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Israel-Gaza war
UK police arrest scores of supporters of banned group Palestine Action
Lawmakers had proscribed the group under anti-terrorism legislation after some members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged planes.
13 Jul 2025 - 2:16AM
Myanmar
Thailand copes with border influx as hundreds flee Myanmar conflict
12 Jul 2025 - 8:13PM
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Israel-Gaza war
Gaza truce talks hang in the balance as Israel and Hamas trade blame
13 Jul 2025 - 4:45AM
Cambodia
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge sites join Unesco’s World Heritage list
Three torture and execution sites, including the famous ‘Killing Fields’ Choeung Ek, have been added to the list of heritage sites.
12 Jul 2025 - 3:21PM
United States
Worker dies after migrant raid on California farm, judge orders stop to arrests
A California judge orders a halt to indiscriminate immigration stops as Trump calls demonstrators ‘slimeballs’.
12 Jul 2025 - 12:02PM
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Donald Trump
Inside Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: worms in food, sewage near beds
The US president and his allies have praised the detention centre’s harshness, hoping it will help persuade immigrants to ‘self-deport’.
12 Jul 2025 - 5:42AM
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United States
Mahmoud Khalil seeks US$20 million from Trump admin over ICE detention
The activist, who is fighting deportation over his role in pro-Gaza protests, wants to send a message that he will not be silenced.
11 Jul 2025 - 4:09AM
Britain
UK and France seal ‘one in, one out’ deal to return migrants arriving on boats
Asylum seekers crossing the English Channel to the UK will be exchanged for migrants with British ties that have entered France.
11 Jul 2025 - 10:32AM
United States
Trump’s birthright citizenship ban blocked by US judge in class-action ruling
US district judge in New Hampshire grants class-action status for suit on behalf of non-US citizens whose children would be affected.
11 Jul 2025 - 6:22AM
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Israel-Gaza war
EU and Israel agree to ‘expand’ Gaza aid access amid humanitarian crisis
The agreement promises a ‘substantial increase’ of aid and the reopening of routes from Jordan and Egypt to alleviate the dire conditions for Gaza’s two million residents.
10 Jul 2025 - 8:48PM
Israel-Gaza war
US sanctions UN human rights expert critical of Israel’s war in Gaza
Francesca Albanese, who has called Israel’s Gaza war ‘genocidal’, dismisses US sanctions as ‘mafia style intimidation’.
10 Jul 2025 - 1:58PM
My Take
Opinion
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It’s time for business to stop profiting from Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’
A UN report has exposed dozens of corporations making money from the atrocities being committed across Palestinian territories.
10 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
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Bangladesh
Audio suggests ex-Bangladesh PM ordered ‘lethal weapons’ be used on protesters
In the recording from July 2024, a voice alleged to be Sheikh Hasina’s is heard authorising security forces to ‘use lethal weapons’ against protesters.
9 Jul 2025 - 6:36PM
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LGBTQ
Letters
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Equal marriage is not a break from Hong Kong tradition
Readers discuss legal protection for same-sex relationships, the morality of denying human rights to some in our community, the power of the word ‘spouse’, and how to make the city’s steps safer.
9 Jul 2025 - 11:30AM
US immigration
US will try to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to ‘third country’ before trial
Justice Department lawyer reveals plan to expel El Salvadoran man, who is at the centre of a lawsuit over deportation.
8 Jul 2025 - 11:59AM
Africa
Clashes erupt as Kenyans defy bans to protest corruption, police brutality
Kenyan police sealed off Nairobi, as citizens marked ‘Saba Saba’, Swahili for Seven Seven representing July 7, with protests against alleged corruption and police brutality.
7 Jul 2025 - 8:39PM
Middle East
‘Scared every morning’: Saudi Arabia’s executions hit record high, Amnesty says
Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, mainly for drug offences, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s pledge to limit death penalties to homicides.
7 Jul 2025 - 5:20PM
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LGBTQ
Letters
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Hong Kong’s necessary step forward on same-sex partnerships
Readers discuss the government’s proposal to recognise same-sex partnerships, and international standards for same-sex policy.
7 Jul 2025 - 2:30PM
Japan
‘I’ve lost everything’: the misery of pre-trial detention in Japan
Held for years without conviction, suspects face isolation and pressure to confess in a system decried by critics as ‘hostage justice’.
7 Jul 2025 - 3:13PM
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US immigration
US deports 8 immigrants to conflict-torn South Sudan after legal fight
Deportation follows a US Supreme Court ruling favouring the Trump administration.
7 Jul 2025 - 2:13PM
Israel-Gaza war
Israel’s Netanyahu says he believes Trump can help seal Gaza ceasefire deal
US president says deal could lead to the release of ‘quite a few hostages’ as sides weigh 60-day truce.
7 Jul 2025 - 9:16AM
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Hong Kong politics
Hong Kong should have ‘real’ dialogue on same-sex partnership plan: LGBTQ groups
Advocates say lawmakers’ opposition to proposed framework to recognise partnerships is unsurprising, but ‘hostility’ has hurt LGBTQ community.
6 Jul 2025 - 10:01PM
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Israel-Gaza war
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 2 US aid workers hurt in grenade attack
The injured Americans are receiving medical treatment after the incident at a food distribution site in Khan Younis.
6 Jul 2025 - 12:35AM
War and conflict
Editorial
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More than ever, we need a UN that can tackle global challenges
Restoring UN credibility and effectiveness is only possible if nations work together instead of allowing differences to derail progress.
5 Jul 2025 - 11:15PM
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Britain
Supporters of Palestine Action arrested in London following terror ban
The ban makes membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
5 Jul 2025 - 10:17PM
Israel-Gaza war
UN records over 600 Gaza killings near aid points, humanitarian convoys
‘It is clear the Israeli military has shelled and shot at Palestinians trying to reach distribution points’ operated by the Israeli-backed US organisation GHF.
4 Jul 2025 - 9:47PM
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Crime
Chinese model lured to Myanmar with scam job rescued after sister raises alarm
25-year-old missing since June 9 was rescued on Friday, prompting new warning from Chinese embassy in Thailand about high-paying job offers.
5 Jul 2025 - 3:15AM
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The Philippines
‘A national crisis’: why Philippines is still struggling to legalise divorce
Lawmakers have been trying to pass a divorce law since 2005, but continue to face resistance in the Catholic-majority country.
4 Jul 2025 - 3:50PM
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