China set to release new five-year plan at National People’s Congress
Beijing is expected to set a growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent cent for 2026 at this week's NPC.
The dark side of Holi
India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.
Video: Smoke seen rising after explosion near Baghdad airport
Video shared by Iraqi media shows the moment of an explosion near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq's capital.
Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism in wake of deadly speedboat attack
Detainees accused of coming from the US with intent to sow chaos and attack military units on Communist-ruled island
Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week.
The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana.
Continue reading...Israeli forces bomb hotel in Beirut, residential building in Lebanon’s east
Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; more residents displaced across Lebanon.
Israel, Iran continue attacks as war enters its fifth day, engulfs region
Iranian retaliatory strikes continue with drone and missile attacks as conflict spreads through Gulf nations.
South Korea’s stock market suffers biggest drop in history amid US-Iran war
Benchmark index plummets as much as 12.2 percent, eclipsing single-day plunge after 9/11 attacks in 2001.
The Iran strikes could become a midterm reckoning – for Trump and Israel
Conservative dissent over the war is fracturing the GOP and testing the durability of US support for Israel.
Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bondi attackers visited his coffee shop during Philippines stay
Military used in arrest of Mohammad Odeh Saleh, owner of business allegedly visited by the Akrams before Australia’s deadliest terror attack
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A Jordanian national whose coffee shop was visited by the alleged gunmen behind December’s Bondi beach terrorist attack – and who frequently traveled to Australia and the Middle East – has been arrested in the Philippines for overstaying his visa.
Authorities investigating the gunmen’s month-long stay in Mindanao Island, in the country’s south, alleged that Mohammad Odeh Saleh, 65, had travelled to Australia in the years before his arrest in Pagadian City on Monday.
Continue reading...South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder of newborn baby
The case has gripped South Korea, where there is no regulation on how far into pregnancy an abortion can take place.
South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder of newborn baby
The case has gripped South Korea, where there is no regulation on how far into pregnancy an abortion can take place.
Live: Macron says he urged Netanyahu to ‘refrain from ground offensive’ in Lebanon – France 24
- Live: Macron says he urged Netanyahu to 'refrain from ground offensive' in Lebanon France 24
- Is Hezbollah Still a Threat? Foreign Affairs
- At least 11 killed as Israel escalates attacks across Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into the war on Iran, but the militia is a shadow of the force it once was CNN
- Israel orders Lebanese to leave swathe of the south 'immediately' Reuters
Plibersek accuses Mafs of platforming ‘coercive control’ after contestant wanted a woman ‘obedient’ like a dog
Social services minister Tanya Plibersek criticises hit reality TV show Married at First Sight for ‘messaging which encourages control and dehumanises women’
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The social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, has accused Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, of “normalising” coercive control by airing an exchange in which a Married at First Sight contestant says he wants a woman to be obedient like a dog.
Plibersek urged parents not to let their children watch the “dangerous” reality TV juggernaut, which regularly attracts more than 2 million viewers on broadcast television alone.
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Continue reading...America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East – Foreign Affairs
- America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East Foreign Affairs
- The future of war? US-Israel blitz on Iran unveils next-gen allied combat Fox News
- Opinion | Iran and a New Middle East Alliance WSJ
- Open Letter from 75 Retired U.S. Military Leaders in Support of Joint U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran JINSA
- Israel and U.S. Trumpet Their Collaboration in War Against Iran - The New York Times The New York Times
US and Ecuador forces launch operation to fight drug trafficking
Washington says the two countries are combatting what the US calls designated terrorist organisations in the South American country.
US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking
US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists
US and Ecuadorian forces have launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Tuesday, but neither side gave more details.
Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said in a statement on X that the “decisive action” was aimed at combating illicit drug trafficking.
Continue reading...First US soldiers to die in Iran conflict are identified
Four of the six - ranging in age from 20 to 42 - have been named after the drone strike in Kuwait.
Russia, China raise diplomatic voices against US-Israeli attacks on Iran
China's foreign minister tells Israel to end attacks; Russian FM Lavrov says no sign Tehran seeking nuclear bomb.
Germany’s Merz sits powerless as Trump attacks European allies in Oval Office – politico.eu
- Germany’s Merz sits powerless as Trump attacks European allies in Oval Office politico.eu
- Live updates: Israel hits Beirut and Tehran as Trump warns Iran of escalated strikes CNN
- As Trump Bashes Spain on Military Spending, German Chancellor Merz Looks On The New York Times
- Trump’s Oval Office press conferences, a difficult test for visiting leaders, have stopped Politico
- Merz Says EU Won’t Accept US Trade Deal on Worse Tariff Terms Bloomberg
Trump’s strikes on Iran pose a puzzle for Europe’s far right – politico.eu
- Trump’s strikes on Iran pose a puzzle for Europe’s far right politico.eu
- Some European Leaders Are Now Openly Challenging Trump Over Iran WSJ
- Europe's weakness on Iran, Gaza has radicalized politics at home Responsible Statecraft
- How Trump's Anti-diplomacy Bent Shocked Europe Into Paralysis on Iran Haaretz
- Pathetic Western leaders suck up to Trump thecanary.co