A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. Break-in part of anti-government protests sparked by now-withdrawn extradition bill A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for …
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Former Pakistan PM Khan handed 2nd jail term in 2 days as election looms
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. Imran Khan, his wife sentenced …
Read More »Israeli troops in disguise conduct deadly raid at West Bank hospital
Israel said undercover commandos killed three Palestinian militants in a raid on a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a further sign that Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza is spreading to other fronts. Islamic Jihad members killed in West Bank raid, at least 10 killed in airstrikes …
Read More »In the absence of an official Israeli postwar plan, settlers push their goal of a Jewish Gaza
While Israel's government has been vague about its vision for what happens to the Gaza Strip — and the roughly two and a half million Palestinians who live there — after the war, the country's far-right settler movement has a very clear idea of what it wants. 'We can no …
Read More »How the UN’s aid agency for Palestinians works — and why it’s under fire now
The federal government announced last week it was suspending "additional funding" for the UN agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza. So what is UNRWA? What does it do? And why is it under pressure now? The federal government suspended funding last week after UNRWA staff were accused of aiding Hamas …
Read More »Why investigating sexual violence on Oct. 7 is likely to be a long, difficult process
Israeli police and the United Nations are looking into widespread reports of brutal sexual violence during Hamas's invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, an attack that set off the deadliest fighting between the groups in decades. Experts say investigating these reports will likely take years, if not longer, and justice …
Read More »Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan gets 10-year jail term for leaking state secrets
A Pakistan court handed former prime minister Imran Khan a 10-year jail term on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the former premier's media team said, his second conviction in recent months and just 10 days before the country's general election. Khan's party says it will challenge decision, calls it a …
Read More »U.S. vows ‘necessary actions’ but not seeking war with Iran after 3 troops killed in Jordan attack
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday vowed the U.S. would take "all necessary actions" to defend its troops after a deadly drone attack in Jordan by Iran-backed militants, even as President Joe Biden's administration stressed it was not seeking a war with Iran. Biden administration blames Iran-backed militants for …
Read More »Hong Kong court orders Chinese property developer Evergrande to liquidate
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of property company China Evergrande Group, a move likely to send ripples through China's crumbling financial markets as policy-makers scramble to contain the deepening crisis. World's most indebted developer unable to reach restructuring deal with creditors A Hong Kong court on …
Read More »Iranian regime launches satellites into space amid rising tensions rise in Middle East
Iran's government said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles. Successful launch of Simorgh rocket comes after multiple failures in the past Iran's government said Sunday …
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