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UN agency releases reports on 2014 plane crash

Montreal - The UN aviation agency blamed Russia Monday for the downing of a Malaysian jetliner over Ukraine in 2014, leading to the deaths of 298 people.Australia and the Netherlands, the countries with the most...

Rescuers stand on July 18, 2014, on the site of the crash of a Malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur

President Putin is serious about Ukraine peace talks

Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy pose for pictures following talks of the "Weimar " group focused on Ukraine and the future of European security at Lancaster House in London on Monday. — AFP

Nations meet at UN for 'killer robot' talks

A French police officer poses with an anti-drone rifle during an exercise to test out anti-drone defence equipment near Paris. — Reuters file photo

Albania PM on course for fourth term

A man votes during parliamentary election in Tirana, Albania, on Sunday. — Reuters

Pope Leo tells media to shun divisions, urges release of jailed reporters

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience with representatives of the media in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Monday. — Reuters

Zelensky cautious after Putin proposes direct peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, British PM Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron visit the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, in Kyiv. — Reuters

Incumbent right eyes Portugal snap poll

A CHEGA far-right party's member holds a Portugal's flag, at Quarteira market in Algarve. — AFP

Pope Leo XIV appeals for 'no more war' in first message

Pope Leo XIV gestures after delivering the Regina Caeli prayer, in The Vatican. — AFP

US, China meet in 'important step' to de-escalating trade war

Members of the Chinese delegation leave a residence where trade talks between Chinese and US delegations take place in Geneva, Switzerland. - Reuters

Ukraine allies set ultimatum to Russia for 30-day ceasefire

Heads of states take part in a meeting of European leaders in the capital Kyiv. — AFP

Thousands in Spain confined indoors

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Polish nationalists stage demo ahead of polls

People hold an anti-immigration banner as they take part in anti-migration protest in Warsaw on May 10, 2025, a week ahead of the first round of the Polish presidential election. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

New Pope urges Church to be beacon of light

Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. — Reuters

Putin hails troops in Ukraine as allies attend WWII parade

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2025. Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two (WWII). (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP)

Poland, France to deepen defence ties amidst doubts over US support

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meet on Stanislas square in Nancy, France. — Reuters

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