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The president has claimed troop deployments and deportation raids in Washington and Los Angeles have saved the cities from immigrant crime—one of his key election pledges. — Reuters file pic
World / 16 Sep 2025

Trump sends National Guard into Memphis in latest crime crackdown

TOPSHOT - Palestinians search the rubble of al-Ghafari tower after its destruction by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on September 15, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 16 Sep 2025

Israel launches heavy Gaza bombardment after Rubio pledges US support

Khan also voiced outrage that Israel has continued to block all access to Gaza for international journalists. — AFP file pic
World / 16 Sep 2025

‘Deadliest conflict ever for media’: UN expert slams Israel over Gaza killings

US President Donald Trump escaped two assassination attempts on the campaign trail last year, while a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband were shot dead by a masked gunman in June. — Reuters file pic
World / 16 Sep 2025

White House vows to ‘dismantle’ alleged extremist movement after Kirk shooting

A combination of booking photos released by the Utah Governor’s Office shows the suspect, Tyler Robinson, in the shooting death of activist Charlie Kirk. — AFP pic
World / 16 Sep 2025

DNA ties Tyler Robinson to Charlie Kirk killing, FBI confirms

A recycled water sign is displayed at a farm in Western Sydney, Australia, August 13, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Data centres are booming in Sydney – but who’s keeping track of how much drinking water they’re using?

US President Donald Trump is the first president ever to be invited for a second state visit, having been hosted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019, during his first White House term. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

As King Charles hosts Trump, what do UK state visits entail?

This combination of pictures created on September 14, 2025, shows Britain's King Charles III (lef) in Rome, on April 8, 2025, and US President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025. US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK on September 16, for a state visit with his wife, Melania, a rare privilege made at the invitation of King Charles III. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Trump and King Charles: Heads of state with opposing personalities

Ujwal Bishwakarma, 9, son of Santosh Bishwakarma, 29, who died in last week’s anti-corruption protests, holds his picture as he waits to meet Nepal’s newly sworn-in interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, outside her official residence, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 14, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

What happens when Gen Z takes to the streets with Discord? In Nepal, it led to a government collapse

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) looks on as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) takes a question during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 15, 2025. — AFP pool pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Rubio promises ‘unwavering support’ for Israel in Gaza goals

Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, are stuck in limbo at a compound inside the KK Park, a fraud factory, and a human trafficking hub on the border with Thailand-Myanmar after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, operated by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) in Myawaddy, Myanmar, February 26, 2025. — Reuters file pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

ChatGPT was used ‘to help scammers do their thing’ at Asia fraud compound

South Korean workers arrive at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on September 12, 2025, after the touch down of a specially chartered Korean Air Boeing 747-81 (KE9036) bringing hundreds of South Korean workers back from Atlanta after their detention in a US immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant in Ellabell, Georgia. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Seoul to review rights violations during US raid

Officials greet Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki (R) as she arrives at her office in Kathmandu on September 14, 2025. The new leader vowed to heed protesters’ demands to end corruption as she began work after youth-led demonstrations ousted her predecessor. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Nepal interim govt sworn in as nation reels from worst unrest in decades

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives at the foreign ministry in Madrid for trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on September 14, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

China and US resume trade talks in Madrid as tariff and TikTok disputes loom

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a plenary session in the outreach/Brics Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. — Reuters file pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Iran president calls on Muslim countries to sever ties with Israel before Doha summit

This handout combination of pictures released by Planet Labs PBC on September 10, 2025, shows a compound in Qatar’s capital Doha on January 24, 2025 (top) and after it was hit in an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders on September 9, 2025 (bottom). Israel warned its enemies on September 10 they were not safe anywhere, a day after the strike in Qatar — a US ally — drew a rare rebuke from President Donald Trump. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2025

Trump treads cautiously as Israeli strike on Qatar threatens to deepen Middle East rift