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Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah gives an interview at his home in Cairo May 17, 2019. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a pardon on September 22, 2025 for Abdel Fattah, who has been in jail since 2019, state-linked media reported. — AFP pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

Sisi pardons Egypt’s most famous political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah after nearly a decade behind bars

Danish police are seen at Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup September 22, 2025. Planes cannot land or take off due to drones, according to Danish press agency Ritzau on September 22. — AFP pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

Copenhagen airport shut due to ‘unidentified drones’ in airspace

A shop worker tapes a glass window in preparation for Typhoon Ragasa at a store in Hong Kong September 22, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

Ragasa barrels toward Hong Kong with 220km/h winds, authorities warn of serious damage

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja arrives on a wheelchair to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul September 22, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

Luxury gifts, bribes and a former first lady: Unification Church leader arrested in South Korea

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (left) and France’s President Emmanuel Macron (centre) gesture as they co-chair a United Nations Summit on Palestinians at the UN headquarters in New York September 22, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

France’s Macron defies Israel, recognises Palestinian state at landmark UN summit

Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, was removed from several charities she worked with on September 22, after the publication of an email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in which she called the US sex offender a ‘supreme friend.’ — AFP pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

UK charities cut ties with Prince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson after ‘supreme friend’ email to Epstein

US President Donald Trump speaks about autism in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington September 22, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 23 Sep 2025

Trump links Tylenol to autism, urges pregnant women to ‘tough it out’ and questions vaccines

Britain, Australia, Canada and Portugal on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state after nearly two years of war in Gaza. — AFP pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Who’s in and who’s out? Understanding global recognition the State of Palestine

With just over four months to go before it runs out, differences over the war in Ukraine mean Russia and the United States have not started talks on renewing or overhauling the treaty though Trump has spoken of his desire to do a new nuclear arms control deal, albeit with China as well. — Reuters pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Putin offers Trump a temporary nuclear arms control deal that would extend status quo by one year

People march during a nationwide strike ‘Let's Block Everything’ in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a halt to arms shipments to Israel, in Rome on September 22. — AFP pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Pro-Palestinian strikes, blockades across Italy

Elon Musk posted on X that the 'Tesla Robotaxi service area is already larger than any competitors in Austin and the Bay Area.' — Reuters file pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Musk’s robotaxi plans for San Francisco alarmed, confused regulators, emails show

The assembly of a central Japanese city today passed an ordinance that recommends all residents limit their use of smartphones, video game consoles and other digital devices to two hours a day outside of work and school, though there will be no penalties. — Picture by Hari Anggara
World / 22 Sep 2025

Japanese city passes ordinance to limit daily screen time to two hours, citing health concerns

A man walks along a road amid heavy rain due to weather patterns from Super Typhoon Ragasa in Lal-lo town, Cagayan province on September 22, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Super Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in northern Philippines as East Asia braces for impact, China prepares to evacuate 400,000

A man stands near debris on a waterfront road amid heavy rain due to weather patterns from Super Typhoon Ragasa in Aparri town, Cagayan province September 22, 2025. Hundreds of families sheltered in schools and evacuation centres today as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan. — AFP pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Marcos Jr orders full alert as Super Typhoon Ragasa lashes northern Philippines

A legal dispute over a chocolate pie and custard cake worth 1,050 won (about RM3.15) has sparked debate in South Korea over workplace discipline, theft laws and labour rights. — Reuters pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

South Korea’s RM3.15 chocolate pie theft case stirs debate over fairness, labour rights and criminal law

Residents stock up on supplies at a supermarket to prepare for the approaching Typhoon Ragasa, in Hong Kong September 22, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 22 Sep 2025

Two south China cities suspend schools and production, over 10,000 vessels relocated as Typhoon Ragasa nears