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Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza call for action to secure the hostages’ release, outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas ‘ready to release all remaining hostages’ for end to Gaza war

Khalil al-Hayya, who leads the Hamas negotiating team for indirect talks with Israel, said the group refused an interim truce deal.

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Yemen

US says Chinese satellite firm is supporting Houthi attacks on US interests

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Ukraine war

Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with weapons: Zelensky

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Indonesia

Can Indonesia’s Prabowo succeed in plan to evacuate Gaza’s Palestinians?

The Indonesian president has said that his plan would happen only with agreement from ‘all parties’.

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A boy in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has proposed to evacuate 1,000 wounded or orphaned Palestinians from Gaza. Photo: AFP
Cambodia

Cambodia’s descent into madness remembered, 50 years after the Khmer Rouge

Frenchman Roland Neveu witnessed the victorious Khmer Rouge enter Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, heralding a savage era for Cambodians.

Ukraine war

Ukrainian lawmakers extend martial law until August

The extension allows Ukraine to continue mobilising troops and suspends the election cycle.

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Russia

Denmark mulls sending soldiers to train in Ukraine

Earlier in the day, the head of the Danish army said Denmark intended to send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine for training.

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Ukrainian servicemen from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit in the Donetsk region on Tuesday. Denmark’s training plans have caused discontent at the Russian embassy in Copenhagen. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Trump administration reduces Ukraine aid estimate in minerals deal: report

The US looks to have softened its aid payback demands in talks over a deal for Ukrainian investment projects.

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Africa

Sudan paramilitary chief declares rival government 2 years after war erupted

The conflict has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands killed and 13 million people displaced.

United States

US envoy claims ‘on the verge’ of Ukraine peace deal after Putin meeting

Donald Trump’s special envoy also hinted at ‘compelling commercial opportunities’ for the US following his meeting with Russia’s president.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, before talks in Saint Petersburg on Friday. Photo: Sputnik, Kremlin/AP
Cambodia

Cambodia’s tougher ban on genocide denial: ‘another tool to silence dissent’?

Critics fear the move to further criminalise denial of the Khmer Rouge’s horrors will stifle opposition to Hun Sen’s dynasty.

Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen (right) and his son, Cambodian Prime Hun Manet (left), attend a ceremony at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asean

How Malaysia’s Anwar risks legitimising Myanmar junta through diplomacy

The Asean chair hopes for progress from his meeting with Min Aung Hlaing, but will it give the isolated junta a propaganda boost?

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United States

Palestinian activist expecting US citizenship interview is arrested by ICE

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent US resident and a critic of the war in Gaza, was arrested in Vermont on Monday.

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Ukraine war

Trump blames Biden and Zelensky for failing to prevent war in Ukraine

‘President Zelensky and Crooked Joe Biden did an absolutely horrible job in allowing this travesty to begin,’ Trump wrote on social media.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28. Photo: CNP via Zuma Press Wire / TNS
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas offers ‘serious prisoner swap’ for guarantees Israel will end Gaza war

Hamas proposed releasing all Israeli hostages for a significant prisoner swap and an end to the Gaza conflict, demanding guarantees to ensure Israel’s compliance.

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Fighters of the Islamic Jihad and Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stand during the hand-over of three Israeli hostages to representatives of the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis On February 2. Photo:dpa
Middle East

Houthis say US air strikes kill 6, claim Reaper drone shot down over Yemen

The rebels said a ceramics factory in Sanaa was hit overnight, as they reported their fourth downing of a US drone in two weeks.

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China’s military

Opinion | How China’s military-industrial complex is reshaping geopolitics

As China’s defence posture alters spheres of influence and trade, its allies and rivals are recalibrating their own military policies.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh reintroduces ‘except Israel’ phrase on passports

Muslim-majority Bangladesh does not recognise Israel. The ‘except Israel’ phrase was removed in 2021 during former PM Sheikh Hasina’s tenure.

Bangladeshi Muslims buy clothes during Ramadan in Dhaka on March 25. Israel is a flashpoint issue in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Photo: AFP
US-Iran tensions

US Pentagon chief says military ready to ensure Iran never gets a nuclear bomb

Pete Hegseth said Trump hoped to avoid military option ‘but if we have to, we will to prevent the nuclear bomb in Iran’s hands’.

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Africa

Sudan paramilitaries kill 56 in 48 hours in retaken town, say activists

The conflict has seen tens of thousands die, uprooted over 12 million and created what has been called ‘the biggest humanitarian crisis recorded’.

Ukraine war

Children among 34 dead in Russian strike on Ukrainian city of Sumy

‘Only filthy scum can act like this – taking the lives of ordinary people,’ said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The covered body of a person killed during a Sunday morning missile attack in Sumy, Ukraine. Photo: Handout via AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Hundreds of patients evacuated as Israel strikes hospital for fifth time

The attack, on one of the enclave’s few functioning hospitals, was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility, Israel said.

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A Palestinian doctor at the site of the destroyed Al Ahli Baptist hospital on Sunday following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

Trump on Russia-Ukraine deal: there is a time ‘to put up or shut up’

Trump has shown signs of losing patience with Moscow and told it to ‘get moving’ on reaching an agreement.

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Ukraine war

Ukrainian F-16 pilot killed in combat, Zelensky says

The aircraft was reportedly shot down by Russian missiles, making it the second advanced Western fighter jet Kyiv’s forces have lost.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel expanding Gaza offensive, seizes key corridor

The IDF also launched strikes in the Khan Younis area after ordering tens of thousands of residents to evacuate.

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Palestinians flee areas in the eastern part of Gaza City after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders on Friday. Photo: Reuters
India

Indian army officer and 3 suspected militants killed in Kashmir

India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, and many Kashmiris consider it a legitimate freedom struggle.

Paramilitary personnel stand guard as Kashmiri Anganwadi workers stage an anti-government protest demanding better pay and job security, in Srinagar on Monday. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

Indonesia’s Prabowo: Gaza violence undermines world’s rules-based system

Indonesian president says violence and unilateral decisions by the West are only leading the world towards unrest with little say for emerging nations.

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Africa

‘War weapon’: thousands of Congo children raped, assaulted in just 2 months

Toddlers were among the victims, Unicef said, with rape and other forms of sexual violence taking place once every 30 minutes on average.

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