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Trump Downplays Firestorm Over Leaked Yemen Air Strike Chat

US President Donald Trump meets with US ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025
US President Donald Trump downplayed a growing scandal Tuesday after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about air strikes on Yemen, denying any classified information was shared and defending a top aide over the breach.
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A series of Israeli restrictions since early March have worsened an already dire humanitarian crisis

Israel Presses Ground Offensive In Gaza

Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory.
K-pop group 1Verse members (L-R) Seok, Kenny, Hyuk, Aito and Nathan posing for a photo during an interview with AFP at a studio in Seoul

Forbidden K-pop To Centre Stage: North Koreans Set For Music Debut

Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. "To me, the world was just North Korea -- nothing beyond that," he told AFP. His bandmate, Seok, also grew up in the North -- but in contrast to Hyuk's hardscrabble upbringing, he was raised in a relatively affluent family, living close to the border.
The series has resonated with an audience increasingly disturbed by a litany of shocking knife crimes committed by young people and the misogynistic rhetoric of influencers like Andrew Tate

Netflix Hit 'Adolescence' Stokes UK Parents' Anxiety

"Adolescence", the Netflix hit series about a British 13-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of a horrifying crime, has intensified the anxiety of parents worried about toxic and misogynistic influences young people are exposed to online.
Several other Europeans remain held by Tehran

Iran Frees Frenchman After Nearly 900-day Prison Ordeal

French citizen Olivier Grondeau, detained by Iran since October 2022 on security charges but described by his family as an innocent tourist, has returned to France after being released, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.
The race to succeed International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach reaches the finish line on Thursday

Race To Become Olympics Supremo On A Knife Edge

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.
The race to succeed International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach reaches the finish line on Thursday

Race To Become Olympics Supremo Set To Go To The Wire

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.

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