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9 September, 2024
Syrian White Helmet civil defence workers inspect the site of a car bomb attack on the outskirts of Manbij, Syria on Monday. Photo: Syrian Civil Defence White Helmets via AP
Syria

Car bomb kills 20 in northern Syria, deadliest attack since Assad toppled

No immediate claims of responsibility for ‘terror’ attack in Manbij, near the Turkish border. Victims were mostly women, officials said.

Ukraine war

Ukraine drone sparks fires at Russia’s major energy facilities

Nepal

Nepali family hopes for hostage’s return from Gaza to end ‘excruciating’ wait

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Russia

East Ukrainian paramilitary leader killed in Moscow bomb blast

Ukraine described Sarkisyan as a crime boss in the Donetsk region and said that he was suspected of taking part in ‘illegal armed groups’.

Traffic police officers patrol near the site of a blast in a residential building in Moscow. The bomb detonated in a building just 12km (7 miles) from the Kremlin. Photo: Reuters
North Korea

Brutal, ‘brave’ and unrelenting: the North Korean troops fighting Ukraine

Around 4,000 of the 11,000-men contingent North Korea sent to Russia last year are thought to have died already, with more losses expected.

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From our archives

When the ‘charred body’ of a millionaire was found in Hong Kong

Bill Crum, who had ‘many enemies’, died alone in his home in Sai Kung in 1977 after ‘a lifetime made rich from the spoils of America’s wars in Asia’.

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Africa

Sudan market attack kills 54, wounds more than 150

Casualties in the attack, carried out by the Rapid Support Forces on a market in Omdurman, reportedly included many women and children.

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Debris is seen after an attack at Sabrein Market in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on Saturday. Photo: Khartoum State Press Office/Xinhua
Japan

Up in smoke? Ukraine’s bid to shame Japan Tobacco for Russia tax fails to ignite

Japan Tobacco’s decision to stay in Russia highlights a stark contrast in Japanese public opinion compared to other nations.

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Africa

Congo: M23 rebels advance as UN reports executions and rapes

Goma’s capture by the Rwanda-backed rebels has brought humanitarian operations to ‘a standstill, cutting off a vital lifeline for aid’.

Myanmar

No way home for Myanmar migrants stuck in Thai limbo 4 years after coup

Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to survive with little hope of returning home.

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A Myanmar migrant worker looks out her flat window in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

North Korean troops ‘withdrawn’ from Kursk front line, says Ukraine

‘We believe they have been withdrawn because of the heavy losses inflicted,’ said a military spokesman.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea and met its leader Kim Jong-un in June. Photo: via AP
Israel-Gaza war

Imminent release expected for high-profile male hostages

Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon, all kidnapped by Hamas in 2023, are household names due to big campaigns calling for their release.

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United States

Sudden US funding freeze forces Cambodia to partially halt mine clearance

President Trump has pressed pause on helping clear unexploded bombs, many of which were dropped by the US in the Vietnam war.

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Israel-Gaza war

Hamas frees 5 Thai hostages under ceasefire deal

The hostages were reported to be in fair health after they were admitted to an Israeli hospital

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Old Hong Kong

Recap | Hong Kong’s darkest days of Japanese invasion, cannibalism, POW camps and heroism

PostMag writer Jason Wordie looks back at the harrowing history of Hong Kong during World War II under Japanese occupation after the city fell in December 1941.

The British surrender Hong Kong to the Japanese on Christmas Day in 1941. Photo: SCMP Archives
Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels say they plan to take fight to DR Congo’s capital

M23 fighters eye Kinshasa after they captured much of Goma, a city more than 1,500km away in DR Congo’s east.

Israel-Gaza war

Thai hostages in ‘fair’ health after Gaza release, Israeli doctors say

Most were held underground and not exposed to sunlight for extended periods of time.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | How China and US can work together to end Ukraine war

Beijing and Washington should take the lead on a plan to offer a collective security guarantee to Kyiv and Moscow as a foundation for a deal.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Israel-Gaza war

Israel frees Palestinian prisoners after delay over chaotic hostage release

During the earlier handover, a crowd of people had gathered around the hostages in a way Israel said was a threat to their safety.

Israel

Israel’s moves to secure Lebanon, Syria borders could fuel new threats: analysts

Experts warn Israel’s extended occupation may undermine Lebanon’s government, embolden Hezbollah and raise uncertainties in post-war Syria.

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Israel-Gaza war

Hamas to free 3 Israeli and 5 Thai hostages next, Israeli official says

Two women, Arbel Yehoud, 29, Agam Berger, 19, and Gadi Mozes, an 80-year-old man, will be released with the group of Thai nationals.

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A wall in Tel Aviv covered with photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Photo: TNS
Middle East

Hong Kong-flagged ship drifts abandoned in Red Sea after explosion

An official described the cargo aboard the ASL Bauhinia container ship as ‘dangerous’. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

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The Hong Kong-flagged container ship ASL Bauhinia is seen off Melbourne, Australia in 2022. Photo: AP
Italy

Italy’s Meloni under investigation over release of Libya war crimes suspect

Osama Elmasry Njeem was freed and sent home after being detained in Italy under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

Vladimir Putin

Atomic scientists adjust Doomsday Clock closer than ever to midnight

Russia’s nuclear threats, the rise of AI, global conflicts and climate change all shaped the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ decision.

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Africa

Congo’s M23 rebels control Goma airport, embassies attacked

The UN and global powers fear the conflict could spiral into a regional war akin to those of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003 that killed millions.

Protesters clash with riot police forces in front of the French Embassy in Kinshasa. Photo: Reuters
Music

Ukrainian folk band fights back against Russia in their own special way

Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha ensemble takes their country’s traditional folk music across the world to combat Russian cultural ‘assimilation’.

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Nina Garenetska of the Ukrainian folk music quartet DakhaBrakha performs on stage at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris, France on January 22, 2025. Photo: AFP
The Philippines

Guns, votes and violence: armed Muslim rebels threaten Philippine midterms

With 14,000 MILF fighters still armed and tensions rising among political clans, analysts warn the polls may reignite the fires of conflict.

Donald Trump

Netanyahu hopes to meet Trump in Washington as soon as next week: US officials

Israel’s PM could be first foreign leader to meet Trump at White House since inauguration. India’s Modi also to meet Trump in US next month.

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