United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
President Donald Trump compared efforts to broker a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “mixing oil and vinegar,” admitting that progress toward direct peace talks remains
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The FBI has raided the Maryland home of John Bolton, the former US national security adviser under Donald Trump who has since become one of the president’s sharpest critics. Federal agents executed
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United Nations human rights experts have renewed their call for Indonesia to stop forced evictions linked to the Mandalika tourism megaproject, citing militarisation in the area and serious harm to the Indigenous
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China has sharply criticized the United States for deploying naval forces near Venezuela, backing President Nicolas Maduro in a tense standoff that is drawing global attention. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning condemned
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Chinese equities surged on Friday, with major indexes hitting multi-year highs, driven by a strong rally in technology and AI-related stocks. The Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.45 percent to 3,825.76 points, breaking
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was shown kneeling before portraits of soldiers killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine and embracing returning troops in a ceremony broadcast by state media on Friday.
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North Korea has rejected South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s latest bid to revive dialogue, with Kim Yo Jong — the influential sister of leader Kim Jong Un — accusing Seoul of
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An Australian former special forces soldier is set to become the first in the country’s history to stand trial for a war crime, more than a decade after the alleged killing of
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French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his lawsuit against American political commentator Candace Owens, saying the legal action was necessary to protect both his family and his own honour. Speaking to Paris
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Militias and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed massacres, ethnically targeted killings, and gang rapes, according to two reports released Wednesday by leading human rights organizations. Human
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Syria’s new Islamist rulers are mounting an aggressive campaign to dismantle the narco-state once fostered by former president Bashar al-Assad, whose regime turned captagon — an addictive amphetamine-like stimulant — into a
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A former senior official at China’s securities regulator has been expelled from the Communist Party after investigators discovered up to 300 million yuan (HK$326 million) in cash at his residence, according to
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The UK government has approved the sale of Plessey Semiconductors, a century-old British microchip maker, to London-based Haylo Labs in a deal backed by Chinese funding, according to The Times UK. The
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Iran’s Reform Front, a coalition of 27 groups backing President Masoud Pezeshkian, has called on the government to suspend uranium enrichment in a bid to restart talks with the US, The Times
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A shocking teenage honeypot scam in China has shed light on the perilous fate of thousands of Chinese migrant workers held captive by criminal gangs in Myanmar. The case centers on a
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