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Saturday, 17 May 2025
 
 
 

Africa

 
 
 
French nuclear company Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets
 
Process to sell subsidiaries follows breakdown of ties with west African country’s military government
 
 
 

Americas

 
 
 
UK overtakes China as second-largest US Treasury holder
 
Fall in recorded Chinese holdings highlights Beijing’s push to diversify its reserves away from America
 
 
 

Asia

 
 
 
Iran steps up mass deportation of Afghan migrants
 
Islamic republic wants to return millions of refugees who entered country before and after the Taliban takeover
 
 
How India’s most notorious gangster declared war on a Bollywood legend
 
The tentacles of the Bishnoi gang reach from India to Canada
 
 
 

Europe

 
 
 
HTSI editor’s letter: the travel issue 2025
 
What do we gain on a journey? Our writers go in search of something more
 
 
How did Lithuania become opera’s talent factory? Leading singers explain
 
A country with fewer inhabitants than Kansas is now packing the world’s top houses with star performers
 
 
Juliette Binoche, the French star slaying film’s sacred monsters
 
The 61-year-old has managed to remain a beloved figure in the cut-throat movie industry while embracing activist causes
 
 
 

Middle East & North Africa

 
 
 
Israel expands Gaza ground offensive after days of air strikes
 
Defence minister claims fresh fighting puts pressure on Hamas as latest round of talks begins in Qatar
 
 
 

UK

 
 
 
UK charges three Iranians under National Security Act
 
Accused allegedly assisted a foreign intelligence service, Metropolitan Police say
 
 
The super-prison next door
 
The controversial plan to build a vast new jail in rural Yorkshire
 
 
Diary of a garden rescue: Patrick Grant rolls out a games lawn
 
‘Ten days of flattening stubborn lumps, humping rocks and sowing seeds has almost ended me — but I will play croquet, even if it kills me’
 
 
 
 
 
 
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