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From far-right gains to the economy: What’s at stake in Germany’s election?
Germans will head to the polls early next year after the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.
Categories: South Asia
Uganda’s Kizza Besigye ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court
Opposition leader's wife says he was seized in Nairobi, is being held in Kampala and calls for his immediate release.
Categories: South Asia
Guardiola to sign one-year contract extension at Manchester City
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is understood to have agreed to extend his contract until the end of next season.
Categories: South Asia
Retiring Rafael Nadal’s career ends as Spain is ousted at Davis Cup
Nadal's superlative career was celebrated in front of his home crowd after Netherlands upset Spain in the Davis Cup.
Categories: South Asia
Sharp rise recorded in landmine casualties in 2023, warns report
Civilians, including children, make up 84 percent of landmine casualties, with the highest numbers last year in Myanmar.
Categories: South Asia
Candles in Kyiv for 1,000 days of Ukraine war
People in Ukraine marked 1,000 days of war by lighting 1,000 candles in the capital, Kyiv.
Categories: South Asia
Philippines and Indonesia reach deal to return Filipina death row convict
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Mary Jane Veloso to come home after 'long and difficult journey'.
Categories: South Asia
Iran warns European powers IAEA censure will ‘complicate’ nuclear talks
Tehran reportedly offers to stop expanding high-enriched uranium stockpile during visit by UN nuclear watchdog chief.
Categories: South Asia
MSF cites police violence as operations suspended in Haitian capital
Move follows ambulance attack in which patients were executed and staff tear-gassed.
Categories: South Asia
Efforts brew to revive ‘green deserts’ in southern India’s tea country
Environmentalists say industrial-scale tea farming has destroyed the soil's nutrients and led to conflict with animals.
Categories: South Asia
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,000
These were the key developments on the 1,000th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Categories: South Asia
Police clash with protesters in Georgia over disputed election results
Round-the-clock demonstrations called in Tbilisi amid claims that elections last month were influenced by Russia.
Categories: South Asia
An A-Z of the children Israel killed in Gaza
Israeli attacks have killed at least 17,400 children in Gaza. That is one child killed every 30 minutes.
Categories: South Asia
In India’s tribal-dominated Jharkhand, BJP labels Muslims as ‘Bangladeshis’
BJP accused of trying to divide tribal and Muslim votes by raising bogey of 'Bangladeshi infiltrators' in a key region.
Categories: South Asia
Ukraine to get US land mines for use against Russian forces: Reports
US President Biden's decision to provide antipersonnel mines comes after Ukraine fired ATACMS missiles into Russia.
Categories: South Asia
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial
Lai denies supporting Hong Kong independence, says his now-defunct newspaper stood for 'core values' of city's people.
Categories: South Asia
Israeli PM Netanyahu offers $5m reward for captives freed from Gaza
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu offers cash rewards, safe way out of war-torn Gaza as inducements to free Israeli captives.
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Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault
Half of survey respondents also say mining giant's workplace culture has improved 'a lot' or 'a little'.
Categories: South Asia
Israeli attack kills 3 more Lebanese soldiers as death toll passes 40
The number of Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 reported to reach 41 after latest attack.
Categories: South Asia
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Jewish-American Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy
Elliott Abrams, CFR senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, and Elliot Cosgrove, rabbi of Park Avenue Synagogue, discuss the evolving role of the Jewish diaspora in shaping U.S. policy towards the Middle East, the challenges of fostering unity within the Jewish community, and the broader implications for international relations. Asher Lopatin, rabbi of Kehillat Etz Chayim, moderates the discussion.
Categories: Defense Policy
