Colombia, May 14, 2025
Latin America / 15 May 2025
Colombian politicians reject president's call for labour reform referendum
15 May 2025

President hoped to give voters chance to decide on 8-hour work days and double pay for holiday work

A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across Gaza City on May 6, 2025
Palestine / 14 May 2025
Workers across Britain to take part in day of action for Palestine
14 May 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement during an official visit to the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Puurs, Belgium, Friday, April 23, 2021
World / 14 May 2025
World in brief: May 14, 2025
14 May 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his opening speech during the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States at China National Convention Center in Beijing, May 13, 2025
China / 14 May 2025
President Xi calls for deepening co-operation with Latin American and Caribbean nations
14 May 2025
Indian soldiers patrol as a street vendor takes a nap after India and Pakistan reported no incidents of firing overnight, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May 12, 2025
India / 14 May 2025
India hits back at Trump claim that trade deal was behind ceasefire with Pakistan
14 May 2025
Bolivian President Luis Arce gives a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, April 7, 2025
Bolivia / 14 May 2025
Bolivia's President Arce quits re-election race
14 May 2025
Rescue team members work at the site of a plane crash at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea on December 31, 2024
South Korea / 14 May 2025
Families of South Korean plane tragedy victims file complaint against 15 officials
14 May 2025
In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. Photo: Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP
Syria / 14 May 2025
Trump meets with Syria's jihadist president
14 May 2025
Members of the general prosecutor's office and the Navy stand guard near a vehicle involved in a shootout in Veracruz, Mexico, May 12, 2025
World / 13 May 2025
World in brief: May 13, 2025
13 May 2025
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speak during a meeting at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025
Saudi Arabia / 13 May 2025
Trump and MBS sign agreements worth billions in first ME tour stop
13 May 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 13, 2025
Ukraine / 13 May 2025
Zelensky will wait for Putin in Turkey for face-to-face peace talks
13 May 2025
Colleagues carry the body of Palestinian journalist Hassan Essliah for burial after he was killed by an Israeli army strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 13, 2025
World / 13 May 2025
Palestinian journalist killed as Israel bombs another hospital
13 May 2025
Visitors walk past Nissan signage at Nissan headquarters in Yokohama, May 13, 2025
World / 13 May 2025
Nissan to cut 20,000 Jobs and close plants amid mounting losses
13 May 2025
A Libyan soldier takes a rest near a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Libya / 13 May 2025
Deadly clashes erupt in Tripoli following militia leader’s killing
13 May 2025
Participants of a demonstration of Reich citizens carry black and white and others in Potsdam, Germany, November 14, 2020
Germany / 13 May 2025
German police arrest 'Reich Citizen' members
13 May 2025
First responders carry a body at the site of a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria, the city that served as the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, Sept. 7, 2019
World / 12 May 2025
World in brief: May 12, 2025
12 May 2025
Displaced Palestinians purchase ground lentils as a substitute for making bread due to a shortage of flour in the Gaza Strip, in Khan Younis, May 11, 2025
Palestine / 12 May 2025
Gaza likely to fall under full famine, says aid group
12 May 2025
Trucks move near a vessel loading containers at a container terminal in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province on May 11, 2025
Economics / 12 May 2025
China and the US agree temporary roll back on trade tariffs
12 May 2025
An Indian soldier drinks water as he guards after India and Pakistan reported no incidents of firing overnight, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May 12, 2025
World / 12 May 2025
Calm prevails on the Kashmir front
12 May 2025
Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025
World / 12 May 2025
Kurdish PKK announce plan to disband
12 May 2025
People line up at a voting station during a general election where Socialist Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania's prime minister in Tirana, Albania, May 11, 2025
World / 12 May 2025
Albanian socialists set for general election win
12 May 2025
In this photo released by Argentina's Supreme Court on May 11, 2025, documents associated with the Nazi regime sit in boxes found by staffers in the court's archives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as they prepared a museum of historical records Photo: Argentina Supreme Court via AP
Latin America / 12 May 2025
Argentinian court unearths archives linked to Nazis
12 May 2025
Panama's former President Ricardo Martinelli waves to supporters during a campaign rally, in Panama City, Feb. 3, 2024
Round-up / 11 May 2025
World in brief: May 11, 2025
11 May 2025
Relatives mourn at the funeral of Raj Thapa, a senior bureaucrat who was killed in Pakistani shelling in Rajouri, in Jammu, India, May 11, 2025
South Asia / 11 May 2025
Fragile ceasefire takes hold in India and Pakistan conflict
11 May 2025
From left: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz make a call to US President Donald Trump from Kyiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2025
Ukraine / 11 May 2025
Zelensky welcomes direct peace talks with Russia but wants a ceasefire first
11 May 2025
Mohannad Al-Agha holds the body of his niece, Zeina Al- Agha (2) who was killed in by an Israeli air strike, during, her funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 11, 2025
Middle East / 12 May 2025
Israeli air attacks on Gaza kill at least 10 Palestinians
12 May 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025
International Trade / 11 May 2025
Tariff talks take place between China and the US
11 May 2025
Relatives mourn at the funeral of Raj Thapa, a senior bureaucrat who was killed in Pakistani shelling in Rajouri, in Jammu, India, May 11, 2025
South Asia / 11 May 2025
Bangladesh interim government bans former ruling party of Hasina
11 May 2025
Palestinians collect water in jerrycans at a distribution point west of Gaza City, Sunday, May 11, 2025
Palestine / 11 May 2025
Norwegian unions vote for economic boycott of Israel
11 May 2025
First row from left: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II
WWII / 9 May 2025
World leaders in Moscow to mark 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat
9 May 2025
Relatives comfort a Kashmiri women waiting for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 9, 2025
South Asia / 9 May 2025
India and Pakistan exchange heavy fire across the Kashmir frontier
9 May 2025
Ward Nar (left) reacts as she speaks with the photographer after returning empty-handed from attempting to receive donated food for her family, including her husband Mohammed Zaharna (centre right) and their children, Sally (right) and Raed, at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 9, 2025
Palestine / 9 May 2025
Aid workers slam plans by US contractors to take over Gaza aid distribution
9 May 2025
A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland,
Imperialism / 9 May 2025
Denmark calls out the US for spying over Greenland
9 May 2025
Students and teachers protest the government's decision to sign a memorandum of understanding on security cooperation with the U.S. that they believe violates their nation's sovereignty in Panama City, Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Latin America / 9 May 2025
Panamanian president refuses to renegotiate new US Panama Canal deal
9 May 2025
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV (centre) leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, May 9, 2025
Vatican / 9 May 2025
Pope Leo XIV leads his first mass as leader of the Catholic church
9 May 2025
This frame grab from a video provided May 8, 2025, shows smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes that targeted hilltops near Nabatieh town, south Lebanon
Round-up / 8 May 2025
World in brief: May 8, 2025
8 May 2025
Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023
Climate Crisis / 8 May 2025
Brazil calls for stronger global climate governance ahead of Cop30
8 May 2025
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on May 8, 2025, a rescue worker helps an injured elderly woman evacuated from a building which was heavily damaged by a Russian strike in Sumy region, Ukraine
War / 8 May 2025
Russia and Ukraine trade blame over violations on first day of ceasefire
8 May 2025
A student and a teacher carry study material at UNRWA Girls School run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, May 8, 2025
West Bank / 8 May 2025
Israel shuts down six UN-run schools in East Jerusalem
8 May 2025
A Kashmiri village boy walks inside a house damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling, at Salamabad village in Uri ,north of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 8, 2025
Kashmir / 8 May 2025
India and Pakistan exchange drone strikes and heavy fire amid escalating tensions
8 May 2025
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 5, 2025
Palestine / 8 May 2025
Gaza aid kitchens shut down as Israeli blockade fuels hunger crisis
8 May 2025
A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York, May 6, 2024
US / 8 May 2025
Dozens arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Columbia University library
8 May 2025
Cardinals adjust their mitre hats during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025
Round-up / 7 May 2025
World in brief: May 7, 2025
7 May 2025
Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025
Sudan Civil War / 7 May 2025
Explosions hit Port Sudan for fourth day, threatening vital aid lifeline
7 May 2025
Palestinian Maha Elayan weeps as she embraces the body of her seven-year-old son, Qasim, who was killed by an overnight Israeli air strike on a UN school used as a shelter, ahead of his burial at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025
Palestine / 7 May 2025
Dozens more dead in Gaza as Israel prepares to escalate ethnic cleansing
7 May 2025
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, May 6, 2025
Human Rights / 7 May 2025
Trump administration plans Libya deportations despite rights concerns and legal challenges
7 May 2025
Debris of an aircraft lie in the compound of a mosque at Pampore in Pulwama district of Indian controlled Kashmir, May 7, 2025
Kashmir / 7 May 2025
India launches strikes into Pakistan as tensions over Kashmir escalate
7 May 2025
A municipal worker clear the rubble from a balcony of a residential building damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 7, 2025
Kiev / 7 May 2025
Deadly strikes hit Russia and Ukraine ahead of planned ceasefire
7 May 2025
A Del Mar lifeguard looks over a capsized boat on the beach at Torrey Pines State beach in San Diego, California, May 5, 2025
US / 7 May 2025
Five charged after fatal San Diego migrant boat tragedy that killed Indian child and left sister missing
7 May 2025
A Greek policeman gives instructions as migrants whose boat stalled at sea while crossing from Turkey to Greece approach the shore of the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 20, 2015
World / 6 May 2025
World in brief: May 6, 2025
6 May 2025
Yemenis watch as smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes targeting a power plant and Sanaa Airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, May 6, 2025
World / 6 May 2025
Israel attacks Yemen's international airport
6 May 2025
Leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz is applauded after being elected new chancellor at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, May 6, 2025
World / 6 May 2025
Merz becomes German Chancellor hours after historic defeat
6 May 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a signing ceremony in which Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (left) and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (right) pledge to work toward a peace deal on April 25, 2025
World / 6 May 2025
Draft peace proposal agreed between Congo and Rwanda
6 May 2025
Bangladesh's ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia leaves from airport in a car after she arrived from London, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 6, 2025
World / 6 May 2025
Former Bangladeshi PM Zia sparks pressure for early elections
6 May 2025
Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025
World / 6 May 2025
Sudanese paramilitaries launch drone attack on Port Sudan
6 May 2025
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe waves before a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 9, 2021
World / 6 May 2025
Togo coalition vows to step up opposition to the president's 'constitutional coup'
6 May 2025
Supporters of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir chant slogans during an anti-India demonstration, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, May 5, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
UN Security Council set for talks on India and Pakistan crisis
5 May 2025
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), speaks during the election party at the party's headquarters in Berlin Germany, Feb. 23, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
World in brief: May 5, 2025
5 May 2025
Displaced Palestinians walk through a makeshift tent camp in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, May 5, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
US enables Israel's plans to permanently occupy Gaza, say activists
5 May 2025
Sudanese army officers inspect a recently discovered weapons storage site belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan, May 3, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
Top UN court dismisses Sudan's claim the UAE breached Genocide Convention
5 May 2025
Presidential candidate George Simion addresses supporters via video link after polls closed for the first round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 4, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
Far-right Simion wins first round of Romanian presidential election
5 May 2025
A man and his son traverse a road in the Kenscoff neighborhood, which has seen residents evacuating due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 21, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
Haitians call for the country's prime minister and transitional council to resign
5 May 2025
Municipal workers clean up around burnt cars in the residential area following Russia's drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 4, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
Putin hopes that the use of nuclear weapons will not be necessary in Ukraine
5 May 2025
An Israeli army tank maneuvers in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel, May 4, 2025
World / 4 May 2025
More horror in store for Gaza
4 May 2025

Ministers vote to escalate war on starving Palestinians

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a group photo ceremony prior to Outreach/BRICS Plus format session at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, October 24, 2024
World / 4 May 2025
World in brief: May 4, 2025
4 May 2025