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Hong Kong emerges as leading Asian study destination for Kazakhstani students

Kazakhstan has recorded the largest student population and fastest enrolment growth at Hong Kong’s public universities a...

Reports indicate injuries in drone attack on Saratov

Civilian infrastructure has been damaged

Unemployment jumps to over 4-year high of 6% in July 2026 as youth struggle

The National Capital Region records the country's highest unemployment rate at 8.2%, as young Filipinos entering the wor...

Trump threatens to ban Canadian Bombardier jets from US market

US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to block sales of Canadian planemaker Bombardier in the United States unl...

Redrawing the map

IT has been quite something to watch a whisper become, in a matter of weeks, the state’s new “number one priority”. The ...

Legal challenge launched against PTI’s planned march on Islamabad

• IHC CJ Dogar to take up petition against Sept 27 protest today• Petitioner fears disruption of routine life, traffic, ...

The UK sanctions should target activity 'supporting or maintaining' settlements, Tayab Ali says

The UK sanctions should target activity 'supporting or maintaining' settlements, Tayab Ali says Tayab Ali, Director of t...

Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group

The Eiffel Tower was shut on Monday after staff protested over women being ‘sidelined’ during a Hindu group’s visit.

Trump threatens to halt sale of Canadian Bombardier jets in US - as trade war intensifies

Donald Trump has warned Canadian aircraft company Bombardier that it will be no longer be permitted to sell its planes i...

What does Mondlane’s trial mean for Mozambique?

The opposition politician faces five charges over protests that followed the disputed 2024 election.

Russian diplomats doing everything to help families of those missing in Nepal — MFA

Maria Zakharova says embassy officials are in direct contact with the relatives of the missing and with the Nepalese gov...

Chinese researchers see climate change link to glacial collapse, warn of rising disaster risks

Study finds Tibetan plateau’s glacier area fallen to 39,000 square kilometres down from 51,000 square kilometres, with m...

Why a far-right party's victory in Germany is a 'serious moment in Europe'

The weekend win by Alternative for Germany in the state of Saxony-Anhalt has sent shivers across the continent, and coul...

Australia nears treaty with Solomon Islands in bid to limit China’s influence

Australia is in the process of finalising a treaty with another Pacific island nation, with the national broadcaster rep...

Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group

Staff condemned instructions that led to female employees being "sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their...

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the US to take effect

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against $27.6 billion worth of US goods will kick in after midnight on Tuesday.

UK set to announce trade ban on Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Ed Miliband’s intervention is expected to provoke a trenchant response from Washington

Putin’s shadow across Europe grows as German far right wins

Germany's AfD party has openly sympathized with Russia's attempt to batter Ukraine into submission, even as he stepped u...

U.K.’s Burnham risks Trump anger with new sanctions on Israel

British diplomats have privately told the U.S. that the sanctions are largely symbolic and will not impact the U.K.'s wi...

Israeli minister calls for UK envoy’s expulsion

Israeli minister calls for UK envoy’s expulsion Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called the Brit...

Bolsonaro Ties Lula as Brazil Court Crisis Energizes Right

Flávio Bolsonaro pulled even with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a new poll as the right-wing senator seizes on ...

Trump posts map showing US takeovers of other nations

US President Donald Trump has spent his second term threatening takeovers of various other countries, from Canada and Cu...

Three-day moratorium on strikes on Kiev expires

The moratorium was introduced in connection with US negotiators’ visit to Ukraine

How Tokyo is widening regional defence ties to complicate Beijing’s Taiwan calculus

The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abro...

Families of those still missing in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels want rescuers to work faster

Their hopes were buoyed when a few workers were rescued 10 days after the flood.

Eiffel Tower shuts after female staff allegedly sidelined during Hindu group's visit

Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group

The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday because of a strike by staff over the removal of female colleagues during a visit ...

German chancellor pledges to maintain tough Russia policy after Saxony-Anhalt election

Friedrich Merz also pledged to continue supporting Ukraine

EU says no place for 'glorification of war criminals' as Mladic buried

The European Union on Monday denounced any "glorification" of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic in Serbia, as thousand...

Israel intensifies South Lebanon strikes, killing 13 after weeks-long lull

Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon, killing 13 people, including women and children, Lebanon’s...

The UN passed resolution ahead of General Assembly calling for end to child marriage

The UN estimates 650 million women and girls currently alive were married before age 18. A new resolution aims to bring ...

Zaporozhye NPP wants to restore its second power line to enhance its nuclear safety

According to the statement, it is also necessary to ensure regular fuel supplies for backup diesel generators

Debt crisis threatens New Caledonia two years on from riots

President Milakulo Tukumuli has travelled to France to secure fresh funding to prevent 40,000 New Caledonians from becom...

Russia will not enter into agreements that fail to balance interests — Lavrov

The Russian foreign minister noted that Russia has been cheated many times throughout its history

'Jubilation and pain': German far right marches to victory in key state election

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, September 7: The far right marches to victory in a German state election: what does this mean for...

Jamaica’s legal approach: Were forced transportation, African enslavement lawful under English law?

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange. Accordin...

Germany's far-right AfD says 'democracy demands' parties work with them after state election win

The far-right party is trying to form a government in the state after falling three seats short of a majority.

Over 90% of armaments contracted in 2026 combat-tested — Rosoboronexport

"The performance demonstrated in real-world conditions significantly influenced the customers’ final decisions to sign c...

High prices at the pump drive home cost concerns in US toss-up district

A competitive congressional race in New Jersey shows how affordability fears could spell trouble for Trump in November

Republicans fear Trump has turned toxic on the campaign trail

Some party candidates worry the president’s low popularity and inflammatory rhetoric will cost them November’s election