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US President Donald Trump raises the gavel during the “Board of Peace” meeting in Washington on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Israel-Gaza war

‘Plan B is war’: Gaza truce faces late April test despite Trump’s peace push

Observers say the unresolved question of Hamas’ disarmament leaves the fragile truce vulnerable to collapse.

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US-China trade war

Washington offers US$200 million to boost US smartphone industry in Indo-Pacific

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Singapore

No proof of any Singaporean fighting for Israel in Gaza, government says

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Israel-Gaza war

Can Trump’s Board of Peace succeed while Hamas still runs Gaza?

Hamas’ continuing influence over key Gaza power structures has fuelled widespread scepticism about the prospects of Trump’s peace plan.

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A Hamas police officer directs traffic in Gaza City on January 28. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Satellite photos show Iran has been repairing and fortifying key sites

New satellite imagery offers a glimpse of Iranian activities as the White House warns it ‘would be very wise to make a deal’.

South Korea

South Korea to observe first, decide later on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

A former South Korean ambassador to Egypt will be attending Thursday’s inaugural meeting in Washington.

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Middle East

Creeping commitment? Israeli NGOs warn of plan to grow Jerusalem into West Bank

Around 2,780 housing units are planned for the Geva Binyamin settlement on the West Bank side of the separation barrier.

The West Bank village of al-Ram is seen behind Israel’s separation barrier from the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday. Photo: AFP
India

Death penalty for Indian trio who raped Israeli tourist, killed man in Hampi

The men had attacked a group of five people – including two tourists – who were stargazing near a Unesco World Heritage site in Hampi.

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Cambodia

Battered Cambodia seeks economic reset after Thailand border war

Shuttered borders have choked trade and sent migrant workers home, forcing Phnom Penh to seek new partners and markets.

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South Africa

Trump’s new ambassador to South Africa arrives in country amid strained ties

The US president has accused South Africa of persecuting its white minority, criticised its ties with China and imposed tariffs on exports.

US President Donald Trump, right, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in May. Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa arrived in the country on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas ‘used emojis’ to signal start of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel

Citing the army, Israeli media reported that emojis were found on mobile phones belonging to members of Hamas’ elite Nukhba Forces unit.

Hamas militants in southern Gaza. On Monday, it was reported that the group used emojis to signal to its fighters the start of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Photo: AFP
US-Iran tensions

Iran’s foreign minister in Geneva for second round of talks with US

Talks will centre on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme, as the US deploys a second aircraft carrier to the region.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel launches new West Bank land policy seen as a ‘mega land grab’

West Bank land registration will force anyone who has a claim to land to prove ownership, a move decried by Palestinians.

My Take

My Take | China and the UN are not the problem in Ukraine and Palestine – the West is

Europe and America’s warmongering and genocide-enabling are at the roots of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints.

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UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

11 die in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, say Palestinian officials

Israel’s military says the strikes – days before Trump’s first Board of Peace meeting – were a response to ceasefire violations by Hamas.

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Palestinians mourn during funerals in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Photo: EPA
Israel-Gaza war

World artists back Palestine rapporteur Francesca Albanese despite criticism

Albanese faces calls from France and Germany to step down over remarks in which she criticised ‘most of the world’ for enabling Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza.

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Indian author Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlinale over jury’s Gaza comments

‘History will judge’ those in the film industry who do not speak out against the Gaza war, the Booker Prize winner says.

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Japan

Why elite Japanese school asked 12-year-olds to read Palestinian poems for exam

Poets Mosab Abu Toha and Zeina Azzam welcomed the inclusion of their works in the exam, but were concerned about the ensuing controversy.

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Nada Junior High School is a private all-boys school in Kobe whose graduates often go on to top universities in Japan. Photo: Wikipedia/Saoyagi2
Middle East

Trump says change of power in Iran would be ‘best thing’

The US president’s comments are his most overt reference yet to regime change, as he pushes Tehran to make a nuclear deal.

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Middle East

US is sending second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to coerce Iran

The USS Gerald R. Ford would join the USS Abraham Lincoln as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Iran for a deal.

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Indonesia

They called Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ neocolonialism. Now they’re thinking twice

Several Muslim groups have previously opposed Prabowo’s decision to join the board, fearing it would serve US and Israeli interests.

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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto at the “Board of Peace” meeting during the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. Photo: AFP
US-Iran tensions

The US dropped proposal of Iran regime change. Could a nuclear deal be next?

Both sides appear amenable to a deal limiting some of Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities after last week’s diplomatic re-establishment.

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Women march with a sign depicting US President Donald Trump with bloodied hands in Tehran on Wednesday during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Trump ‘insists’ to Netanyahu that he will continue nuclear talks with Iran

Israel fears that the US might pursue a narrow agreement that does not include restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile ⁠programme.

Australia

Australia presses Israel’s Herzog for charges over Gaza strike killing aid worker

PM Albanese uses Israeli president’s visit to demand charges for 2024 strike on aid convoy that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues.

Middle East

In message to Iran, Trump weighs sending second aircraft carrier to Middle East

The US president warned that the US would have to do ‘something very tough’ if a deal was not reached.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet preparing to launch from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian. Photo: US Navy via AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s ‘de facto sovereignty’ of West Bank condemned as illegal annexation

Ministers admit new land rules aim to block a Palestinian state, a move the UN and Arab nations slam as a grave violation of international law.

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Palestinians sit in a car in front of a closed Israeli gate near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Israel ban on Palestinian workers spurs ‘starvation and desperation’ in West Bank

Desperation grows as Israel refuses to reinstate work permits, leaving thousands of Palestinians without income and forcing families into deep debt.

Middle East

Israel kills 4 suspected militants in Gaza’s Rafah despite ceasefire

Air strikes killed 24 in Gaza last Wednesday, with the Israeli military saying it was in response to one of its officers being wounded by enemy gunfire.

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