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UN: Gaza ‘catastrophe’ threatens to raise record global displacement
Death, suffering and displacement threatens to spill out across the Middle East, said Filippo Grandi.
Argentina’s Milei starts shock therapy by devaluing peso by 50 percent
New president Milei warns of painful measures as currency value slashed, subsidies cut, public works tenders cancelled.
Israel-Gaza war on US campuses: Why are top university leaders under fire?
A congressional hearing on anti-Semitism has shone a spotlight on the tensions between free speech and campus safety.
Missiles from Houthi-controlled Yemen target commercial tanker, report says
Another tanker reports 'exchange of fire' with speedboat off Yemen’s coastal city of Hodeidah.
Allies raising pressure on Israel to halt Gaza bombardment
Calls for a ceasefire are growing after the UN passed a resolution and the US warned of deteriorating support.
Thai MP sentenced to six years for insulting monarchy
Opposition lawmaker Rukchanok Srinork was prosecuted under Thailand's strict lese-majeste laws.
Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels
Australia's government struggles with climate contradictions as it commits to damaging fossil fuel projects.
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of Gaza ceasefire
The US and Israel were among the few votes against the non-binding resolution calling for an end to the fighting.
UK’s Sunak wins parliament vote on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda
Sunak faces down Conservative rebels by winning knife-edge vote on latest plans to send refugees and migrants to Rwanda.
Biden warns Israel risks losing support over ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing
US president offers his sharpest public criticism of Israel since the start of its war with Hamas.
‘Clear threat’: Kashmiris on India top court upholding removal of autonomy
For the residents, fears of demographic change triggered by Modi government's 2019 move are slowly becoming a reality.
US announces hundreds of new sanctions in push to isolate Russia
New sanctions target entities and individuals around the world in bid to isolate Russia as its war on Ukraine continues.
COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels
Flurry of shuttle diplomacy under way at UN-led negotiations in UAE as countries fight over wording of potential deal.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in the US. What’s on the agenda?
Zelenskyy is trying to help break a US domestic political deadlock that will deprive his country of war funding.
Photos: Israel is bombing starving Palestinians in southern Gaza
Hunger is worsening across the besieged enclave, with the United Nations saying half of Gaza's population is starving.
Asylum seeker dies on UK barge housing migrants and refugees
British Interior Minister James Cleverly says the death will be investigated.
What is the situation in Gaza’s Khan Younis as Israel intensifies attacks?
Israel has intensified attacks on Khan Younis, which was dubbed a safe zone in the initial days of the war.
How a child’s death caused an Ohio city to turn on its Haitian community
A fatal school bus crash in Springfield, Ohio, has sparked a backlash to the city’s burgeoning immigrant population.
Poland’s new PM promises to push for full Western support of Ukraine
Donald Tusk says Poland will regain leadership position in Europe and will be strong part of NATO.