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Russia Intensifies Its Hybrid War Strategy, Ukraine Warns Europe
Ukraine is warning European governments that Moscow is expanding what officials describe as a coordinated hybrid war designed to destabilise the continent through cyberattacks, political influence ope...
Japan’s Deadliest Urban Fire in Decades Tears Through 170 Buildings in Oita
Japan is facing one of its most destructive urban fires in decades after a fast-moving blaze tore through at least 170 buildings in the southern city of Oita on the island of Kyushu. Local authorities...
Ukraine Keeps Trains Running as ‘End-of-Line’ Draws Closer
Ukraine’s railways, long seen as the country’s most resilient and symbolic infrastructure, are facing their most difficult test of the war as Russian strikes intensify against stations, power lines an...
Palestinians Report Being Forced to Pay for Their Own Removal From Gaza
The latest reports of Palestinians being charged for evacuation flights out of Gaza are intensifying global questions about who is orchestrating the movement of displaced families, why they are being ...
Saudi Arabia Releases U.S. Retiree Saad Almadi After Critical Tweets Case Draws High-Level Attention
Saudi Arabia has released U.S. citizen Saad Almadi, a 75 year old retiree imprisoned over a series of critical social media posts, allowing him to return home to Florida months earlier than scheduled....
Saudi Arabia Releases U.S. Retiree Saad Almadi After Critical Tweets Case Draws High-Level Attention
Saudi Arabia has released U.S. citizen Saad Almadi, a 75 year old retiree imprisoned over a series of critical social media posts, allowing him to return home to Florida months earlier than scheduled....
Israel Used Widely Banned Cluster Munitions in Lebanon, Images of Remnants Suggest
Photos showing remnants of cluster munitions in southern Lebanon provide what appears to be the first visual evidence that Israel employed such weapons in its 13-month war with Hezbollah. The images, ...
Zelenskyy Faces Pressure to Restore Public Trust After Corruption Scandal in Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is under renewed pressure to reform how he governs after a major corruption scandal involving senior officials triggered public anger and international concern....
UN to Hear Human Rights Complaint Over New Zealand’s Treatment of Māori
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has accepted an urgent complaint against the New Zealand government, filed by Māori leader Tureiti Moxon, alleging persi...
U.S. President Trump Clashes With ABC News Reporter Mary Bruce After Question on Jamal Khashoggi
U.S. President Donald Trump confronted ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce during a bilateral meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, growing visibly irritated after Bruce pressed him on th...
China Suspends Japanese Seafood Imports as Taiwan Dispute Intensifies
China has suspended imports of Japanese seafood, reigniting a major trade dispute as diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Tokyo deepen over remarks made by Japan’s prime minister about Taiwan. The ...
On the Front Line of Europe’s Standoff With Russia’s Sanction-Busting Shadow Fleet
Europe’s maritime security agencies are facing a growing challenge as a vast network of unregistered Russian-linked vessels moves through European waters, attempting to evade sanctions and keep Moscow...
Bangladesh Families Demand Return and Execution of Sheikh Hasina After Death Sentence Verdict
The reaction inside Bangladesh has been immediate and explosive after the announcement that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in absentia over her government’s crackdown ...
Iranian Nuclear Experts Held Second Covert Meeting With Russian Weapons Institute
Iranian nuclear specialists secretly held a second meeting this year with researchers from a sanctioned Russian weapons institute, according to U.S. intelligence assessments shared with European allie...
U.S. Military Planning Divided Gaza Framework With International and Israeli Security Control
The United States has begun outlining a long-term framework for a divided Gaza that would create a protected “green zone” under Israeli and international military control while leaving a separate “red...
India Probes Cybercriminals After Hackers Sell Maternity Ward CCTV Videos Online
Indian authorities have launched a major cybercrime investigation after hackers stole footage from maternity ward CCTV systems and sold dozens of videos of pregnant women undergoing medical check ups ...
Saudi Crown Prince Plans First U.S. Visit Since Khashoggi Killing as Relations Reset Under Trump
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will travel to the United States for the first time since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, marking a major diplomatic moment for both countries...
U.N. Security Council Endorses Donald Trump's Gaza Peace Plan
In a significant diplomatic development, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has formally endorsed a peace plan for the Gaza Strip region put forward by former U.S. President Donald Trump, mark...
Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina Faces Global Concern After Court Issues Death Sentence Over Protest Crackdown
A historic and deeply contentious moment has unfolded in Bangladesh after a special court sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, a ruling that has triggered international alarm, domes...
U.S. Judge Pauses Release of Grand Jury Material to Comey After Magistrate Hints at Dismissal
A federal judge in Virginia temporarily paused a sweeping order for the James Comey defence team to receive grand-jury records, after a magistrate judge raised serious concerns about prosecutorial con...
Why India Caps Pollution Reading at 500 Even When the Air Is Far More Toxic
India’s air-quality monitoring system continues to cap the Air Quality Index (AQI) at a maximum value of 500, even when independent measurements show pollutant concentrations that would translate into...
India’s Kashmir Region Becomes Focus of Arrests After Delhi Car Blast Linked to ‘Terror Module’
A major counter-terror investigation is underway in India after a car explosion in New Delhi that killed 13 people, with law enforcement agencies pointing attention towards the disputed region of Kash...
U.K. Government to Overhaul Human Rights Laws in Major Asylum Policy Shake-Up
The Home Office of the United Kingdom has set out a significant reform of human-rights laws tied to its overhaul of the asylum system, raising concerns among rights groups about the balance between bo...
Ukraine’s Zelensky Removes Odesa Mayor Amid Claims of Russian Passport, Fueling Political Tension
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to remove long-serving Odesa mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov has revived a sensitive debate over whether wartime emergency powers are being used narrowly for...
Sudan’s Army Clings to West Kordofan Town as RSF Intensifies Eastward Push
Alleged - Intense fighting is reported in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) say they have repelled an assault on their headquarters in the town of Babnusa, as the Rapi...
Nine Killed in Blast at Police Station in India’s Kashmir During Forensic Investigation
Indian-administered Kashmir was hit by a deadly explosion on Friday when a blast tore through a police station in the region’s Jammu division, killing nine people and injuring several others. Authorit...
British-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Blocked From Traveling to London, Family Says
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian writer whose imprisonment became a global symbol of Egypt’s human rights crisis, has once again been barred from leaving the country. His family says airport o...
U.K. Court Finds BHP Liable for Brazil’s Samarco Dam Collapse
Nearly a decade after Brazil’s catastrophic Samarco dam collapse, a U.K. court has ruled that global mining giant BHP is liable for the disaster, marking a major breakthrough for roughly 600,000 victi...
U.S. Trump Organization in Quiet Talks on Major Saudi Real Estate Deal
Executives close to one of Saudi Arabia’s most influential real estate developers say a new Trump-branded project in the kingdom is “just a matter of time,” signalling that the Trump Organization and ...
Gaza’s Medical Students Step In as Health System Collapses Under War
Gaza’s remaining hospitals, already shattered by months of bombardment, are being held together in part by medical students who have stepped into frontline roles as Israel’s war continues to decimate ...
Aid to Gaza Still Far Below What’s Needed as Heavy Rains and Winter Close In
The humanitarian picture in Gaza is deteriorating rapidly despite the ongoing ceasefire, with UN agencies warning that only a fraction of the aid required for survival is being allowed into the enclav...
Trump Presses Israel’s President for Netanyahu Pardon as Corruption Trials Continue
Donald Trump’s political intervention abroad took a sharper turn this week as the former US president personally urged Israeli president Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who r...
Pakistan Declares ‘State of War’ After Taliban Suicide Blast Kills 12 in Islamabad
A deadly suicide bombing outside court buildings in Islamabad has pushed Pakistan into a heightened state of security, with officials warning that the country is now operating in what they describe as...
Israeli Forces Demolish More Palestinian Homes in Masafer Yatta as Tensions Deepen
Israeli forces carried out another round of home demolitions in Masafer Yatta on Wednesday, widening a pattern of displacement in the occupied West Bank that has drawn global criticism and intensified...
Xi’s Military Purges Reveal Deep Anxiety Inside China’s Nuclear Command
President Xi Jinping’s sweeping purge of senior military commanders has intensified speculation about internal turmoil inside China’s strategic forces, particularly its nuclear missile corps. The shak...
Cryptoqueen Who Fled China for London Mansion Jailed Over £5bn Bitcoin Stash
A woman once dubbed the “Cryptoqueen” by Chinese authorities has been jailed in the UK after investigators uncovered a staggering £5bn Bitcoin stash linked to one of China’s largest pension frauds. Th...
Olympians Take On Tehran: Global Sports Icons Fight To Stop Iran’s Execution Of Boxing Champion
A growing coalition of athletes, from tennis legend Martina Navratilova to Olympic swimmers and world champions, is turning Iran’s planned execution of boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani into an interna...
DHS Held Chicago Police Gang Files for Months, Raising Fresh Questions Over Domestic Surveillance
Federal officials kept Chicago Police Department intelligence records for months longer than allowed, sparking a new backlash over how the US government handles domestic data and where the line sits b...
DHS Held Chicago Police Gang Files for Months, Raising Fresh Questions Over Domestic Surveillance
Federal officials kept Chicago Police Department intelligence records for months longer than allowed, sparking a new backlash over how the US government handles domestic data and where the line sits b...
Newly Opened Bridge Partially Collapses in China, Authorities Report No Casualties
A newly opened bridge in China’s southwestern Sichuan province partially collapsed on Tuesday, sending shockwaves through a region already wary of infrastructure failures. Local officials said there w...