India and Pakistan agree ceasefire after days of cross-border strikes
Summary
India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire - it came into effect at 17:00 local time (12:30 BST)
Pakistan's PM praises the US for the "proactive role" it has played in facilitating the agreement - Trump says it's the result of "a long night of talks"
The US president is likely going to portray himself as a global peacemaker as all-out conflict has been averted, writes our South Asia editor Anbarasan Ethirajan
Meanwhile, India says it's adhering to the agreement, but the army remains "vigilant"
This week, India struck targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in response to a deadly militant attack in Pahalgam last month - Islamabad denies involvement
Indian-administered Kashmir has seen a decades-long insurgency which has claimed thousands of lives. India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in full
Pakistan's PM praises Trump for 'proactive role' in ceasefire
We're now hearing from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - his first comments since the ceasefire with India was announced a few hours ago.
Sharif begins by praising Donald Trump and the US administration for the "proactive role" they played in providing "peace in the region".
He adds: "Pakistan appreciates the United States for facilitating this outcome, which we have accepted in the interest of regional peace and stability."
European leaders demand unconditional Ukraine ceasefire by Russia
Ultimatum to Putin from leaders of UK, France, Germany, Poland in Kyiv to act by Monday came after call with Trump
Sat 10 May 2025 12.29 BST
European leaders on a joint visit to Kyiv have issued an ultimatum to Vladimir Putin: sign up to an unconditional ceasefire by Monday, or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland, together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made a joint phone call to Donald Trump prior to making the announcement.
“All of us here, together with the US, are calling Putin out. If he’s serious about peace, then he has a chance to show it now,” said UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, at a joint press conference of the five leaders in Kyiv.
Mexico sues Google over Trump's renaming of Gulf of Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government has sued Google for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on its maps. US President Donald Trump ordered the renaming of the body of water.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said her government is suing the technology giant Google for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
A decree issued by Republican President Donald Trump sought to rename the whole gulf, including waters that border on Mexico and Cuba — an order with which Google has complied for US users of its Maps service.
Children among 13 killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza amid aid blockade
Cancer and diabetes patients among those suffering from Israel’s ban on entry of all items, including medicine, in Gaza.
At least 13 people, including three children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip amid a months-long Israeli blockade that has deepened the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave.
Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli warplanes bombed a tent in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City on Saturday morning, killing five members of the Tlaib family.
Japan, China trade airspace violations over Senkaku Islands
By NEN SATOMI/ Staff Writer
May 10, 2025 at 15:58 JST
Japan and China accused each other of airspace violations around the Senkaku Islands off Okinawa Prefecture in the East China Sea after a private plane piloted by a Japanese man flew over the disputed territory.
The May 3 incident prompted the first intrusion into Japanese airspace by a Chinese Coast Guard helicopter--a development viewed in Tokyo as another step by Beijing to legitimize its territorial claim over the uninhabited islands.
Rodrigo Duterte is being held at The Hague. Next week he might be elected mayor of his hometown
By , CNN
In the southern Philippine city of Davao, a spirited mayoral election campaign is in full swing, with candidates and their supporters out canvassing for votes.
But one of the leading contenders is conspicuously absent from the stump. Instead he’s 7,000 miles away, languishing in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is awaiting trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity, over a brutal war on drug dealers that killed possibly thousands of people, including many innocents and bystanders, with barely any kind of due process.
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