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US President Donald Trump pumps a fist as he disembarks Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 11, 2025. Trump on Sunday defended plans to receive a new Air Force One as a gift, after reports he will accept a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar despite strict rules on presents for US presidents. — Reuters pi

‘Flying palace’ or foreign favour? Trump defends Qatari ‘gift’ jet for Air Force One amid constitutional concerns

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stand on the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2025. Zelensky said Sunday he would be willing to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkiye ‘personally’, after Donald Trump said direct talks were needed to determine whether peace was possible. — Reuters pic

Zelensky offers to meet Putin in Turkiye ‘personally’, urges ceasefire first

US President Donald Trump signs a joint resolution in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, May 9, 2025. Trump’s offer to grant refugee status to white Afrikaners, mainly descendants of Dutch settlers who he says face ‘racial discrimination’ in South Africa, has heightened tensions between the two nations. — Reuters pic

White South Africans fly to US as refugees, stoking Pretoria-Washington tensions

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz returns a shot to Serbia’s Laslo Djere during their men’s singles match for the ATP Rome Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome on May 11, 2025. — AFP pic

Alcaraz, Zverev march into Italian Open last 16

A demonstrator reacts as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen May 9, 2025. — Reuters pic

Israel warns Yemenis to flee Houthi-run ports, vows more strikes after airport missile hit

Varda Ben Baruch, grandmother of hostage Edan Alexander, points at the portrait of Edan, as family members and supporters of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, stand near the kibbutz defence on the day they use giant loudspeakers to call their captive loved ones over the border between Israel and Gaza, at Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel, April 20, 2025. — Reuters pic

Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage amid rare direct negotiations with Washington on Gaza war

Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (centre) attends a campaign rally of senatorial candidates under his party in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, on May 9, 2025, ahead of the midterm elections. — AFP pic

‘A referendum on Marcos vs Duterte’: Philippines heads to polls in high-stakes mid-terms

This file photograph shows a Palestinian man rides his bicycle in front of a mural painted by an artist in honour of slain veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City May 13, 2022. — AFP pic

‘They knew she was press’: Documentary claims to name killer of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

In this photograph taken on December 22, 2024, an Afghan craftsman Sakhi uses a hatchet as he makes Rubab, a string instrument of dried mulberry wood from deserts, at a workshop in Herat even amidst a Taliban crackdown on music. — AFP pic

Taliban arrest 14 for playing music and singing in Afghanistan

A magnitude six earthquake struck northern Sumatra, Indonesia, today, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) — Unsplash pic

Magnitude six earthquake strikes northern Sumatra in Indonesia

Iran has flatly ruled out negotiating its ballistic missile programme and the clerical establishment demands watertight guarantees Trump would not again ditch a nuclear pact. — Reuters pic

Iran, US to resume nuclear talks amid clashing red lines

Putin, whose forces have advanced over the past year, has stood firm in his conditions for ending the war despite public and private pressure from Trump and repeated warnings from European powers. — RIA Novosti handout via Reuters

Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war

Kim Moon-soo had won the PPP’s primary to run as its candidate in presidential elections on June 3. — Reuters pic

S. Korea conservatives choose presidential candidate after last-minute chaos

If the president chose, he could hopscotch the region from one Trump venture to another when he visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates next week on the first foreign tour of his second term. — Reuters pic

As Trump family's Gulf empire grows, rulers seek influence, arms, tech

A faithful is seen in front of a portrait of newly elected Pope Leo XIV ahead of a mass in honour  of him at the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Chiclayo, Peru on May 10, 2025. — AFP pic

New pope Leo XIV to address faithful with St Peter’s prayer

Women walk towards their damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, May 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

Explosions reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire