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Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai is facing up to life in prison at his national security trial

Elevated heart rate

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's security trial delayed over health concerns

Britain's head of state King Charles III led commemorations for the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day and the end of World War II

Honouring courage

UK king, Starmer lead VJ Day tributes to WWII veterans, survivors

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a ceremony in Seoul to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule

'Respecting' political system

South Korean president vows to build 'military trust' with North

Britain's King Charles paid tribute to the courage of WWII veterans in a national audio address to mark Victory over Japan day

On VJ day, king pays tribute to UK veterans, warns of war's 'true cost'

The iconic red wooden Kiruna Church is to be moved five kilometers as part of a campaign to expand Europe's biggest underground mine

Expanding underground mine

Historic Swedish church being moved as giant mine casts growing shadow

A member of the US National Guard walks past military vehicles on the National Mall in Washington

'Until law and order is restored'

National Guard deploys 800 personnel for DC mission, says Pentagon

El Alto is known for its collection of uber-flamboyant neo-Andean 'cholets' -- a portmanteau of 'chalet' and 'chola' or Indigenous woman -- built by Bolivia's Aymara bourgeoisie over the past two decades

Ditching left politics

'Never again': Indigenous Bolivians sour on socialism

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has pledged fast, state-driven growth to transform Southeast Asia's largest country

First state address

Indonesia's president touts economy, social welfare drive

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Independence Day celebrations from the Red Fort in Delhi on Friday

Energy independence

Facing US tariffs, India's Modi vows self-reliance

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) is heading to Alaska for a high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump (R)

Aimed at settling Ukraine war

Trump vows not to be intimidated ahead of Putin summit

Trump promised to end the war within

High expectations

Putin-Trump summit: What each side wants

People flee from a village after fighting erupts in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, which is seeing a dramatic rise in hunger amid aid cuts

Wartime blockade

Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food as hunger bites

Vyacheslav Volodin (L), chairman of Russia's Duma, arrived in the North Korean capital on Thursday, according to state media

Putin hails North Korean troops as 'heroic' in letter to Kim

President Nayib Bukele, who describes himself as

Detained without charges

El Salvador plans 600 mass trials for suspected gang members

Smotrich unveiled the plans in response to numerous Western nations saying they would recognise a Palestinian state

Israeli far-right minister backs contentious West Bank settlement plan

Serbian riot police clashed with anti-government protesters in Belgrade as anti-corruption demos turned violent

Street violence

New clashes in Serbia as political crisis escalates

Serbian riot police again faced off against anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Thursday night

Dozens injured overnight

New clashes in Serbia as political crisis escalates

US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin

High-stakes summit

Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit

A Frontex border patrol ship in Lampedusa on Thursday as searches continued for survivors of two migrant boat capsizings

Deadly crossing

Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck

In 2024, the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine documented 209 cases of conflict-related sexual violence

In light of credible evidence of violations

UN warns Russia, Israel of conflict sex crimes listing risk

Foreign ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum gather in Suva ahead of the main meeting in Solomon Islands next month

Defending its decisions

Solomon Islands says China not influencing diplomatic decisions

Trump and Putin at a press conference in Helsinki in 2018.

Analysis: All eyes on Alaska

What can be expected of the Trump–Putin summit on Friday?

Palestinians scramble to receive cooked meals from an aid distribution centre in Gaza City.

Requests continue to be refused

Foreign NGOs say new Israeli rules keep them from delivering Gaza aid

Cholera patients receive treatment in an isolation tent in a displaced persons' camp in Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur

Tragedy upon tragedy

At least 40 dead in Sudan's worst cholera outbreak in years: MSF

Extreme summer heat

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Alaska holds significance for Russia, which sold the territory to the United States in the 19th century

Hosting historic summit

Alaska: a source of Russian imperial nostalgia

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, has denied reports by Seoul's military that Pyongyang removed propaganda loudspeakers along the border

Tit-for-tat propaganda

North Korea denies removing border loudspeakers

Updated figures

1,300 illegal border entries from Luxembourg: German police

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