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Palestinians sit amid the rubble of a house in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike that hit Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 13, 2025. — AFP pic

Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill over 30 as truce talks deadlocked

A tourist looks at portrait photos of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh on July 12, 2025. — AFP pic

Khmer Rouge prisons, killing fields gain Unesco recognition as Cambodia honours victims and reconciliation

The Vatican has been asked to intervene over the appointment of Dominique Spina, who was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old boy in 2006. — AFP pic

Survivors furious as French archbishop cites ‘mercy’ in naming priest jailed for teen rape to top Church post

French Army Brigadier General General Eric Ozanne (left) stands with Commander of French Forces New Caledonia Major General Yann Latil (Rright and French Ambassador to Australia Pierre-Andre Imbert (centre) next to a drone aboard the French patrol vessel Auguste Benebig, which will participate in the annual Talisman Sabre exercise, in Sydney on July 13, 2025 — AFP pic

Australia expects Chinese spying during major war games, renews warning over Pacific military base

Hanoi has regularly topped a list of the world's most polluted major cities, leaving its nine million residents struggling to breathe and even to see through a thick blanket of smog. — AFP pic

Hanoi to ban all fossil-fuel motorbikes in city centre by 2026 as Vietnam fights deadly pollution

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi answers a question during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. — Reuters pic

US anti-vaxxer doctor who destroyed Covid jabs, gave fake certs go free after Trump admin pressured to drop charges

A woman with a traditional dress holds a Kanak flag in the Dumbea district of Noumea, in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on September 24, 2024. — AFP pic

New Caledonia to gain state status and own nationality under French deal after separatist violence

This handout picture provided by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows FM Abbas Araghchi (right) meeting with ambassadors and diplomatic representatives in Tehran on July 12, 2025. — Picture courtesy of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog to ‘take new form’ after Israeli, US strikes on nuclear sites

Palestinian newborns share an incubator at Al-Helou hospital due to fuel crisis, according to medics, amid the Israeli military offensive, in Gaza City, July 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

UN warns Gaza fuel crisis ‘critical’, aid and health services on brink of collapse

A Police officer holds a placard belonging to an arrested Protester as people gather in support of the pro-palestinian group 'Palestine Action', in Parliament Square, London on July 12, 2025. — AFP pic

Pro-Gaza activists detained across five cities as UK enforces terror ban on protest group Palestine Action

Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian man at the entrance of Tulkarem camp, in the occupied West Bank, during a military operation on July 6, 2025. — AFP pic

Gaza ceasefire hopes fade as Israel insists on letting military troops stay, blames Hamas instead for ‘refusing compromise’

US Attorney General Pam Bondi (centre) looks on as President Donald Trump (right) speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump tells MAGA base to stop calling for Epstein list, says ‘nobody cares’ about sex offender’s death

The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the US and China went to war over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. — AFP pic

Pentagon pushes Japan and Australia for clarity on Taiwan defense roles amid China tensions

A Thai soldier guards a river crossing between Thailand and Myanmar in the border town of Mae Sot in Tak province on October 29, 2020. — AFP pic

Over 500 Myanmar soldiers, civilians flee into Thailand after assault by ethnic fighters on military base

President Lee Jae-myung said Saturday that he hopes citizens would join a move to dine out as part of efforts to boost domestic demand, Yonhap News Agency reported. — Picture via X/Lee Jae-myung

President Lee urges citizens to dine out to boost South Korea’s economy

Cambodian students pay their respect at a memorial for the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh July 12, 2025. — AFP pic

Cambodian genocide sites Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek earn Unesco World Heritage status