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The FBI has fired a group of its agents photographed kneeling on the street in an attempt to de-escalate tensions during a racial justice protest in Washington in 2020 in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by police in Minneapolis, three people familiar with the matter said yeterday. — Reuters pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

Sources: FBI fires agents who knelt during 2020 George Floyd racial justice protest, raising questions of political retribution

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference with Kim Min-seok (left), appointed as Prime Minister, at the Presidential office in Seoul June 4, 2025. Kim apologised today for the inconvenience to the public from disrupted services and said the government would work swiftly to restore services. — Ahn Young-joon/Pool/Reuters pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

South Korean PM apologises as fire cripples national data centre, 70 critical services still down

The death toll from floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand rose to seven, authorities said today, as relief efforts continued. — Reuters
World / 27 Sep 2025

Death toll from Thailand monsoon floods rises to seven, over 260,000 affected

Attorney Bradley Edwards speaks during a press conference to discuss the Epstein Files Transparency Bill, directing the release of the remaining files related to the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. September 3, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

US House Democrats release Epstein schedules showing planned meetings with Musk, Thiel, Bannon

A general view of the building of medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which was reported targeted by Israeli tank fire in al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yuni, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 21, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. — AFP pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

Doctors Without Borders suspends Gaza City operations as Israeli offensive intensifies

Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside UN headquarters during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City September 26, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

‘Disobey Trump’s order!’: US to revoke Colombian president’s visa over ‘incendiary’ New York protest remarks

The retired financier Howard Rubin has been indicted on sex trafficking charges for allegedly coercing women to fly to New York to perform sex acts with him, including in what he called a sex ‘dungeon’ in his Manhattan penthouse, prosecutors said yesterday. — Reuters pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

US indicts financier Howard Rubin, assistant on sex trafficking charges linked to Manhattan ‘sex dungeon’

The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration yesterday to freeze for now more than US$4 billion (RM16.8 billion) in foreign assistance appropriated by Congress. — AFP pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to freeze US$4b in foreign aid amid separation of powers dispute

A judge yesterday jailed a nursery worker for eight years for a string of ‘gratuitous’ and ‘sadistic’ attacks on babies. — TODAY file pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

Woman jailed for abusing 21 babies at UK nurseries, judge calls conduct ‘gratuitous violence’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a map as he speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

Netanyahu calls Palestinian state ‘national suicide’ for Israel in fiery UN speech

Antonio Del Castillo, grandfather of Brenda del Castillo and Morena Verdi, holds a shirt with their image demanding justice for their murder in La Tablada, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires September 26, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

‘We can’t stop crying’: Three women laid to rest after live-streamed torture sparks outrage in Argentina

(Seated at main table, from left) UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, US President Donald Trump, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attend a multilateral meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City September 23, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 27 Sep 2025

Trump says Gaza talks with Middle East nations are intense and ongoing

On Wednesday, the bodies of Morena Verdi, 20, Brenda Del Castillo, 20, and Lara Morena Gutierrez, 15, were found at a property in a southern suburb of Buenos Aires. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
World / 26 Sep 2025

‘This is what happens’: Argentina reels as three teen girls tortured, murdered live on Instagram

The case is the latest to be solved by the international police organisation’s cold cases campaign “Identify Me,” created in 2023 — Reuters pic
World / 26 Sep 2025

‘Woman in pink’ identified after 20 years in Interpol’s cold case breakthrough

The Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performs a flypast during the farewell ceremony of the MiG-21 fighter jets at the Chandigarh Air Force Station in Chandigarh, September 26, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2025

India retires ‘flying coffin’ Soviet fighter jet after six decades

East Timor voted on Friday to scrap the lifetime pension law for MPs and public officials, following student-led demonstrations against lavish perks in one of South-east Asia’s poorest countries. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2025

Student protests win: East Timor axes lifetime pensions, cancels SUV plan for officials