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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sought to repair ties with North Korea since taking office last year, criticising his predecessor for allegedly sending drones to scatter propaganda over Pyongyang. — AFP pic

South Korean president expresses regret to North over January drone incursion

Israeli search and rescue personnel work at the site of a residential building destroyed in an Iranian strike in the northern city of Haifa on April 5, 2026. — AFP pic

Iran warns of far more devastating retaliation if civilian targets are hit

Trump revived warnings of air strikes on Iranian power plants and bridges, after celebrating the rescue of a wounded airman whose fighter jet went down inside Iran. — AFP pic

Trump to Iran: ‘Open the F---n Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell’

Nepal Member of Parliament attends the first house session in Kathmandu on April 2, 2026. — AFP pic

Nepal court extends detention of ex-PM KP Sharma Oli over deadly protest crackdown

Israeli search and rescue personnel work on the site of a residential building that was destroyed by an Iranian strike in the neighbourhood in Haifa yesterday. — AFP pic

Iran hits Haifa residential building in latest missile strike on Israel

This photograph shows the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Sayyid al-Shuhada complex in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut yesterday. — AFP pic

Israel strikes across Lebanon, killing at least 15 in latest escalation

Koldo Garcia, former adviser of Spanish transport minister Jose Luis Abalos, attends an investigation commission over a graft case linked to the purchase of face masks during the pandemic, at the Senate in Madrid on April 22, 2024. The corruption trial against former Spanish minister Jose Luis Abalos, along with his then adviser Jose Luis Abalos and the businessman Victor de Aldama, starts on April 7, 2025 in Madrid, a new test for the socialist Prime Minister. — AFP pic

Who's who in graft trial rocking Spanish government

The Riccione local council said has no plans to change the villa on the  Adriatic coast named after Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, which it bought for €1.2 million (US$1.3 million; RM5.57 million). — Picture from Wikipedia/Matrixmorbidoso

Sold for €1.2m: Mussolini’s 130-year-old seaside home now council property in Italy

This photo taken on January 16, 2022 shows destroyed beach resorts in the Hihifo district of Tonga's main island Tongatapu following the January 15 eruption of the nearby Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'pai underwater volcano. More than four years on from one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history, Tonga is struggling to improve its infrastructure as it pays off a massive Chinese loan that outweighs its annual health budget. — AFP pic

Tonga’s debt to China hinders rebuild four years on from eruption

This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on April 5, 2026 shows smoke billowing reportedly from the site of targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran. — Sepah News via AFP

Iran military says US airman rescue operation ‘completely foiled’ despite Trump’s claims of victory

Pope Leo XIV said that the story of Easter, when the Bible says Jesus rose from the dead three days ⁠after not resisting his execution by crucifixion, ⁠shows that Christ was “entirely nonviolent”. — Reuters pic

On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars, renounce conquest

The defence ministry confirmed to AFP today that men from the age of 17 “are required to obtain prior approval” from the German armed forces for foreign stays lasting longer than three months. — AFP pic

One step to conscription? German men must now inform military of extended foreign trips

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's closest allies' downfall has embarrassed a leader who took power promising to clean up Spanish politics. — AFP pic

Corruption trial of Pedro Sanchez ally Jose Luis Abalos threatens Spain’s minority govt

US President Donald Trump pauses after speaking at a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington on April 1. — AFP pic

US rescues second downed airman in Iran as Trump renews 48-hour ultimatum

Cheng Li-wun, who will become the first sitting chairperson of the Kuomintang (KMT) to travel to China in a decade, said she wants to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping to build cross-strait “peace”. — AFP pic

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun to visit China ahead of Trump trip, raising cross-strait tensions

The sentence was carried out in Guangzhou the south of the country.— Unsplash pic

Frenchman executed in China for drug trafficking, Paris condemns death penalty