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Xi Jinping welcomes Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin this morning. — AFP pic
World / 03 Sep 2025

President Xi hosts Putin and Kim ahead of China’s military show

A photo illustration shows plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers in a take-away box in Sydney on September 2, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 03 Sep 2025

South Australia bans plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 03 Sep 2025

North Korea’s pivot: Why Kim’s Beijing trip changes everything for Trump

Thailand’s dismissed prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, waves from a vehicle as she leaves the Government House in Bangkok on August 29, 2025, after a Constitutional Court ruling removed her from office. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Thailand leadership crisis deepens: 5 candidates, 2 camps, no clear winner

Vietnamese People's Army soldiers march during a parade marking Vietnam's 80th National Day celebrations in Hanoi on September 2, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Vietnam marks 80 years of independence in record celebrations

Protesters carry items to be burned outside the regional parliament building during a protest against the government's spending priorities, such as enhanced perks for lawmakers, in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, September 1, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Explainer: What's fuelling the rage in Indonesia?

Neutral conditions have persisted since March but may transition to La Nina conditions in the coming months, said the WMO in a statement. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

WMO warns of above-average temperatures despite La Nina’s cooling effect

Municipality workers clean debris at a burned bus stop following a recent protest against police violence, which demonstrators say was brutal and violates human rights, after a rideshare driver was killed under a police tactical vehicle during a rally over parliamentarians’ extra pay and housing allowances, in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 2, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Inequality, job cuts fuel Indonesia unrest despite govt concessions

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk at the personal residence of the Chinese leader Zhongnanhai in Beijing, China September 2, 2025. — Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov handout pic via Reuters
World / 02 Sep 2025

China’s Xi stages ‘Axis of Upheaval’ summit with Russia’s Putin and N. Korea’s Kim, sidelining Trump

A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest demanding police reform and the dissolution of the parliament, in Bandung, West Java on September 1, 2025. Thousands rallied across Indonesia on September 1, as the military was deployed in the capital after six people were killed in nationwide protests sparked by anger over lavish perks for lawmakers. — AFP pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Indonesia police fire tear gas near universities amid escalating protests, rights groups criticise response

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest demanding police reform and the dissolution of the parliament, in Bandung, West Java on September 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Rights group says 20 people missing after Indonesia protests

Vietnamese troops march during a parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of independence in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 2, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Vietnam celebrates 80 years of independence with huge parade, mass amnesty

An Afghan boy carries the body of a relative in a shroud as he walks past by a damaged house following earthquakes in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Afghanistan quake kills over 800 as rescuers dig for survivors

This picture shows tents housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on September 1, 2025. Almost two years since Israel began its campaign in Gaza after Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack, swathes of the Palestinian territory have been reduced to rubble and the vast majority of its population has been displaced at least once. — AFP pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Belgium to back Palestine recognition, sanctions on Israel at UN session

Protesters gather near items being burned outside the regional parliament building during a protest against the government’s spending priorities, such as enhanced perks for lawmakers, in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, September 1, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Jakarta on edge: Troops patrol after deadly protests against MP privileges

People participate in a Labor Day protest in Chicago, Illinois, US, September 1, 2025. Protesters march through the streets in anticipation of DHS agents coming to Chicago to enforce immigration raids. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Sep 2025

Thousands rally in Chicago against Trump’s threat of ICE, National Guard deployment