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The new rules will require proof of citizenship to be presented — through documents such as a passport — when registering to vote in one’s state of residence. US states that fail to comply with the directive could see cuts to their federal election funding. — Reuters pic

Trump mandates citizenship proof for voting, critics cry foul

Servicemen of 39th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops in a front line, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine March 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

Russia, Ukraine agree to sea, energy truce; Washington seeks easing of sanctions

Palestinians make their way as they flee their homes, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip March 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

UAE president, Trump discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, state news agency says

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that unacceptable pressure is being placed on Greenland and Denmark, and that ‘we will resist’. — Reuters pic

Greenland ‘provocation’: US visit triggers Danish outrage

Police officers stand guard, as people take part in a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building, in Istanbul March 26, 2025. — Reuters pic

Turkiye sees largest protests in a decade as authorities detain 1,500

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures as she attends a no-confidence debate at the parliament in Bangkok March 24, 2025. — Reuters pic

Thai PM Paetongtarn faces no-confidence vote in parliament today after fiery debate

A man talks to his son on the phone under a streetlight on the road in front of his home as wildfires burn in Uiseong, South Korea, March 24, 2025. — AFP pic

South Korea wildfires kill 18 as government declares full-scale emergency

Columbia and Barnard faculty stage a protest and press conference to condemn the university’s concessions to the federal government and call for a defence of academic freedom and democracy at Columbia University in New York March 24, 2025. — Reuters pic

Judge blocks US from detaining pro-Palestinian Columbia student in deportation fight

Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg said that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth sent information in the Signal chat about targets, weapons and timing ahead of the strikes on March 15. Goldberg also revealed highly critical comments by top US officials about European allies. — Reuters pic

Trump shrugs off firestorm over leaked Yemen air strike chat

Ice floats in front of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, February 11, 2025. Trump has cited China and Russia's Arctic presence among his reasons for his interest in Greenland, which the United States previously offered to buy for US$100 million from Denmark in 1946, after World War Two. — Reuters pic

United States puts unacceptable pressure on Greenland, Denmark says

Senior citizens receive a hot meal at the Roosevelt Community Center as food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of federal funding cuts and pauses by the Trump administration, in Charleston, West Virginia March 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump cuts hit struggling food banks, risking hunger for low-income Americans

Buddhist monks remove flammable materials around the buildings during preparations for the possibility of a wildfire advancing towards Gounsa Temple in Uiseong on March 25, 2025. — AFP pic

Temple burned, Unesco-site evacuated as South Korea wildfires spread

As China faces an uncertain economic outlook, the country saw marriages decline by one-fifth last year and experienced a third consecutive year of overall population decline. — Shutterstock via ETX Studio pic

Beijing simplifies marriages to encourage Chinese to wed

Flags of Canada and China are placed for the first China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing, China, November 12, 2018. — Jason Lee/Pool/Reuters pic

Canada warns of election interference by China, India and other hostile actors

Kamel (centre) and Djohar Daoud (right), the parents of the victim Chahinez Daoud, seat before the trial of Mounir Boutaa who appears for murder at the Gironde Assizes Court in Bordeaux on March 24, 2025. — AFP pic

Gruesome act: French man on trial for shooting ex-wife, burning her alive in Bordeaux murder case

Rescue workers walk past a sinkhole outside a plant shop on a road in Seoul on March 25, 2025. — AFP pic

Dashcam captures horrifying moment Seoul sinkhole swallows motorbike, killing rider (VIDEO)