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US arrests woman accused of spying for China on Taiwan leader’s family

A woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s son and his family in the United States was arrested Sunday, US and Taiwanese officials said. Wanying Zhang, 34, is accused of acting as an unregistered agent of China and spying on a “close relative of a Taiwanese government official” in the United States, First […]

Yemen military announces broad strikes against Houthis

The Yemeni military announced a broad set of strikes against Houthi targets on Monday, after the government declared a new campaign to retake all territory even as the Iran-backed group made fresh gains on the ground. The declared offensive sets a lofty goal for the beleaguered Saudi-backed government a month after losing swathes of the […]

Myanmar says 10,000 migrants returned from Malaysia this year

Myanmar has repatriated nearly 10,000 migrants from Malaysia this year, state media said on Monday, a day after a flotilla returning almost 1,500 of its citizens docked in the country. The United Nations (UN) has sharply criticised Malaysia’s push to return migrants to Myanmar under an opaque scheme it says cannot guarantee safe homecomings to […]

Fiji urges ‘just’ climate transition, financing at pre-COP gathering

Fiji urged developed nations on Monday to back a just transition to renewable energy and support those most vulnerable to climate change with much-needed financing, as the UN “pre-COP” gathering kicked off in the Fijian city of Nadi. This week’s talks in Fiji and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are aimed at drawing the […]

Three years on, Israeli rescuer cannot escape October 7

Israeli rescuer Natan Kenig says it does not take much of a trigger for him to relive the October 7, 2023 attack: his eyes open or closed, at home or out with friends, he still sees the rockets, torched cars and lifeless bodies.”I saw atrocities. The most terrible things in the world,” he said. Three […]

Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody’s lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off. The winners of the six Nobel prizes for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be revealed daily from October 5-12. Monday’s medicine prize, to be announced […]

Pacific nations take centre stage at ‘pre-COP’ climate summit

The UN “pre-COP” climate gathering kicked off on Monday in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world’s attention to life on the frontline of climate change. The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global warming — from rising sea waters jeopardizing homes […]

UK Green party adopts ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

The UK’s left-wing Green party voted Sunday to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual conference, drawing sharp backlash from three British Jewish groups, the ruling Labour Party and Israel’s government. Members of the Green party, which has five MPs in Britain’s 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a boost in recent local and special […]

Ethiopia controls Tigray capital as regional rivals meet in Egypt

Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels’ regional capital, a local journalist said on Sunday, while Ethiopia’s regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces began fighting again on September 23, sparking fears of a return to […]