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Despite international concerns, Israeli lawmakers have passed laws to bar the UN's Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, from operating in Israel and east Jerusalem

Support system 'weaponised'

UN members seek ICJ opinion on Israel aid obligations to Palestinians

A child watches migrants cleaning boats at a temporary reception centre in Panama's Darien province

Notorious route

Panama says 55 migrants have died crossing jungle this year

The war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands and displaced more than 11 million

Humanitarian crisis

US announces $200 mn additional aid for Sudan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a UN Security Council session

Chance for historic agreement

Blinken hopes Trump picks up work on Saudi-Israel deal

Vladimir Putin's traditional annual question and answer sessions can last hours

Boasting progress

Putin ready to meet Trump to talk Ukraine deal

Emergency services personnel inspect the rubble of a destroyed school building in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, after Yemeni rebels fired a missile

Further retaliation threatened

Yemen rebels say Israeli strikes kill 9, after missile attack

This aerial photograph shows a general view of the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, where the incident occurred

Eight arrested over involvement

Nigeria school fair stampede kills 35 children

Some groups said the jail terms for the other defendants were too lenient

Who are the men convicted in French mass rape trial?

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a thumbs-up after getting his medical all-clear

All clear from doctor's

Brazil's Lula returns to regular duties after head surgery

One by one, the 50 men stood before presiding judge Roger Arata as they received their sentences

All 51 defendants guilty

Outrage, relief: emotions mixed following French mass rape trial verdict

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate is accused of having formed a criminal network in Romania and Britain

Influencer Andrew Tate avoids Romania trafficking trial for now

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping to convince US President-elect Donald Trump to continue Washington's support for Kyiv

'Welcome Donald': Zelensky seeks to win Trump to Kyiv's side

Guterres also raised the prospect of the international community making a first step to easing sanctions in force on Syria

Still challenges ahead

UN chief sees 'flame of hope' in Syria, calls for end to Israel strikes

Suspicions have been directed at a Chinese ship -- the Yi Peng 3 -- which according to ship tracking sites had sailed over the cables around the time they were cut

Following controversy

Denmark expects Chinese ship probed over cut cables to depart

A youth speaks to a boy filling up buckets with water from a hose near tents at a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City

Human Rights Watch

Israel accused of 'acts of genocide', 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza

South Korea's spy agency has said there are signs Kim Jong Un is planning a fresh deployment of forces for fighting in Russia's war with Ukraine

Prepared to send more

'At least 100 North Koreans killed' fighting for Russia: Seoul

Gisele Pelicot has become a feminist icon

Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband jailed 20 years in France mass rape trial

Ethnic and pro-democracy rebels are fighting junta forces in Myanmar

Amid crackdown on dissent

Myanmar junta FM briefs neighbours on election plans: Thai FM

Beijing's military -- which it has been working to modernise for several decades -- has made recent advances, the Pentagon said

From nuclear arsenals to overseas activities

Key facts from the Pentagon's annual China military report

Duterte now has three impeachment complaints against her, though whether she will be removed remains unclear

Amid presidential feud

Philippines VP Duterte hit by third impeachment complaint

A youth speaks to a boy filling up buckets with water from a hose near tents at a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City

Demanding targeted sanctions

HRW accuses Israel of 'acts of genocide' for restricting Gaza water access

Rescue workers search for survivors in the Vanuatu capital Port Vila after an earthquake killed at least nine people

Race against time

International rescuers join search for Vanuatu quake survivors

Firefighters extinguish a fire that killed 11 people at a karaoke bar in Hanoi

One under arrest

Hanoi karaoke bar fire kills 11, arson suspected

US President-elect Donald Trump has launched a slate of lawsuits that critics worry could push media to self-censor

Journalism under attack

With spate of lawsuits, Trump goes after US media

Theatre director and playwright Miguel de Senna Fernandes, a Macaau native, creates works in Patua, a 'critically endangered' language that blends Portuguese, Cantonese and other influences

Breakneck reinvention

On China's doorstep, Macau weaves an identity as integration looms

Concerns are growing in the UK that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is cosying up to hard-right firebrand UK lawmaker Nigel Farage

Future Farage donor?

Musk's possible meddling in UK politics stirs concern

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken called for a

US State Secretary

Blinken says Syria's HTS should learn from Taliban isolation

A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster

Glimmer of hope

UN calls for 'free and fair' elections in Syria

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