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Protesters marched through Berlin on Monday to demand Germany stand by Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, a day after Germans voted in elections in which support for Kyiv was a hot topic.

Germany has played host to more than a million Ukrainian refugees since the start of the invasion and has been Ukraine's biggest source of support after the United States.

by Marion THIBAUT

In the mess hall of a Canadian military base a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere pointed to a map highlighting the region that is becoming a national priority.

by Allison JACKSON

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on semiconductor chips has complicated Taiwan's bid to remain a global powerhouse in the critical sector and stay onside with key backer Washington, analysts said.

by Sumit DUBEY

Transgender activists often shunned by society say they have found rare acceptance at India's Hindu Kumbh Mela festival by giving blessings to pilgrims attending the world's largest religious gathering.

by Kang Jin-kyu

South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was facing his final impeachment hearing on Tuesday before judges decide whether to formally remove him from office over his disastrous martial law declaration.

by Danny KEMP

They hugged, they gripped hands, they touched knees and they backslapped. But they did not agree on everything.

by Alexandria SAGE

A critically ill Pope Francis, battling pneumonia in both lungs, slept well, the Vatican said Tuesday after earlier reporting a "slight improvement" in the health of the 88-year-old.

Syria's new interim president pledged on Tuesday to ensure the state has a monopoly on weapons at a national dialogue conference on the country's future after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel alliance that toppled Assad in December, also said he plans to establish a transitional justice committee.

French President Emmanuel Macron joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday for a formal diplomatic engagement, in which the two discussed substantive foreign policy issues, including Russia and Ukraine and held a news conference, taking questions from reporters.

Some of Trump's comments prompted mockery, while others made Macron laugh.

President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign aid has reportedly stalled a program designed to inhibit fentanyl imports into the United States.

Eight people familiar with the matter told Reuters that the United Nations counternarcotics program had been derailed in Mexico by Trump's effort to freeze foreign aid.

French retiree Roland Vinet is certain his grandson Mathis would still be alive if he had never met doctor Joel Le Scouarnec as a 10-year-old with an upset stomach.

Mathis is one of the 299 patients Le Scouarnec, a 74-year-old former surgeon and convicted pedophile, is accused of having sexually abused throughout his career.