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Danny Masterson was found guilty of two counts of rape in May 2023. Photo: Invision / AP

United States & Canada

Danny Masterson alleges anti-Scientology bias in petition to overturn rape conviction

That 70s Show actor Masterson, jailed in 2023, claims a police investigation was biased against his faith and led to a wrongful conviction.

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Brazil ends 60-year ordeal of tortured Chinese detainees during military regime

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EU’s investment bank to work with Australia on critical raw materials

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Diplomacy

Colombia pushes for talks – to include China – over US military action in region

Petro steps up rhetoric as biggest US aircraft carrier backs an anti-drug operation near Venezuela; the latest strikes face legal questions.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for a high-level security meeting with the United States, China and regional partners to discuss the growing tension in the region. Photo: AFP

Europe

UK toughens asylum policy in major overhaul as anti-immigration sentiment rises

Home Secretary announced changes that include quadrupling to 20 years the time refugees will have to wait to settle permanently in the UK.

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United States & Canada

US judge orders DOJ to turn over Comey grand jury materials, citing ‘misconduct’

Judge found that possible errors by Trump-appointed lawyer Lindsey Halligan could harm the criminal case against ex-FBI chief James Comey.

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Europe

Louvre museum in Paris closes gallery due to structural weakness

The Campana Gallery, which houses ancient Greek ceramics, will be closed while investigations are conducted.

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The inner courtyard of the Louvre in Paris. Photo: dpa

Europe

Cyberattack hits Danish political parties on election eve

Websites of the Conservatives and the Red-Green Alliance were briefly unavailable early on Monday. Pro-Russian hackers claimed the attack.

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‘Determined to fight’: BBC chairman says Trump has no basis for defamation case

BBC chairman Shah reassured staff there was ‘no basis’ for Trump’s US$1billion claim, aiming to protect licence fee payers from financial risk.

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Africa

25 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria amid ongoing kidnapping crisis

The attack comes more than a decade after 276 girls were abducted in the restive northeastern Borno state and sparked international outcry.

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Students stand in a classroom in Argungu, Kebbi State, in northern Nigeria in April. Photo: AFP

Middle East

Netanyahu faces backlash for leading Israel’s October 7 probe

Critics claim the probe lacks independence, and that Netanyahu is evading responsibility by overseeing the probe himself.

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A mask mocking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is placed on the street in Tel Aviv during a demonstrate against him and in support of establishing a state commission of inquiry into Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks. Photo: AFP

Europe

Ukraine’s Zelensky secures ‘greatest air defence’ with 100 French Rafale jets

The aim is to finance the deal with EU programmes and the planned use of frozen Russian assets – which the EU has not yet agreed on.

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South Asia

45 Indian pilgrims killed in devastating Saudi bus crash

One of the deadliest crashes in the Gulf Kingdom in years reignites concerns over transporting worshippers to holy sites.

17 Nov 2025 - 8:32PM

Middle East

In policy reversal, Germany to lift restrictions on Israeli arms exports

The decision was based on a stabilised ceasefire with Hamas, and the flow of humanitarian aid, a government spokesman said.

17 Nov 2025 - 7:58PM

An Israeli Merkava tank manoeuvres towards the southern Gaza Strip border near Khan Younis in May. Photo: EPA-EFE

Americas

Trump floats possible talks with Maduro as US strike group arrives in Caribbean

US adds new terror designation to a cartel linked to Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, as the USS Gerald R. Ford and other warships near.

17 Nov 2025 - 9:17PM

The US Navy’s Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group at an undisclosed location in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: US Navy via AFP

United States & Canada

In reversal, Trump says House should vote to release the Epstein files

The president’s shift follows a fierce fight within the Republican Party over the files, including an increasingly nasty split with Marjorie Taylor Greene.

17 Nov 2025 - 2:48PM

Americas

Ecuador voters reject return of US bases, in blow to Trump ally Noboa

Vote effectively blocks the US from returning to an airbase that was once a hub for its anti-drug operations.

17 Nov 2025 - 4:28PM

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Politics

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Xi and Trump’s key people

Discover the power players in Xi and Trump’s teams; the key people setting the agenda on diplomacy, the military, the economy, security and science.

20 Mar 2025 - 2:37PM

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s inner circles

United States & Canada

Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on China

Discover who is in Donald Trump’s inner circle, their backgrounds, stances on China and the roles they will play in shaping the future of the US.

26 Aug 2025 - 10:25AM

United States & Canada

In reversal, Trump says House should vote to release the Epstein files

The president’s shift follows a fierce fight within the Republican Party over the files, including an increasingly nasty split with Marjorie Taylor Greene.

17 Nov 2025 - 2:48PM

Politics

Trump signs funding bill to end longest US government shutdown

The signing came just hours after the Republican-controlled US House passed a measure to end the record 43-day shutdown.

14 Nov 2025 - 1:26AM

US President Donald Trump after signing the funding bill to end the US government shutdown. Photo: Reuters

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Open Questions series

Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

20 Oct 2025 - 11:18AM

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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Athens. Photo: Reuters

Greece and Ukraine sign US gas supply deal amid Russian attacks

Greece will supply natural gas to war-battered Ukraine, via pipelines from the northern Greek port of Alexandroupolis to the Ukrainian port of Odesa.

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A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) watchtower on the Lebanese side of the border separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 16, 2025. Photo: AFP

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Israeli strike in Lebanon kills Hezbollah operative amid tensions with UN peacekeepers

Strike kills a school principal with Hezbollah links on the same day Israeli forces mistakenly fired near UN peacekeepers.

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Syria detains security forces over sectarian violence that killed hundreds

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Now 90, and marginalised and weakened by Israel, Abbas is deeply unpopular among Palestinians. Photo: Reuters

From TV dramas to diplomacy, Bangladesh-Turkey ties are ‘growing stronger’

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A woman walks past a Turkish restaurant in Dhaka on October 31. More Turkish restaurants are opening in Bangladesh and there is a general interest in learning the language. Photo: AFP

Hamas tightens grip on Gaza despite Trump’s ceasefire plan

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Hamas militants accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross head to east of Gaza City to search for the bodies of hostages on Thursday. Photo: AP

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Damaged windows and walls of a mosque that was torched and defaced by Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya on Thursday. Photo: AP

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A Congolese artisanal miner digs in an open-pit mine in Mangaredjipa near Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo in August. Photo: Reuters

At least 32 killed in DR Congo after bridge at mine collapsed

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Fulani refugee women wearing veils imposed by fighters from JNIM. Jihadists affiliated with al-Qaeda are tightening their grip on the increasingly weakened Malian military regime. Photo: AFP

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Tanzanians charged with treason for alleged involvement in last week’s violent protests arrive at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam on Friday. Photo: Reuters

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US President Donald Trump shows a copy of an article that he said its about white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office in May. Photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Athens. Photo: Reuters

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