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Vehicles drive near damaged buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Editorial | Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire calls for care to ensure it remains

Diplomacy that clinched a 60-day deal between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon should also be put to work in Gaza.

Middle East

Jihadists and allies enter Syria’s Aleppo in lightning assault

European Union

Russia waging ‘reckless’ sabotage campaign in Europe: UK spy chief

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Middle East

Israel’s Netanyahu warns Iran over nuclear policy

Renewed war of words between Middle East foes comes ahead of key nuclear talks with European nations.

Iranian missiles displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran. Photo: West Asia Press Agency via Reuters
North Korea

Seoul says Russia could use North Koreans as ‘cannon fodder’ in dangerous areas

Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun said North Korean platoons likely to be deployed to the most difficult spots in the Ukraine war.

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Ukraine war

Putin threatens to hit ‘decision-making centres’ in Kyiv with new missile

Russia’s Oreshnik ballistic missile was first deployed last week against the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro.

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Donald Trump

Putin says he doesn’t believe Trump is safe after assassination attempts

The Russian leader also praised the US president-elect as ‘intelligent’ and said he was shocked by how the election campaign had unfolded.

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Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face and surrounded by secret service agents after an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. Photo: AFP
China-Russia relations

How are China and Russia teaming up to promote Arctic shipping route?

Arctic passages would allow Chinese cargo ships to avoid impact of hostilities in the Middle East on Suez Canal traffic.

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Middle East

Israel and Hezbollah trade accusations of ceasefire violations

Israel’s Netanyahu threatens ‘intense war’ if Hezbollah breaches fragile truce, which came into effect on Wednesday.

Middle East

‘Nixon in China’: can Trump and Iran reach a ‘grand bargain’ Middle East deal?

Officials are aiming to reach agreements to end the Israel-Gaza war and on Iran’s nuclear programme following the Lebanon ceasefire deal.

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Israeli soldiers visit the site where a house was damaged, after projectiles were fired across over to Israel from Lebanon. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Russia mounts massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Attack forces emergency power outages as temperatures drop to freezing across the country.

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People take shelter inside a Kyiv metro station during a Russian attack. Photo: Reuters
Myanmar

Chinese security firms in Myanmar spark fears of escalating civil war

Analysts warn that Chinese personnel could be caught in the conflict, while the move further complicates efforts to secure control of key economic areas.

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Architecture and design

The unlikely story behind Mr Potato Head

Before Disney’s Toy Story films, the Hasbro product was the first toy advertised on television, and also the first marketed directly to kids – Baby Boomers, to be precise.

Ukraine war

Trump taps retired US general as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia

Donald Trump, a longtime sceptic of continued US assistance to Ukraine, has vowed to bring about a swift end to the war.

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Keith Kellogg in 2020. File photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Before Trump returns, US presses Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds to fight Russia

Biden administration believes lack of manpower rather than weapons is Ukraine’s most pressing need.

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New Ukraine recruits at a training field at an undisclosed location in Kharkiv region. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel appeals against World Court arrest warrant for Netanyahu

The ICC issued the warrant for the PM on suspicion of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.

Israel-Gaza war

Biden to launch Gaza ceasefire drive right away: adviser

Israel-Hezbollah deal was rare boost for Biden as he prepares to leave the White House.

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Nato

Opinion | Under Trump 2.0, what happens to nuclear arms control?

If the New Start treaty is allowed to lapse in 2026, it will create a dangerous level of opacity around US and Russian nuclear capabilities.

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Then president Donald Trump gestures on election night in the White House in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2020. Trump’s approach to arms control during his first term was often combative, prioritising new demands over stability. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief

This is the first application for an arrest warrant against a high-level Myanmar government official, and ‘more will follow’.

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Middle East

UN Resolution 1701 is at heart of Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. What is it?

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia came into force in the early hours of Wednesday.

G7

Blinken urges G7 countries to maintain unity in face of China risks

US secretary of state cites Beijing’s economic policies, human rights record and support for Russia in the war against Ukraine.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on Tuesday at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Fiuggi, Italy. Photo: Reuters
My Take

My Take | Bismarck was no rabid Western imperialist

Contrary to far-left revisionism in Germany, the West would have had much cleaner, instead of bloodied, hands in its colonial history if it had followed the Iron Chancellor’s restraint.

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Snow covers the paths, streets and the Bismarck monument in Hamburg, Germany on February 26, 2018. Photo: AFP
Russia

Russia expels British diplomat for spying, escalating tensions

The envoy was accused of activities threatening Russia’s security, straining already tense relations between the countries.

Russia

Russia may place missiles in Asia if US continues to provoke China: minister

The remarks from Sergei Ryabkov, a deputy foreign minister, hints at a potential for Russia to enter the fray in a region fraught with US-China tensions.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | Can Global South and G20 lead new era of poverty reduction?

The credibility of developing countries in the fight against poverty stems from lived experience rather than theoretical discourse.

Children sit in a camp in Gedaref, Sudan, for people displaced due to fighting in Sinja, on July 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

Russia advances in Ukraine at fastest monthly pace since start of war: analysts

On the battlefield, Ukraine’s fatigued troops are struggling to halt advances by Russian forces in the east of the country.

A modified Russian T-80 tank in the Donetsk region in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry via AP
Ukraine war

Will Seoul heed Ukraine’s call for arms aid amid Trump’s win, Russia warning?

A Ukrainian team is bringing a weapons wish list to Seoul but analysts say the Yoon administration is unlikely to swiftly approve the request.

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China trade

Russia’s ‘economic isolation’ seen benefiting China amid fresh US sanctions

While trade between China and Russia may be affected in the short term, Beijing’s leveraging power in future negotiations is getting stronger, analysts say.

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