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Middle East and Africa

G20 host South Africa sees consensus for summit declaration despite US boycott

In opening remarks to the Johannesburg summit, Ramaphosa said: "There's been overwhelming consensus and agreement that one of the other tasks we should undertake right at the beginning is to [...] adopt our declaration."

5 hours ago
Europe

'Carbonara sauce' at EU parliament causes stir with Italy

An Italian minister decried the sauce for containing pancetta, a pork product similar to bacon, which is apparently a major culinary faux pas in food-loving Italy. ...

6 hours ago
Europe

Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons in trials

Nearly 54,000 women and girls were the victims of sexual offences in Germany in 2024, an increase of 2.1 percent on the previous year, of which nearly 36 percent were victims of rape and sexual assault. ...

9 hours ago

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Americas

Major MAGA figure Greene resigns from US Congress

The shock move by Greene was the clearest sign yet of a growing split in MAGA world, still churning over strong Democratic victories in this month's off-year elections.

10 hours ago
Europe

Ukraine scrambles to respond to US plan to end war

US President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to sign but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pledged to work to ensure any deal would not "betray" Ukraine's interests, acknowledging he risked losing Washington as an ally.

11 hours ago
Americas

Trump lavishes praise on New York's mayor-elect Mamdani at warm White House meeting

The men, two different generations of New Yorkers, announced nothing new on policy except what seemed to be the launch of an unexpected, politics-shifting professional friendship.

12 hours ago
Americas

UN climate summit pushes into overtime as nations clash over fossil fuels

After nearly two weeks of negotiations in the Amazonian city of Belem, a new draft agreement unveiled by COP30 host Brazil made no mention of "fossil fuels" or the word "roadmap" that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had himself publicly supported.

14 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Legendary Jeju female divers face uncertain future

The growing popularity of Jeju Island’s haenyeo may not be enough to save the fate of a centuries-long tradition, which has seen the number of its practitioners dwindling over the years. Yet, the female divers march on to save it from extinction.

16 hours ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Gibran heads to Johannesburg for G20 Summit on Prabowo’s behalf

The summit hosted by South Africa runs from Saturday to Sunday at the Johannesburg Expo Centre amid geopolitical tension, including a boycott by United States President Donald Trump, who has accused the South African government of discriminating against white citizens.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific premium

South Korea seeks closer ASEAN ties with revived New Southern Policy

The digital economy, including the development of artificial intelligence and cooperation to bolster the fight against transnational crimes surrounding online scams, is among the sectors to be prioritized in the expansion of cooperation between South Korea and Southeast Asian nations.

2 days ago
Americas

Larry Summers leaving positions at Harvard and OpenAI after Epstein emails

Summers announced he was resigning from the board of OpenAI, developer of the ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool, and a spokesman later said he would discontinue teaching roles at Harvard and go on leave as a director of a business and government school while Harvard conducts a review of people named in the Epstein files.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

US clears sale of Javelin anti-tank system, Excalibur projectiles to India

The purchase of US defence equipment is India's first under Washington's foreign military sales programme since ties soured in August after President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50 percent as punishment for New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil. 

2 days ago
Middle East and Africa

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank expulsions

The report describes soldiers storming homes, ransacking property and ordering families out via loudspeakers mounted on drones.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

South Korea arrests crew members for negligence after ferry runs aground

The two were at the helm of the vessel and are suspected of waiting too long to override the autopilot, allowing the ship to run into an uninhabited island in a busy passage approaching the southwestern port of Mokpo, the coast guard officers said.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

South Korea ferry runs aground after officer distracted by phone: coast guard

All 267 passengers and crew were safely brought to a nearby port after the ferry crashed on an uninhabited island off of South Korea's southwestern coast.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Meta to remove under-16 Australians from Facebook, Instagram on Dec. 4

From December 10, Australia will force social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, to remove users under the age of 16 or face hefty fines.

2 days ago
Middle East and Africa

Behind Trump defense of MBS, a deeper US shift on human rights

Trump's remarks, which contradicted US intelligence findings, threw into stark relief just how far his administration has shifted away from the traditional US support for human rights globally.

2 days ago
Middle East and Africa

Trump defends Saudi prince over murder of journalist

Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post and a US resident, was "extremely controversial," Trump said, while welcoming the Saudi heir to the throne in the White House.

3 days ago
Asia & Pacific

China to suspend imports of Japanese seafood amid diplomatic dispute

Beijing earlier this year partially eased restrictions on Japanese seafood imports imposed in the wake of Tokyo's decision to release treated wastewater from its the crippled Fukushima power plant into the sea in 2023.

3 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Leaving border camps for orchards, Myanmar refugees join Thai workforce

For the first time in the nearly two decades he has lived in Thailand, the 42-year-old Myanmar refugee is able to work legally.

3 days ago
Americas

US Congress approves release of Epstein files, putting matter before Trump

The Republican-controlled US Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition.

3 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia says it would not block Turkey as COP host

Australia's prime minister said he would not block Turkey hosting the 2026 UN climate conference, indicating Canberra may step aside to solve a diplomatic feud overshadowing this year's talks. 

3 days ago
Americas

Trump says Saudi prince 'knew nothing' about journalist's murder

US President Donald Trump fiercely defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting the kingdom's de facto ruler "knew nothing" about the murder as he wooed him at the White House.

3 days ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia, Japan agree to boost maritime cooperation in third ‘2+2’ meeting

The meeting was the third of its kind between the four ministers, with previous sessions held in 2015 and 2021

3 days ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Indonesia denies role in illegal movement of Palestinians

The government continues to monitor and verify all information regarding the movement of Gazans said to be linked to Indonesia, while also ensuring that no visa permits have been misused.

4 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Bangladesh court sentences ex-PM to be hanged for crimes against humanity

The highly anticipated ruling, which was broadcast live on national television, came less than three months before the first polls in the South Asian country of 170 million people since her overthrow in August 2024.

4 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Thailand's top court orders ex-PM Thaksin to pay $542 million in taxes

In 2006, Thaksin sold shares Shin Corp, a telecommunications firm he founded, to Singapore's Temasek, raising concerns about a conflict of interest as well as allegations of tax evasion.

4 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Japan warns citizens in China about safety as diplomatic crisis deepens

The advisory issued by Japan's embassy in China came as a senior Japanese foreign ministry official travelled to Beijing to hold talks on Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart to try and tamp down tensions.

4 days ago
Middle East and Africa

Indonesia welcomes UN Security Council's adoption of Trump's Gaza plan

On Monday, The UN Security Council voted in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.

4 days ago
Middle East and Africa

Trump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudi Arabia

"We will be doing that. We will be selling F-35s," Trump told reporters when asked if Washington would agree to sell Riyadh the jets at Tuesday's meeting. "They've been a great ally," he added.

4 days ago

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