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At a swearing in ceremony for Ukrainian fighters formally joining the Da Vinci Wolves battalion at the memorial of the battalion’s former leader, Dmytro Kotsiubailo in Kyiv on March 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Ukraine loses access to US government-purchased satellite imagery as aid cuts deepen

This court sketch created on March 6, 2025, shows retired French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec (right) answering a question of French plaintiffs’ lawyer Francesca Satta during his trial on charges of assaulting or raping 299 patients, at the Criminal Court in Vannes. — AFP pic

French paedophile ex-surgeon on trial for abusing 300 patients, says preyed on son’s friends

Palestinian officials denounced the partial burning of a historic mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, which they said had been carried out during a raid by Israeli armed forces. — AFP pic

Israeli forces accused of burning Nablus mosque during raid, obstructing firefighting efforts

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years. — Reuters pic

South Carolina man executed by firing squad, first in the US in 15 years

A nun prays near the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis continues his treatment, in Rome. — Reuters pic

Pope Francis faces long road to recovery as medical experts warn of challenges from double pneumonia

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Friday endorsed an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, two ministers told AFP. — AFP pic

OIC backs Egyptian alternative to Trump’s controversial Gaza takeover

One-year-old River Jacobs getting his MMR vaccine in Texas. — AFP pic

Authorities issue travel alert after two dead, nearly 230 sickened in US measles outbreak

A bird flies near the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, February 25, 2025. Large swaths of the US government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass detailed spending legislation that would keep agencies running. — Reuters pic

Here’s why the US govt may shut down on March 14 if Congress doesn’t act

US President Donald Trump reacts in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C. March 6, 2025. — Reuters pic

Rattled markets, negative polls: Honeymoon over for Trump as White House return marred by economic challenges, high prices and Musk’s influence

A Mexican National Guard officer patrols at a high point of El Nido de las Aguilas in eastern Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on March 5, 2025, on the Mexican side of the Mexico-US border. — AFP pic

Barbed wire and patrols: Two armies unite to stop Mexico-US migration

A view shows a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2025. — Reuters pic

Russia launches missile barrage on Ukraine after US cuts military aid

Passengers wait inside the departure hall as traffic has been disrupted at the Gare du Nord train station following the discovery of an unexploded bomb dating back to World War Two 2.5km from the train station, in the middle of the train tracks in Paris March 7, 2025. — Reuters pic

Unexploded WWII bomb halts traffic at Paris’ Gare du Nord train station, leaving thousands stranded

A fallen tree sits across a road in front of buildings in Coolangatta on March 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Australians told to ‘prepare for worst’ as tropical cyclone lashes east coast, leaving 80,000 homes without power

Supporters of arrested and impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol wave the national flags as they gather outside the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang. — AFP pic

South Korea's impeached president Yoon remains in custody despite court cancelling arrest warrant

This photograph taken on March 6, 2025 shows the member nation flags in the Cour d'Honneur of the The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels. — AFP pic

‘If they don’t pay, I won’t defend them’: Trump doubles down on Nato spending demands

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi takes questions at a press conference during the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Beijing slams US tariffs as ‘repaying kindness with resentment’, warns of global chaos with ‘law of the jungle’