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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
Ukraine war

South Korea wants Ukraine apology over disclosure of North Korean POW transfer

Seoul said Zelensky’s UN revelation has damaged trust between ⁠the two governments and that it is reviewing additional measures.

Ukraine war

Russian drones kill 2 outside Kyiv, 3 others in different regions, officials say

Israel

Israel’s Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli official says

US, Israel war on Iran

Trump expects new Iran talks despite rejecting deal offer

Trump has mused on resuming full-scale strikes on Iranian targets but in an interview on Sunday he said he expects negotiations to restart.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week. Photo: Getty Images / TNS
Switzerland

Swiss reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum backed by right-wing party

Moscow, which has accused Bern of abandoning its neutrality, praised the initiative that some critics have called ‘pro-Russian’.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan says 28 dead fighters came from Pakistan as Islamabad denies ties

Pakistan’s information ministry rejected all allegations that its security forces or intelligence agencies are involved in Afghanistan at all.

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Britain

UK police arrest 5 on suspicion of terrorism near airbase used by US in Iran war

The men were arrested near RAF Fairford, a UK-owned base that is operated by the US under a Cold War agreement.

A US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber on the tarmac at RAF Fairford base in Fairford, south west England, on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas leader says Israel to use ‘blood’ of Palestinians as fuel for election

Khalil al-Hayya also said Hamas was ready to engage with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to ‘achieve genuine unity’.

US, Israel war on Iran

Iran says only diplomacy can end Hormuz crisis after Trump rejects deal

Tehran said the proposed pact would trigger a seven-day countdown to reopening the strait and a pause in regional fighting.

France

Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit

The first US pontiff was visiting France seven months before French voters went to the polls.

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Crowds on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees wait for Pope Leo to pass by on his way to celebrate mass in Place de la Concorde, Paris on Saturday. Photo: EPA
Pakistan

Why Pakistan’s endless war on militants fails to break the cycle

Tactical wins and retaliatory strikes have not delivered peace, even as two separate insurgencies appear to be converging.

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People gather at site of a bomb attack in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on September 18. Photo: Xinhua
Lessons from China's history

Reflections | When centuries of Chinese knowledge were destroyed by warlord who burned a city

Xiang Yu’s razing of the Qin capital Xianyang, which left libraries full of vital texts in ruin, was echoed centuries later in Warsaw.

US, Israel war on Iran

Iran offers US plan to reopen Hormuz within 7 days

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the ball is now in Washington’s court, after setting out conditions for ending the war.

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France

In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’

Pope Leo is in France on a four-day trip, the first official papal trip in 18 years to France.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte accompany Pope Leo after their meeting in the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday. Photo: via AP
Ukraine war

EU to release US$7.5 billion linked to Ukraine military aid

Money related to Ukraine had stuck in the fund for ⁠months, blocked by the previous Hungarian government under Viktor Orban.

A Ukrainian artilleryman fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops at a position on the front line in the Donetsk region on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

France to protect key Saudi oil terminal as Houthis step up missile attacks

Macron pledges troops and radar systems to defend Red Sea energy hub at Yanbu following aerial barrage.

Israel-Gaza war

Actors, politicians among 100 arrested in New York anti-Netanyahu protest

Police detain Oscar winner and fellow activists blocking traffic near the UN ahead of diplomatic speech.

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Israel-Iran conflict

UK foreign secretary warns Iran against hostile activity on British soil

Ed Miliband presses Tehran over domestic security and demands release of couple held in Evin prison.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband at a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
United States

US 30-year mortgage rates top 7%, highest in Trump presidency

It is the highest average level since January 2025, with affordability a concern for US voters weeks ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Middle East

Netanyahu blasts critics at UN, dismissing Gaza genocide accusations

Israeli prime minister denounces walkout delegates as ‘moral cowards’ during a fiery address defending the war against Iran.

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Ukraine war

Croatia clears extradition of Nord Stream blast suspect to Germany

German prosecutors have accused Ukrainian scuba diver of planting explosives on Baltic pipelines in 2022.

A gas leak at Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm in 2022. Photo: Danish Defence Command via Reuters
Ukraine war

8 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine, maternity clinic damaged

Moscow has stepped up its air ‌war in recent months, deploying more of its faster and harder-to-stop drones.

Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of an overnight Russian attack on a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Photo: EPA/State Emergency Service
Ukraine war

Zelensky warns of painful winter for Russia if energy truce talks fail

The leader described Russia’s Putin as the ‘patient zero’ from whom the idea of war keeps spreading further.

US, Israel war on Iran

Indian sailor killed in attack on vessel in Hormuz: India and Oman authorities

A strike on the cargo ship Cape Dao led to a fire in the engine room, and 27 crew members had to be evacuated by the Omani navy.

US, Israel war on Iran

Iran’s president accuses Trump of ‘bullying mentality’ in wartime speech to UN

Masoud Pezeshkian rejects US threats while signalling readiness for diplomatic talks to end conflict.

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian giving his address in New York. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Trump’s Board of Peace proposes US$2.45 billion Gaza reconstruction plan

Physical damage across Gaza will cost roughly US$35.2 billion in the medium term and another US$71.4 billion in the next 10 years.

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US President Donald Trump signs the charter of his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January. Photo: AP
Taiwan

As I see it | Taiwan might as well give up now

If Washington can’t or won’t defend the island, Taipei has no choice but to settle with Beijing.

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Ukraine war

Zelensky meets Trump, says Ukraine ready for energy truce with Russia

The US president announced such a truce last week, but Russia ‌hit petrol stations in Kyiv the next day and Ukraine bombed an oil refinery.

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