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As Canada votes, Trump pushes US takeover plan

Canada was voting Monday for a new government to confront a trade war and annexation threats by President Donald Trump, who pushed for the United States to absorb its neighbor as polling stations opened.

Iranian president visits Azerbaijan as ties warm

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart in a rare visit to Baku, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the two neighbours.

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Behind the frontlines, Ukrainians find world of ways to help

Inside a packed warehouse in war-torn Ukraine, 35-year-old volunteer Roman Kolobochok said his friend on the frontline needed a sniper scope and he was going to find him one.

Taliban warns Pakistan after rocket attacks kill 5 Afghan children

The Taliban authorities warned Pakistan on Saturday after five children and a woman were killed in Afghanistan in alleged rocket attacks by the Pakistani military in a pre-dawn assault along the border.

Macron talks up green credentials ahead of French election

French President Emmanuel Macron promised to put the environmental at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend, in a speech in southern France on Saturday designed to appeal to young and green-minded voters.

Five Afghan children die in Pakistan rocket attacks: officials

At least five children and a woman were killed in an eastern Afghan province when the Pakistani military allegedly fired rockets along the border in a pre-dawn assault Saturday, officials said.

In Kyiv, a sunny respite from weeks of war

In a park in central Kyiv, a Ukrainian soldier ushers his wife and children against a backdrop of blooming magnolias, and lifting a phone, tells them to "smile!"

One dead after renewed Russian strikes shatter Kyiv calm

Russia stepped up air strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, killing at least one person at a tank factory a day after Moscow warned it would renew attacks following two weeks of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital.

In embattled Ukraine, spring flowers take on patriotic hues

In her garden in western Ukraine, Ivanna Kuziv, a retired accountant in her late 60s, gathers an armful of yellow daffodils and bluebells to sell at the market.

Russia shatters Kyiv calm with fresh strikes

Russia stepped up air strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, hitting another military factory a day after Moscow warned it would renew attacks following two weeks of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital.

Russia warns US of 'consequences' of Ukraine military aid: reports

Russia has formally complained to the United States over its military aid to Ukraine, warning of "unpredictable consequences" if shipments of advanced weaponry go forward, US media reported.

Myanmar rebel troupe takes aim at junta with folk satire

A troupe of Myanmar folk singers and satirists are taking their new show on a jungle tour, hoping to rally anti-coup fighters far from their families with barbs against the junta and jokes about home.

Belgium trial for alleged accomplices of 2015 Paris attacks

Fourteen people charged as accomplices to jihadists who carried out deadly bomb and gun attacks in Paris in 2015 will go on trial in Belgium from Tuesday.

Thousands join Pope for Good Friday service with Ukraine in mind

Thousands of faithful attended the "Way of the Cross" prayer service, presided over by Pope Francis at Rome's Colosseum on Friday, a ceremony overtaken by the war in Ukraine.

Russia hits Kyiv missile factory after flagship sunk

Russia pounded a Ukrainian rocket factory after losing an iconic warship in the Black Sea, as the Pentagon on Friday backed Kyiv's claim to have sunk the Moskva with cruise missiles.

Russian offensive hits home in eastern Ukraine

This is the spot where Sergei died. In the modest conservatory of his family home, a ground floor flat in Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv.

Russian warship hit by two Ukrainian missiles before sinking: Pentagon

Russia's Moskva warship was hit by two Ukrainian missiles before it sank in the Black Sea, a senior Pentagon official said Friday, calling it a "big blow" for Moscow.

Tech battles to show its worth in Ukraine war crimes probes

Russia's war in Ukraine is still being counted in days, but images of atrocities already number in the hundreds of thousands.

Lost warship dents Russian pride, navy capability

Russia's loss of its flagship cruiser Moskva represents a dent in the operational capabilities of the Russian navy and a severe wound to Russian pride at the height of the war against Ukraine, analysts say.

Five million people flee war in Ukraine

More than five million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, UN figures showed on Friday, in Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.

EU embargo on Russian oil, gas will take 'months'

The EU is working on broadening sanctions on Russia to include oil and gas embargoes but such measures would take "several months", European officials told AFP on Friday.

Russian strike hits missile unit outside Kyiv: AFP

A Ukrainian military factory outside Kyiv that produced missiles allegedly used to hit Russia's Moskva warship was partly destroyed by overnight Russian strikes, an AFP journalist at the scene saw Friday.

Russia hits Kyiv missile factory after Moskva flagship sinks

Russian strikes pounded a military factory near Kyiv that makes the missiles Ukraine claims it used to sink the Moskva naval flagship, with Moscow on Friday vowing further such attacks.

More than 150 hurt in Jerusalem clashes as religious festivals overlap

More than 150 people were wounded Friday in clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the first face-off in the area since the start of Ramadan.

Russia to step up Kyiv missile strikes after Moskva sinks

Moscow warned Friday it would step up missile attacks on Kyiv in response to what it said were sorties across the border, the day after its Black Sea naval flagship sank.

More than 100 hurt in Jerusalem clashes as religious festivals overlap

More than 100 people were wounded Friday in clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in fresh violence as Jewish and Christian festivals overlap with Ramadan.

North Korea celebrates founding leader's birthday

North Korea celebrated the birthday of its founding leader on Friday, state media reported, but mystery surrounded when a military parade -- at which the regime may unveil new weapons -- might happen.

Kosovo's underground LGBTQ community leads 'double life'

For Flamur and his gay partner, freedom is restricted to the four walls of a Pristina apartment. Only behind lock and key can they be themselves while the ultra-conservative society outside still brands their love "unnatural".

Clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem: medics, witnesses

Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday morning, medics and witnesses said.

Religious whipping marks Good Friday in the Philippines

Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith.

In Mariupol, destroyed buildings and fresh graves

Galina Vasilyeva looks around at the ruins of the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol that she once helped to build.

Twice exiled, Shakhtar Donetsk dream of war-torn home

They had already fled their home in eastern Ukraine for Kyiv when their shiny new stadium was battered by shelling in the first weeks of a Russian-backed insurgency in 2014.

Russian flagship sinks after Kyiv claims missile hit

Russia's Black Sea flagship sank Thursday after it was engulfed in an inferno that Ukraine said broke out in a missile strike -- as the Kremlin complained that Kyiv was targeting its citizens in sorties across the border.

Ukrainian forces cling on in devastated eastern town Popasna

Three soldiers enter the cellar of a partially destroyed building, part of Ukraine's tenacious resistance clinging on to the eastern town of Popasna in the face of fierce Russian shelling.

New aid convoys for Ethiopia's Tigray after truce

New aid convoys were in or on their way to Ethiopia's conflict-ravaged Tigray region Thursday, humanitarian agencies said, the latest deliveries to take advantage of a truce between the country's warring sides.

Biden touts US manufacturing know-how on trip to battleground state

President Joe Biden hailed US innovation Thursday on a visit to the south to promote his efforts to combat inflation, jumpstart high-tech manufacturing and return the United States to pole position in the global economy.

Ukrainian sappers defuse Russian minefield outside Kyiv

If you walk without watching your feet you might easily miss them, dinner plate sized anti-tank mines nestled in the muddy grassland of a riverbank north of Kyiv.

Ukraine claims missile strike on Russian warship engulfed in flames

Ukraine said Thursday it had hit Russia's Black Sea flagship in a rocket attack, igniting an inferno that Moscow said "seriously damaged" the warship as the Kremlin complained that Kyiv was targeting its citizens in sorties across the border.

Le Pen urges France to defeat 'elitist bloc' in Macron showdown

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday urged France to defeat elitism and oligarchy in elections this month, as she seeks to reach out to left-wing voters to beat President Emmanuel Macron.

Brazil's Petrobras names new CEO amid fuel price row with Bolsonaro

The board of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Thursday named Jose Mauro Coelho as its third CEO in just over a year after President Jair Bolsonaro fired his predecessors in a stand-off over fuel prices.

French police officers probe Bucha mass grave

A French police officer sends a drone up into the sky at Bucha near Ukraine's capital Kyiv to photograph a 14-metre-long grave where 70 bodies have been found.

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