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Former prime minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Pakistan's Election Commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan for five years

The ECP also announced that action would be taken against him under the corrupt practices laws

21 Oct 2022 3:34 PM

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

Full control over Hong Kong achieved: Xi Jinping at Communist party Congress meet

Xi said China has also waged a major struggle against Taiwan separatism and is determined and able to oppose territorial integrity

16 Oct 2022 12:01 PM

There appeared to be an elevated police presence around the site but locals said they had not seen the banners being unfolded. (Photo: AP)

China censors rare anti-Xi protest ahead of Communist Party congress

Beijing is on high alert against any disruption to a landmark Communist Party meeting where Xi is expected to secure a historic third term

14 Oct 2022 2:19 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russia's Crimea bridge, which he described as a "terrorist act". (Photo: AFP)

Putin vows more 'severe' attacks after Russian missiles batter Ukraine

The biggest wave of strikes across Ukraine in months killed at least 11 people nationwide

10 Oct 2022 6:50 PM

Mahsa Amini, who was detained after Iran's so-called morality police found fault with her headscarf. (Photo: Twitter)

Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness rather than 'blows'

Iran's Forensic Organization said "Mahsa Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of the body"

07 Oct 2022 5:13 PM

This frame grab from video footage by Thai PBS made available via AFPTV and taken on October 6, 2022 shows medical staff carrying a stretcher out of an ambulance in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, where a former policeman shot dead at least 30 people in a nursery. - A former police officer stormed a nursery in Thailand on October 6, shooting dead at least 30 people, most of them children, before killing himself and his family. (Photo: AFP)

Thai PM orders probe into 'horrifying' nursery mass shooting

PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha ordered an urgent probe after a former police officer shot dead more than 30 people

06 Oct 2022 6:11 PM

A policeman guards at the edge of Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo: AFP)

Kremlin announces Ukraine annexation ceremony for Friday

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the annexation would be formalised at a ceremony in the Kremlin

29 Sep 2022 5:49 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

Putin announces partial mobilisation of reservists

President Vladimir Putin says the measure is necessary as his country is fighting the "entire Western military machine"

21 Sep 2022 4:45 PM

Pope Francis arrives to address journalists aboard the plane flying from Nur-Sultan to Rome following his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis will not attend queen's funeral: Vatican

Pope Francis' de-facto foreign minister will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week

16 Sep 2022 4:54 PM

Story Type Required Source Required Byline Optional No Photo Title Required 85 Characters Remaining URL(Alias) Required 27 Characters Remaining wave-of-lebanon-bank-heists-to-seize-back-frozen-savings Same as Title? Strap Required Maximum 150 Characters Sali Hafiz streamed a live video of her raid, in which she could be heard yelling at employees to release a sum of money while entrances to the bank were sealed. (Photo: Twitter)

Wave of Lebanon bank 'heists' to seize back frozen savings

Since the value of Lebanon's currency began plummeting and banks started imposing draconian restrictions on withdrawals.

16 Sep 2022 4:47 PM

Ukraine said on Friday it had counted 450 graves at just one burial site near Izyum, which was seized back by Ukrainian forces. (Photo: Twitter

UN wants to send team to probe mass grave in Ukraine's Izyum

Hundreds of graves topped with white crosses and marked with numbers are located in forests outside the recaptured city

16 Sep 2022 4:21 PM

A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, 'Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune,' in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)

UN releases report on possible crimes against humanity in China's Xinjiang

Hours before the release, China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release

01 Sep 2022 9:18 AM

Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been invited

19 Aug 2022 12:09 PM

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) arrives at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on August 11, 2022. (Tananchai KEAWSOWATTANA / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24: Report

Rajapaksa is currently staying at a hotel in Bangkok in the heart of Thailand's capital, where police have advised him to remain indoors

18 Aug 2022 10:18 AM

United Nations Headquarters in New York (AFP file image)

UN body expresses concern over slavery in China and forced marriages among Indians

UN investigator also speaks of bonded labour among Dalits in India

18 Aug 2022 9:02 AM

Fighter jets of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Gong Yulong/Xinhua via AP)

China continues military drills around Taiwan even after end of four-day schedule

People's Liberation Army Eastern Theatre Command, which oversees Taiwan, said it would continue drills in waters near Taiwan island

08 Aug 2022 12:55 PM

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022, ahead of massive military drills off Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views Taiwan as its territory

04 Aug 2022 10:52 AM

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, walks with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, as she arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences (AP)

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years

03 Aug 2022 8:27 AM

Firefighters try to douse a fire at the Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence, in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Saturday, July, 9, 2022. (AP Photo)

Lanka PM's home set on fire, Prez flees

Chaos as protesters take to streets

10 Jul 2022 12:33 AM

In this image from a video, Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.(AP)

Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech

Airlifted to hospital, was too late, home-made weapon used

09 Jul 2022 7:14 AM

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