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The PKK's red star flag reflects the guerrilla movement's communist roots. Its founder has called on it make peace but doubts remain inside and outside Turkey on whether it will oblige. EPA

PKK’s secret Europe money web and how it could delay Turkey ceasefire

Extortion, door-to-door donations and ‘economic empires’ in Europe fuel Kurdish insurgency

CommentUK talks good game on tackling migration, but can it the crack hawala networks?

Marine Le Pen banned from running for office for five years

JD Vance shrugs off demand for firings after Signal chat scandal

Germany praises Jordan's push to help world's disabled

Israel strikes Beirut as France's Macron meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun

World must ensure AI weapons do not fall into wrong hands, UAE minister says

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Inas Al Najjar began her career by appearing in a 1999 music video for Ya Tara by Bahaa Sultan. @inaselnagar_official / Instagram

Tunisian actress Inas Al Najjar dies aged 41

An AI-rendered picture of Sam Altman using Chat GPT.

ChatGPT adds 'one million users in an hour' after adding image generation features

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya, right, talks to Ashwani Kumar who picked up four wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. AFP

Mumbai talent scouts discovery Ashwani takes IPL by storm

A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat travelling from the coast of France and heading in the direction of Dover, Kent. PA

CommentUK talks good game on tackling migration, but can it the crack hawala networks?

From the left, actors Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson will star as The Beatles in four coming films at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas. AFP

Cast of The Beatles biopics revealed at CinemaCon 2025

Gazans in the southern city of Khan Younis mourn the deaths of a Palestinian family, who were killed when an Israeli strike hit their tent. AP

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The Lotus Emeya will not have difficulty beating an electric scooter in a drag race. Photo: Lotus

Lotus Emeya test drive: Subtle grand tourer with blistering performance

This sword, once owned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who famously built the Taj Mahal in India, is the highlight of the collection Photo Sotheby's

Shah Jahan's sword to be displayed at Sotheby's Dubai

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Bloomberg

UK and France to send military mission to Ukraine as coalition talks flounder

Allies urged to be ready to put peace deal into effect 'whatever its precise shape turns out to be'

Father of Iraqi Kurd missing from deadliest Channel crossing demands answers

Migrants climb into the back of a lorry bound for Britain while traffic is stopped at the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in Calais, northern France. AFP

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Ukraine and Russia agree to safe navigation in Black Sea, US says

Germany's potential new government is divided over plans to turn asylum seekers away at borders to curb illegal migration. EPA

Border row delays formation of new German government

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German police raid a storage facility where the gang's boats were stored. Photo: Europol

Iraqi man arrested as police swoop on English Channel people smuggling gang

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European ministers call for stronger defence and security co-operation

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on March 18. Reuters

Ukraine calls for confidence-building measures as US defends war-ending approach

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss the ceasefire proposal on Tuesday

G7 preparing new Russian sanctions fearing ceasefire failure

EU must keep easing sanctions on Syria ‘to give hope after killings’

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a press conference following a virtual summit with European and world leaders on Ukraine. Getty Images

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UK Prime Minister announces Thursday meeting of European military chiefs following talks with leaders of ‘the willing’

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