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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Trump administration relaunches CBP One asylum app for ‘self-deportation’ The decision is part of a broader crackdown on immigration that critics say violates the right to asylum access under US law. Venezuelan migrant Yender Romero hold up the CBP One app on his smartphone on January 20, the day it was taken offline [Fernando Llano/AP…

Syria merges Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into state institutions SDF controls much of northeastern Syria, and has held out against control from Damascus for years. Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) shakes the hand of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi after the signing of an agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia for peace talks Visit comes ahead of talks with the United States this week, as Russia claims advances in the Kursk region. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (second from left) meets with Deputy Governor of Makkah Region Prince Saud bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz (second from right) as part of talks…

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Rubio announces 83 percent of USAID contracts cancelled under Trump The Trump administration has targeted USAID as part of his efforts to trim government spending and reduce ‘waste’. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen reductions in the operations of USAID, a major artery for foreign assistance [File: Alex Brandon/AP] Published On 10 Mar…

At least 16 people have died in flash floods that swept through Argentina’s port city of Bahia Blanca.

Protests broke out in front of Romania’s Central Election Bureau after it rejected the candidacy of Calin Georgescu.

NATO’s Rutte backs Bosnia after separatist moves by Serbian region Visit to Sarajevo comes after Bosnian Serb leaders bar federal judicial authorities and police from Republika Srpska. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte before delivering a lecture at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo during a visit to Bosnia on March 10, 2025 [Armin Durgut/AP…

Germany’s Green Party rejects Merz’s spending proposals Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz’s proposal comes as the German economy experiences prolonged stagnation. The co-leaders of the Green Party of Germany – Felix Banaszak and Franziska Brantner, left – join the party’s parliamentary group co-leaders Britta Hasselmann and Katharina Droege (right) to give a press statement in Berlin…