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Indian space startup Skyroot ​Aerospace on ​Saturday launched the ⁠country's first ​privately developed ​orbital rocket, a key test of ​the ​nation's efforts to open ‌its ⁠space sector to private companies and ​compete ​for ⁠a bigger share ​of the ​global ⁠commercial launch market.

A senior member of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling conservatives faced pressure to resign on Friday after having a baby born through ​a surrogate mother in the United States, contrary to his own ‌party's opposition to surrogacy.

Nearly 2 million ​people were evacuated ahead of Bavi's arrival.

The whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei have been a mystery to Iranians and the rest of the world alike since his appointment as supreme leader a week after the strike that killed his father at the end of February.

Australia's online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a ​study by a team that advised the government's rollout of the curbs found.

Thousands protested against Germany's far-right AfD and blocked roads to its annual conference in the eastern city of Erfurt on ​Saturday, where the party re-elected the two leaders who have overseen its rise as a national force.

Canada is aiming to announce around 10 founding nations for a global defence bank at next week's NATO summit in Turkey, ​the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday.

A tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait ​of Hormuz as the warring sides accused each other of violating an interim peace deal.

A U.S. judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to justify its decision ​to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, declining to ​rule immediately on Adani's lawyers' request earlier in the week ⁠to formally dismiss the case.

A conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine is a strategic mistake that ​will harm both sides, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said ‌on Sunday, seeking to defuse a rekindled dispute over events that occurred during World War Two.

Iran said that the closure was the first step in response to what it described as breaches of commitments and ​warned that ​further measures ⁠would be taken if aggression continued.

White House officials have for months delayed the release of a U.S. government report that outlines what it describes as significant vulnerabilities in the ​nation's voting machines ahead of the November midterms.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte hosted U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles, once the ​opulent residence of Louis XIV, the Sun King, as part of efforts ‌to improve transatlantic relations.

When Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced the interim deal this week to end the war with the United States, he declared his country the victor. To many Iranians it does not feel that way.

General Roberto Vannacci launched his new far-right party on Sunday, posing a direct challenge ​to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's grip on power as he seeks to pull Italy ‌in a more hardline, nationalist direction ahead of elections next year.

The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was ​close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.

For 6-year-old Natalia, the alerts bring a sense of panic ​that she did not experience before.

Ukraine's most skilled military drone pilots squared off this week not against Russia, but against each other in a competition to win bragging rights and state-of-the-art hardware for their units.

U.S. President Donald Trump ​surprised NATO allies by pledging to send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned alliance ‌ministers that Washington's frustration with some of them would still need to be discussed.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he ​had paused a planned attack against Iran to allow for negotiations to take place on a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war, after Iran sent a ‌new peace proposal to Washington.

The Trump administration's assignment of military lawyers to help the Department of Justice prosecute civilians ​for offenses unrelated to the military cannot be prevented by a court as it ‌does not violate federal law, a Minnesota judge ruled on Friday.