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Human‑wave attacks and drones: How Myanmar's junta is fighting back
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — For seven days, rebel fighter Khant and his comrades held the line as Myanmar's military pounded their positions with artillery and drone strikes.
Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution
AFP, Published on 14/12/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has decided to disband, the group announced Sunday, after its members formally voted to dissolve the organisation and enter liquidation.
US troops in Syria killed in IS ambush attack
AFP, Published on 14/12/2025
» DAMASCUS - Two American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.
Austria to vote on headscarf ban in schools
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» VIENNA - Austrian lawmakers on Thursday are expected to approve a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division.
Zelensky meets pope, discusses new peace proposals
AFP, Published on 09/12/2025
» CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV in Italy on Tuesday as he prepared to send the United States revised proposals to end Russia’s invasion.
Cambodia says it's only retaliating to Thai attacks
AFP, Published on 09/12/2025
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has retaliated in a reignited border conflict with Thailand, the former leader of Cambodia Hun Sen, said Tuesday, after Phnom Penh accused Thai forces of shelling positions overnight in fighting that has killed seven civilians and a Thai soldier.
Myanmar's complex civil conflict creating unlikely alliances among enemies
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» YANGON — A 24-year-old fighter from Myanmar's pro-democracy People's Defence Force (PDF) says many of those who fight alongside him have switched sides at times in the long-running civil war, with a lack of financial compensation forcing them to temporarily side with a junta-aligned armed group.
Zelensky meets European allies after Trump criticism
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» LONDON - Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at UK premier Keir Starmer's official residence Monday for talks with European allies, after President Donald Trump accused him of not reading the US proposal to end the war with Russia.
EU set to back migrant 'return hubs'
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - EU countries on Monday are expected to approve a significant tightening of Europe's immigration policy, including endorsing the concept of setting up "return hubs" for migrants outside the 27-nation bloc.
Second-lowest turnout ever for HK legislative election
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's legislative election on Sunday drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades.