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People take part in a protest outside Disneyland after Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show was suspended for remarks he made regarding Charlie Kirk's assassination, in Anaheim, California September 19, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Charlie Kirk’s death sparks fierce debate over free speech and consequence culture

A Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif on September 16, 2025, as the Taliban administration banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

‘Not possible’: Trump wants Bagram back, but Afghan Taliban official says US deal is off the table

Travellers wait near check-in desks at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, amid flight delays and cancellations, resulting from a disruption to check-in and boarding systems caused by a cyberattack which has affected several major European airports, in Greater London September 20, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

European airports race to fix check-in glitch after hacking disruption

Optus CEO Stephen Rue said in a statement today the company’s own initial investigation has shown that established processes were not followed after a network upgrade. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Australia’s Optus blames departure from ‘established processes’ for emergency calls outage

The bipartisan delegation will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, according to a media pool report organised by the US embassy in China. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

US lawmakers in Beijing for first House talks with China since 2019

The storm is expected to make landfall on the sparsely populated Batanes or Babuyan islands by Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine weather agency said. — Reuters file pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Millions on alert as Super Typhoon Ragasa bears down on Philippines and Taiwan

A worker in a protective suit shows a QR code to residents lining up for nucleic acid testing, as the second stage of a two-stage lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 begins in Shanghai April 1, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

‘Information hero’ Zhang Zhan sentenced to four more years over Covid-19 reporting in China

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is expected to join President Trump’s planned announcement on autism, amid reports linking prenatal Tylenol use to the condition. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Trump teases ‘very important’ autism announcement as speculation swirls over Tylenol link

Bagram Airbase, once the hub of US operations in Afghanistan, now under Taliban control after the 2021 withdrawal. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Trump warns of ‘bad things’ if Afghanistan refuses to hand back Bagram

Protesters hold placards, one (right) which reads ‘The corrupt should be made answerable’, during a rally against phony flood control projects in Manila September 21, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Thousands rally in Manila over multibillion-dollar ‘ghost’ flood project scandal

Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southwards after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, September 20, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Israel presses on with Gaza City assault, at least 60 Palestinians killed

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives ahead of an emergency Arab-Islamic leaders’ summit convened to discuss the September 9 Israeli attack on Hamas on Qatari territory, in Doha September 15, 2025. — Qatar News Agency/Handout via Reuters
World / 21 Sep 2025

‘They cannot stop us’: Iran’s president Pezeshkian vows to defy UN sanctions ‘snapback’

Members of the Community and Civil Councils hold rifles during a military training on weaponry at Fort Tiuna in Caracas September 20, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Venezuela to face ‘incalculable’ price if doesn’t take back migrants, says Trump

Israeli activists demonstrate along the border with the Gaza Strip calling for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas, in southern Israel September 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Britain to formally recognise Palestinian state today in landmark policy shift

Demonstrators gather during an anti-government protest organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023, outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv September 20, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

Hamas warns hostages face fate of missing pilot if Israel assault continues

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (left) announced a major visa fee hike on Friday, applying to new applications and renewals, but the White House clarified the policy hours before it was due to take effect. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2025

White House says US$100,000 H-1B visa fee to be one-time payment