Junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema won Gabon's presidential election with over 90 percent of the vote, according to provisional results released Sunday. Turnout was 70.4 percent, and no other candidate received more than 3 percent,in polls marking the first vote since a 2023 coup overthrew the Bongo dynasty.

From showcasing the Eiffel Tower to a Moon rock, World Expos have long been a stage for innovation and national pride. This year's six-month Expo kicked off in Japan's Osaka on Sunday.

China on Sunday called on the United States to "completely cancel" its reciprocal tariffs after Washington announced exemptions for consumer electronics and key chipmaking equipment.

More than 20 people were killed and dozens injured after Russia struck Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy with a ballastic missile on Sunday, the city's mayor said. The missiles struck the heart of the city just as people were gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday.

Ethiopian runner claimed victory at the women's Paris Marathon on Sunday by overtaking her compatriot Dera Dida to win by just four seconds. Kenyan Bernard Biwott won the men's event, dropping all of his rivals with 10 kilometres still to run.

An Israeli air strike early Sunday hit Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza, forcing health officials to evacuate patients from the building.Israel said it struck a command and control centre used by Hamas at the hospital to plan and execute attacks.

An attack on a bus in the Christian suburb of Beirut on April 13, 1975 helped spark the Lebanese civil war. Lebanon is still grappling with the war's legacy 50 years on, and displaying the bus as a grim reminder of its bloody past.

US Senator Bernie Sanders drew a massive crowd on Saturday as he made a surprise cameo at the Coachellamusic festival, telling those gathered to resist what is happening in Washington."You can turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that you do it at your own peril," Sanders told the thousands attending the event in the California desert.

Algeria protested on Saturday after France indicted three officials, including an Algerian consular official, over the April 2024 kidnapping of Amir Boukhors. The latter is an Algerian influencer and opponent of the Algerian regime, with nine international arrest warrants issued by Algiers against him.

Expo 2025 began Sunday in the Japanese city of Osaka, with 160 countries and regions displaying their technological and cultural achievements. Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the event would help restore unity in a world marked by divisions.

Ecuadorians will head to the polls on Sunday in a razor-sharp presidential election, pitting incumbent president Daniel Noboa against his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez. The election comes amid an unprecedented crime wave which is having a direct impact on the economy.