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Prime Minister Kamel Madouri was sacked last night. — AFP pic

Tunisian President fires Prime Minister Kamel Madouri amid economic crisis, appoints Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, will become one of the few women leaders in the region when she is inaugurated at a ceremony to be attended by heads of states of neighbouring countries including Angola and South Africa. — Reuters pic

Nandi-Ndaitwah makes history as Namibia’s first woman president, vows to tackle youth unemployment

Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on March 21, 2025, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in the archipelago nation’s east erupted, shooting dark ash 8km into the sky. — AFP pic

Indonesia volcano eruption grounds flights from Bali, including one to Kuala Lumpur

A boy looks on as he eats at a camp sheltering displaced Palestinians set up at a landfill in the Yarmuk area in Gaza City yesterday. — AFP pic

Israel intensifies Gaza offensive with expanded ground operations and airstrikes, civilian toll rises

Fire, which wiped out power and closed Heathrow Airport, rises at the North Hyde Electricity Substation in Hayes, Britain in this handout picture released on March 21, 2025. — Picture courtesy of London Fire Brigade

Huge fire closes UK’s Heathrow Airport for one day, global flight schedules disrupted

Kim Jong Un watches North Korea test-fire its latest anti-aircraft missile system in a drill. — AFP pic

North Korea test-fires anti-aircraft missile as Kim Jong Un lashes out at US-South Korea drills

US President Donald Trump has demanded that the Supreme Court intervene.— Reuters pic

Trump demands Supreme Court end injunctions blocking deportations, warns of ‘serious trouble’

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the States.” — AFP pic

Trump signs order to dismantle US Education Department, vows to return control to states

US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025. — AFP pic

Gold-plated coasters, gold-framed mugshot: Inside Trump’s Oval Office, blinged out for American ‘Golden Age’

A woman carrying a flag speaks to Israeli security forces as they try to disperse a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for an end to the war in Gaza on March 19, 2025. — AFP pic

As Israel breaches ceasefire and intensifies Gaza attacks with no restraint from US, what options are left for Hamas?

A full moon sets during a total lunar eclipse, as people walk on Sea Point promenade, in Cape Town, South Africa, March 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

From AI-generated videos to ‘white genocide’ claims: The rise of fake news in Africa after Trump’s comeback

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum waves after speaking during a ceremony to mark the 87th anniversary of oil expropriation in Mexico City on March 18, 2025. — AFP pic

‘The Trump whisperer’: How Mexican president Sheinbaum is handling US counterpart better than other world leaders

(From left) Philippine Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Juanito Remulla, police Brigadier General Nicolas Torre, Chief of the Philippine National Police Rommel Marbil and Philippine National Police Spokesperson Jean Fajardo attend a hearing of the Committee of Foreign Affairs. — AFP pic

Philippine senators grill officials over Duterte’s ICC arrest, justice minister denies prior coordination

Employees of Tokyo Metro observe a moment of silence in the office at Kasumigaseki Station to mark 30 years since the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in Tokyo on March 20, 2025. — AFP pic

Japan marks 30 years since deadly Tokyo sarin attack today, as victims warn cult remains active

Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters in Ottawa yesterday that China had executed four Canadian citizens in recent weeks, defying pleas from Ottawa for leniency. — AFP pic

China defends execution of four Canadians, says it acted ‘in accordance with the law’

A supporter of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol prays for the dismissal of his impeachment ahead of the verdict near the Constitutional Court in Seoul. — AFP

South Korean MP egged outside court amid tensions over impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's fate