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This photo taken on February 24, 2025 shows Yuki Niimi, the widow of Tomomitsu Niimi who was executed in 2018 along with other former members of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo for their roles in the 1995 sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo metro system, posing with a photo of her husband (front) with cult leader Shoko Asahara, following an interview with AFP in Osaka. Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband — at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed, and kissed him in a coffin. — AFP pic

Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. — Reuters pic

Trump to discuss Ukraine war and ceasefire proposal with Putin tomorrow

Protesters march toward the Constitutional Court during a demonstration against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul today. — AFP pic

Protests mount as Constitutional Court delays verdict on impeached South Korean President Yoon

Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologises during a press conference amid backlash over 100,000-yen gift vouchers, as his approval ratings hit a record low. — Reuters pic

Japan PM defends gift vouchers as support for his govt drops to lowest level since taking office

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to Washington, DC, from Florida. — AFP pic

Trump administration begins mass layoffs at Voice of America, sparking concerns over US media influence

This screengrab from footage shared by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on March 15, 2025 shows a US Air Force F/A-18 fighter aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier at sea reportedly amidst operations launched against Houthis in Yemen. — AFP pic

Houthi rebels claim attack on US aircraft carrier after strikes kill senior leaders in Yemen

SpaceX Crew Dragon craft arrived at the ISS yesterday. — AFP pic

SpaceX Crew Dragon to bring home stranded Nasa astronauts on Tuesday after nine-month ordeal

Washington is currently weighing whether to “decertify” Colombia as a partner in the battle against drugs, a move that could restrict millions in US military aid and be a hammer blow to Colombia’s reputation. — Reuters pic

Colombia warns Trump administration against blacklisting, says it will worsen US cocaine crisis

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrived in New Dehli today. — AFP pic

Luxon, Modi to meet as India and New Zealand agree to resume stalled trade agreement talks

In this file photo taken on April 24, 2024 German soldiers stand in front of a Boxer military vehicle, a new type of armoured personnel carrier, at the Julius Leber Barracks in Berlin. — AFP file pic

Conscription revival? Europe debates mandatory service in wake of Russia’s war and Trump’s security stance

Houthi supporters hold up their weapons during a protest against Israel's blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa March 11, 2025. — Reuters pic

Explainer: Who are Yemen’s Houthis, and why are they under US attack as Trump launches major strikes?

Backers of carbon capture and storage are emphasising compatibility with President Trump’s energy development goals as they seek to protect hard-won US policies from the administration’s climate chopping block. — Reuters pic

Carbon capture industry adapts message to align with Trump’s climate stance

File picture of German police officers standing behind a sign that reads ‘Federal police’ in Saarbruecken March 16, 2020. A woman was doused in petrol and set alight by an unknown assailant on a tram in the eastern German city of Gera today, police said. — Reuters pic

Police: Woman severely injured after being doused with petrol, set on fire on German tram

Barkat Ullah (R), father of Abrar Fahad, speaks to the media after the High Court’s verdict. — AFP pic

Bangladesh court upholds death sentence of 20 students in 2019 murder case

This screengrab made from a NASA livestream shows the SpaceX Dragon Crew-10 members (C, in dark blue) NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, clapping after entering the International Space Station flanked by NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Don Pettit and Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov, Alexey Ochinin and Ivan Vagner, on March 16. — AFP

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS to reach stranded astronauts

Armed Yemenis shout slogans and raise their weapons during a protest against Israel's decision to block aid into the Gaza Strip in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on March 11. — AFP pic

Iran says US has ‘no authority’ to dictate policy after Trump demands end to Huthi support