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The Philippines
Philippine senator wanted by ICC flees from Senate
Senator Ronald dela Rosa’s exit from the heavily guarded Senate came after volleys of gunshots were fired on Wednesday night.
14 May 2026 - 8:09PM
The Philippines
Gunshots fired in stand-off at Philippine Senate over ICC suspect
14 May 2026 - 12:07PM
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Africa
Ugandan president, 81, sworn in for new term after 40 years at the helm
12 May 2026 - 6:12PM
Israel-Gaza war
Israel pushes ahead with Eichmann-style tribunal for October 7 attackers
Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for the death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers.
12 May 2026 - 2:32PM
Malaysia
14 Indonesians missing after boat sinks off Malaysia’s Pangkor Island
About 100,000 to 200,000 Indonesians make the risky sea journey to Malaysia in search of work each year, according to migrant activists.
12 May 2026 - 1:54PM
The Philippines
Philippine senator escapes arrest as ICC confirms drug war warrant
Senator Ronald Dela Rosa will be treated as if in the custody of the Senate.
12 May 2026 - 11:26AM
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Middle East
Jailed Iran Nobel laureate transferred to hospital after medical crisis
Narges Mohammadi’s transfer comes after days of pleading by her family and others who described her condition as critical.
11 May 2026 - 1:21PM
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Israel-Gaza war
Spanish, Brazilian flotilla activists released after detention in Israel
Israel deported two activists it detained near Greece for leading an aid flotilla attempting to break the naval blockade on Gaza.
10 May 2026 - 6:06PM
Japan
Divorced from reality? Japan’s joint custody reform divides parents
Critics call the legal change a ‘cosmetic’ fix for a system that still allows one parent to simply disappear.
10 May 2026 - 10:00AM
Myanmar
Myanmar’s military rulers hire Trump ally for US$50,000 a month to lobby Washington
Roger Stone has been commissioned to rebuild relations with the US, though analysts doubt Myanmar can escape its pariah status.
7 May 2026 - 4:13PM
China-EU relations
China-EU investment pact belongs in ‘deep freezer’: outgoing trade chief
Sabine Weyand says the 2020 agreement with China is obsolete as Brussels weighs action on ‘macroeconomic imbalances’.
7 May 2026 - 4:36PM
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Indonesia
‘I started crying’: Indonesian captain’s wife in agony over pirate attack
Captain Ashari Samadikun had sent a chilling warning to his wife before his fuel tanker was hijacked by pirates last month.
6 May 2026 - 7:49PM
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The Philippines
Hiding from the ICC? Philippine senator’s 6-month paid absence draws fire
Ronald Dela Rosa has not appeared for work since reports of him being targeted by the ICC as a co-perpetrator in Duterte’s deadly drug war.
6 May 2026 - 11:13AM
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Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son asks France to help him locate mother in Myanmar
Kim Aris says he has still not heard from his mother after she was transferred to house arrest last week.
6 May 2026 - 9:27AM
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India
India PM Modi’s party takes control of West Bengal in key state election
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has never governed the state of West Bengal, an opposition stronghold.
5 May 2026 - 1:15AM
United States
US Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone
Women seeking abortions will be able to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
5 May 2026 - 1:53AM
Espionage
Austria expels 3 Russian diplomats over signals spying
Vienna, home to a large diplomatic presence, has long had a reputation as a den of spies.
4 May 2026 - 8:01PM
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South Korea
‘Stay to end’: South Korean agency pledges funeral support for foreign workers
Foreign workers, who comprise roughly 3.5 per cent of the workforce, account for over 10 per cent of annual workplace fatalities.
4 May 2026 - 9:53AM
Middle East
Israeli raid in West Bank leaves 1 Palestinian dead, 4 wounded
Nayef Samaro, 26, was one of five hit by gunfire; the Israeli military says troops fired after ‘terrorists’ threw rocks.
4 May 2026 - 10:02AM
Africa
Vigilantes in Nigeria kill herders amid jihadist tensions, kidnapping gangs
Central and northwestern Nigeria have for years been terrorised by cattle rustling and kidnapping-for-ransom gangs working with local jihadists.
3 May 2026 - 9:06PM
France
2 dead after boat runs aground in France in failed crossing to UK
The vessel carried 82 people but ran aground with 65 on board after a French gendarmerie vessel rescued 17.
4 May 2026 - 6:42AM
Israel-Gaza war
Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel face ‘extreme brutality’
Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted near Greece were brought to Israel for interrogation, and appeared in court on Sunday.
3 May 2026 - 4:34PM
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First public image in years of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest State media broadcast the first public image of Suu Kyi in years, but son demands proof of life.
1 May 2026 - 4:10PM
Australia
Riot erupts over Australian indigenous girl’s suspected killer
About 400 indigenous people gathered at the hospital where the suspect was taken after being beaten unconscious by locals.
1 May 2026 - 4:10PM
Myanmar
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest
State media broadcast a photograph of the Nobel laureate flanked by two uniformed personnel – the first public image of her in years.
1 May 2026 - 1:59PM
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Australia
Australian police find body in search for missing indigenous girl
The girl was reported missing from her home in a remote community in central Australia on Saturday.
30 Apr 2026 - 5:25PM
Israel-Gaza war
Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla in international waters off Greece, detaining dozens
Organisers accuse Israel of ‘abduction’ after boats are seized nearly 1,000km from the Palestinian enclave.
1 May 2026 - 9:35AM
United States
Trump Justice Department adds firing squads for federal executions
Electrocution and gas are also being added as methods, after the US president called for an expansion of the use of the death penalty.
25 Apr 2026 - 2:16AM
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