#theguardian.com. #Feb.21.2025 Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand. Three Chinese vessels currently in international waters notified Australia’s defence department before the drill
#China #Australian continent #Australia #Asia × #Insular Oceania #New Zealand
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.21.2025 China says Philippines ‘illegally’ flew planes over South China Sea islands. The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands.
#China #Asia × #Philippines
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.21.2025 'We're Pissed!': Angry Constituents Confront DOGE-Backing GOP Rep At Chaotic Town Hall. Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers as "hundreds of critics" reportedly let him have it at the Georgia town hall event.
#Politics #Georgia #Asia ×
#theguardian.com. #Feb.21.2025 National Gallery of Australia says it covered Palestinian flags on tapestry after security assessment. Critics say NGA decision ‘is nothing less than a disgraceful act of censorship’ that is ‘rooted in political cowardice’
#Politics #Palestine #Australian continent #Australia #Asia × #Insular Oceania
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.21.2025 Israel claims one body returned was not of female Israeli captive. Israeli army said remains of two child captives identified but another body was not their mother.
#Asia × #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.21.2025 Live Briefing: Israel ramps up operations in West Bank after bus explosions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to conduct “an intensive operation” in the West Bank after the blasts, in which no one was harmed.
#Politics #Benjamin Netanyahu #Asia × #World Bank #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.21.2025 Trump’s foreign aid pause imperils education programs for Afghan women. U.S.-backed initiatives that allowed thousands of Afghan women to study online or abroad are in jeopardy after Trump’s suspension of foreign aid.
#Education #Asia × #Afghanistan
#bbc.com. #Feb.21.2025 Gang leader shot dead in court by man disguised as lawyer. Police in Sri Lanka say the gunman used a revolver which was smuggled in a hollowed-out book.
#Asia × #Sri Lanka
#theguardian.com. #Feb.21.2025 Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says. Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centres
#China #Asia × #Myanmar #Thailand
#theguardian.com. #Feb.21.2025 Shiri Bibas not among returned hostages, Israeli military says, accusing Hamas of ‘serious violation’. Statement from IDF comes hours after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders further crackdown on occupied West Bank over bus explosions
#Politics #Palestine #Bank of Israel #Benjamin Netanyahu #Asia × #World Bank #Israel
#bbc.com. #Feb.21.2025 Democratic Party: Hong Kong's main opposition party to dissolve. Once Hong Kong's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party has suffered since China's crackdown.
#Politics #China #Asia ×
#theguardian.com. #Feb.21.2025 Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party says it will begin process of disbanding. Democratic party chair Lo Kin-hei would not comment on whether Beijing had put pressure on members
#Politics #China #Asia ×
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.21.2025 Netanyahu takes aim at West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv. Three empty buses exploded on Thursday evening while Israeli police found two more undetonated bombs.
#Politics #Asia × #Israel
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.21.2025 What A Ceasefire Has Meant For Gaza’s Destroyed Health Care System. An American doctor gave HuffPost an eyewitness account of what it was like to provide medical aid during the Israeli offensive in Gaza — and what changed after the truce began.
#Health #Politics #USA #Asia × #North America #Israel #Americas
#bbc.com. #Feb.21.2025 Exposing an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa's opioid crisis. An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.
#Africa #Asia × #India
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.21.2025 Trump says he will ‘recommend’ rather than force Gaza expulsion plan. US President Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on forcibly expelling Palestinians from Gaza.
#Politics #Palestine #Asia ×
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.21.2025 Hamas says remains of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas given to Red Cross. Hamas says it has handed the remains of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross.
#Palestine #Asia × #Israel
#bbc.com. #Feb.20.2025 What does Jack Ma's return to the public spotlight mean?. Analysts say the Alibaba founder's re-emergence could signal a policy change in Beijing.
#Politics #China #Asia ×
#bbc.com. #Feb.21.2025 Body returned from Gaza is not Bibas mother, Israeli military says. In its statement, the Israeli military demanded Hamas return the body of Shiri Bibas.
#Asia × #Israel
#theguardian.com. #Feb.20.2025 Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says body of Shiri Bibas is not among returned hostages. Israel has demanded the return of Shiri Bibas after it said testing showed that one of the four bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any other hostage
#Asia × #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.20.2025 Three empty buses explode in Israel in suspected terrorist attack. Blasts rocked three empty buses in a Tel Aviv suburb, and explosives were found at other sites, authorities said.
#Asia × #Israel
#theguardian.com. #Feb.20.2025 Bus blasts in Israel are ‘suspected terror attack’, say police. No injuries reported after three explosions in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, with two more bombs being defused
#Asia × #Israel
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.20.2025 ‘Emotional torture’: Canada faces lawsuit over delays to Gaza visa scheme. Palestinian families are suing Canada over visa delays they say leave people at risk of life-threatening harms in Gaza.
#Canada #Palestine #Asia × #North America
#bbc.com. #Feb.20.2025 Three buses explode in Tel Aviv in 'suspected terror attack'. While no casualties have been reported at this stage, all public transport services have been paused.
#Asia × #Israel
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