Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten on Friday claimed victory in a knife-edge election over far-right head Geert Wilders, saying his surprise success showed populist movements could be beaten in Europe.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth yesterday took aim at Beijing over an increase in “destabilising actions” in the South China Sea and committed to supporting Southeast Asian countries with technology to help them respond jointly to Chinese threats.

Nineteen people have been rescued and an unknown number are still missing

Election commission declares Hassan winner with nearly 98% of votes

The stolen loot remains missing

The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors

As of last year, undocumented migrants are unable to apply for work in Finland

US President Donald Trump appeared to issue a lifeline Friday for low-income Americans reliant on food aid, saying he does not want them to "go hungry" a day before some 42 million people could lose their monthly assistance

Journalists are now barred if they do not have prior approval to access the area in Upper Press

About 23 million years ago, a species of rhinoceros - similar in size to the modern Indian rhino but lacking a horn - made its home in the challenging environment of the Canadian High Arctic, which at the time was warmer than it is now but still experienced snow and months of wintertime darkness.

Israeli warplanes and artillery continued to strike Khan Younis in southern Gaza yesterday, killing three people despite Israel’s claim that it rejoined the ceasefire two days earlier.

US President Donald Trump set the refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, the lowest cap on record, a White House document published on Thursday said, part of a broader effort to reshape refugee policies in the US and worldwide.

The United Nations yesterday urged the United States to halt strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific allegedly carrying drug traffickers, and to prevent “extrajudicial killings”.

Tanzania’s main opposition party said yesterday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections across the country this week, as the government said it was restoring order after “isolated incidents”.

The International Committee of the Red Cross’s director-general told AFP yesterday that humanitarian workers were being increasingly targeted in Gaza and in Sudan, where five Red Crescent volunteers were killed this week.

Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The RSF has dismissed past accusations of abuses, and have made counter-accusations against the Sudanese army

Account is latest sign of widespread abuses

Pheu Thai members elected Julapun Amornvivat, a former deputy finance minister

China and Canada’s leaders opened on Friday their first formal talks since 2017, with Xi Jinping meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea, Chinese state media reported..Canada’s relations with China are among the worst of any Western nation but both are at the sharp end of Donald