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
On the eve of Hong Kong’s 28th handover anniversary, Beijing’s newly appointed liaison office chief Zhou Ji called for bold reforms and greater unity, declaring that the city stands at a “critical
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Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released rare footage and details of two previously undisclosed military confrontations, showcasing Chinese fighter jets responding to foreign provocations near China’s territorial sea and
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Conflict and instability are plunging 39 vulnerable economies deeper into poverty and hunger, posing a growing threat to global development efforts, according to a sweeping new report from the World Bank. The
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In a moment fraught with geopolitical tension, Iran now faces a choice eerily reminiscent of Israel’s own secret crossroads in 1967: whether to sprint toward a nuclear weapon as a final act
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The court investigating Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on corruption charges has postponed his upcoming cross-examination due to ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas, The Times UK reports. Netanyahu was scheduled to testify
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country’s most powerful military and political institution, is grappling with one of the most significant crises in its history. Following a devastating 12-day conflict with
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President Donald Trump once again pushed his case for a Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, hosting a truce ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at the White House. The
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Jamaica has escalated its longstanding campaign for slavery reparations by formally petitioning King Charles III to refer key legal questions about Britain’s historical responsibilities to the Privy Council. The move marks “another
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The German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz is exploring legal avenues to prevent the reactivation of the Nord Stream gas pipelines that once channeled Russian natural gas directly into Germany. The move,
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James Ryan, president of the University of Virginia, resigned on Friday following mounting pressure from the Trump administration, marking a significant escalation in the federal government’s crackdown on public universities over diversity,
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In a landmark 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major legal victory to President Donald Trump, ruling that lower federal courts lack the authority to impose nationwide injunctions on presidential
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Recent developments have drawn attention to Iran’s decision to specifically target the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a move that carries historical and geopolitical weight. The base, among the largest US
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One of China’s most prominent computer scientists has issued a stark warning that the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), could pose “existential risks” to humanity if
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As international conflicts continue to flare — most recently between Iran and Israel — China has announced it will hold a major military parade on September 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary
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The recent US air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities — the most powerful non-nuclear strikes ever conducted by Washington — are being viewed by analysts as a powerful warning to Beijing about
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