Was South Africa’s G20 success real change or a symbolic win?
G20 summit in Johannesburg was seen as a diplomatic success for South Africa and a renewed commitment to multilaterism.
Pope Leo warns ‘future of humanity is at stake’ during Turkiye visit
Pope Leo XIV hailed Turkiye as a bridge between cultures and religions, during his first visit since becoming pontiff.
Tunisia frees prominent lawyer and critic of President Saied
Sonia Dahmani, 60, was arrested in 2024 after questioning government policy on African refugees and migrants.
Firefighters search for hundreds still missing in devastating Hong Kong tower blocks fire
Dozens of people have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for after Wednesday's blaze.
Households face ‘dismal’ rise in spending power, says IFS – BBC
- Households face 'dismal' rise in spending power, says IFS BBC
- Faisal Islam: The real reason Reeves is making you pay more tax BBC
- This bodge-it budget does not give Britain what it needs The Economist
- U.K. Budget Plan Calms Markets and Labour Faithful. Will It Appeal to Voters? The New York Times
- Budget tax rises may be ‘fiscal fiction’ as pain delayed for election year, IFS warns | Budget 2025 The Guardian
Shark kills woman, seriously injures man with her at beach in Australia – CBS News
- Shark kills woman, seriously injures man with her at beach in Australia CBS News
- Australia shark attack: Woman killed and man injured in New South Wales BBC
- Tourist dies after being bitten by shark in Australia CNN
- Large bull shark kills woman and injures man in attack at NSW beach The Guardian
- Swiss tourist killed in shark attack off Australia's east coast NBC News
Anger swelling in Hong Kong over deadliest fire in more than 70 years
Some think leader John Lee’s focus on blaming bamboo scaffolding deflects from actual cause
The inferno that engulfed Wang Fuk Court residential compound in Hong Kong is still burning, but questions are already being asked about what the deadliest fire in more than 70 years means for Beijing’s grip on power in the city.
The death toll from the blaze, which tore apart seven of the eight high-rise apartment buildings in Wang Fuk Court, a residential compound home to 4,800 people, is still rising. Hundreds of people are still missing.
Continue reading...US teen Mohammed Ibrahim released from Israeli prison after nine months
Advocates say the 16-year-old's health had been in decline since his arrest in February for allegedly throwing rocks.
The numbers behind UN report on women and girls killed
A UN report has found that at least 83,000 women and girls were intentionally killed last year.
Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in Afghanistan
The suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.
The alleged gunman, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program that gave some Afghans who had worked for the US government entry visas to the US.
Continue reading...US appears to back plan to divide Gaza, rebuild Israeli-controlled side
Critics worry that the creation of 'alternative safe communities' may tip the enclave into permanent division.
National Guard members shot in Washington, DC, identified
Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe were wounded in the shooting, which the FBI is investigating as 'terrorism'.
Rocket Attack on Iraqi Gas Field Cuts Power to Most of Kurdistan – The New York Times
- Rocket Attack on Iraqi Gas Field Cuts Power to Most of Kurdistan The New York Times
- Gasfield in northern Iraq hit by drone attack: Reports Al Jazeera
- Drone attack causes fire at Khor Mor gas field in Iraq The Jerusalem Post
- Trump envoy says US supports stronger Kurdistan after drone attack rudaw.net
- KRG Interior Ministry Links Latest Khor Mor Attack to Lack of Federal Action, Renews Call for Accountability kurdistan24.net
Hundreds of children ‘terrified’ and alone after fleeing Sudan’s el-Fasher
Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces' advance.
Putin warns EU ‘theft’ of frozen assets will trigger retaliatory measures – politico.eu
- Putin warns EU ‘theft’ of frozen assets will trigger retaliatory measures politico.eu
- Kyiv says external funding critical, urges EU to unlock Russian assets Reuters
- Russia’s frozen assets are at the center of negotiations over a Ukraine peace deal AP News
- The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus Foreign Policy
- EU’s frozen-assets loan plan risks rattling markets, Euroclear warns Financial Times
Putin says US-backed peace plan as framework is OK ‘in general’
Russian leader says Ukraine must cede key territory and the world must recognise Russia’s gains.
The 1930s 2.0 & the collapse of American soft power
In this episode of Centre Stage, political philosopher and historian Roy Casagranda delivers a sharp analysis of the US.
General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup
Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters.
Pope Leo on first foreign trip says future of humanity at stake from conflict
The Pope makes his first foreign trip to Turkey and says a third world war is being "fought piecemeal".
‘I am devastated’: Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats
Efforts to control the blaze are continuing as locals wait for news of missing loved ones.