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United Nations
Sex education with monks in Bhutan: 5 UN projects you likely didn’t know about
Think the United Nations is just about politics? These initiatives in health, safety and human rights might change your perspective.
23 Jun 2025 - 1:43PM
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Middle East
US bases in the Middle East under threat as Iran vows retaliation
23 Jun 2025 - 11:16AM
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Islamic State
Suicide attack on Damascus church kills at least 22
23 Jun 2025 - 1:59PM
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Israel-Iran conflict
Opinion
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Flying into the storm: how Middle East conflict reshapes global air routes
The airline industry has been re-routing routes and avoiding conflict zones in the Middle East while keeping an eye on rising costs.
21 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM
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Hong Kong tourism
Hong Kong issues ‘black’ travel alert for Iran and Israel as conflict escalates
Hongkongers should avoid visiting Iran and Israel because of the ‘highly unpredictable security situation’, Security Bureau says.
20 Jun 2025 - 12:25AM
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Israel-Iran conflict
Iran’s Khamenei is cornered and prone to errors as Israel hits his inner circle
The supreme leader finds himself isolated by the losses of his key security advisers, raising the risk of strategic miscalculations.
17 Jun 2025 - 10:52PM
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Hong Kong society
19 Hongkongers in Israel, Iran and Jordan contact authorities amid conflict
Residents reach out to Immigration Department, while travel sector representative reports no Hong Kong tour groups in those countries.
18 Jun 2025 - 11:18AM
Middle East
Israeli strikes take out Iranian Supreme leader’s top generals
Among those killed were Armed Forces chief Mohammad Bagheri and Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
13 Jun 2025 - 7:32PM
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Middle East
Syria decrees women must wear burkinis, ‘decent’ clothing at public beaches
The order drew concerns among some Syrians about their personal freedoms under the country’s new Islamist authorities.
11 Jun 2025 - 1:30AM
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Middle East
Israel attacks targets in Syria after projectiles launched, blames new leader
Damascus denies involvement as Israeli military responds to cross-border fire.
4 Jun 2025 - 4:03PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong nurse honoured with top medal for 15 years of life-saving work
Walter Leung’s volunteer work with the Red Cross in disaster situations has earned him the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international distinction for nurses.
31 May 2025 - 7:21PM
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Donald Trump
Trump attacks ‘scum’ opponents, judges on day honouring US war dead
US president honours fallen soldiers on Memorial Day after posting an all-caps tirade at his enemies on social media.
27 May 2025 - 1:42PM
Middle East
Syrian government to aid search for missing Americans, US envoy says
The US lifting sanctions paves the way for reconstruction, with authorities relying on foreign help to foot the cost of rebuilding.
25 May 2025 - 4:28PM
Middle East
Syrian government, Kurdish officials visit notorious prison camp
Kurdish-run camps in Syria’s northeast hold tens of thousands of people, many with alleged or perceived links to Isis.
25 May 2025 - 3:47PM
United States
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With his ‘historic’ tour, Trump puts US power back in the Middle East
In reasserting the US in the centre of the Middle East’s strategic calculus, Trump also weakens the leverage and influence of Russia and China.
23 May 2025 - 5:30AM
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Middle East
Opinion
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How Trump’s Middle East tour revealed Gulf states’ priorities
While the Gulf states seek benefits from Washington and Beijing, Chinese leaders must deliver more tangible support to secure recent gains.
22 May 2025 - 8:51AM
Middle East
Syria on the brink? US warns of potential new civil war within weeks
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Syria’s transitional government facing potential collapse, more war, and ‘country splitting up’.
21 May 2025 - 2:34PM
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Hong Kong society
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Even as HIV rates fall, Hong Kong can’t afford to get complacent
Readers discuss international best practice for HIV prevention, JD.com going head to head with Meituan in delivery services, and civilian deaths in the Gaza war.
18 May 2025 - 11:30AM
Donald Trump
Trump caps Gulf tour with America-first policy for peace in Middle East
Trump’s vision sits well with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, two Gulf nations closest to Washington, but its feasibility remains to be determined, analysts say.
16 May 2025 - 9:00PM
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Middle East
Trump wraps up his Middle East tour with deals galore
The US president made scoring business deals a centrepiece of the first major foreign trip of his second term.
16 May 2025 - 5:17PM
Middle East
Trump says ‘getting close’ to deal to avoid Iran military action
Iran has held four rounds of talks with the Trump administration, which has sought to avert threatened military action by Israel.
15 May 2025 - 9:54PM
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Donald Trump
Trump move to end Syria sanctions catches his own administration by surprise
The very officials who’d be responsible for implementing the policy change were not warned before the US president made his announcement.
15 May 2025 - 7:18AM
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Donald Trump
Trump meets Syria’s rebel leader Sharaa, urges him to establish Israel ties
Sharaa was for years the leader of al-Qaeda’s official wing in the Syrian conflict. The US removed a US$10 million bounty on him in December.
14 May 2025 - 7:43PM
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Syrian conflict
Syria’s rebel leader Sharaa’s path from global jihad to Trump meeting
The meeting in Saudi Arabia is a milestone for a man who joined al-Qaeda in Iraq around the time of the 2003 US-led invasion.
14 May 2025 - 5:56PM
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Religion
Pope Leo offers to mediate between world leaders to end wars
Ending conflicts has been a dominant theme in Pope Leo’s addresses since he became pope last week.
14 May 2025 - 5:03PM
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Donald Trump
‘I like him too much’: Trump showers praise on Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
The US president’s rapport with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is far warmer than his White House predecessor’s.
14 May 2025 - 9:44AM
Middle East
Trump says he will remove Syria sanctions in surprise boost to war-torn nation
The US president is expected to meet interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda commander who spent years in a US prison in Iraq.
14 May 2025 - 4:07AM
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Israel
‘Cease at once’: UN envoy urges Israel to stop attacks on Syria
‘I strongly condemn Israel’s continued and escalating violations of Syria’s sovereignty, including air strikes in Damascus and other cities,’ said Geir Pedersen.
3 May 2025 - 9:58PM
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