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People leave flowers and pray near the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Tai Po district, the site of a deadly fire in Hong Kong. (EPA)
Hong Kong votes in LegCo election as city mourns deadly Tai Po fire
HONG KONG — Hongkongers headed to the polls Sunday in a Legislative Council (LegCo) election seen as a test of public sentiment after a devastating residential fire that has left nearly 160 people dead and fueled widespread anger over building safety and government accountability. The government has mounted an extensive campaign urging residents to vote in the second LegCo election since Beijing’s 2021 overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system, which ensures only candidates loyal to China can run. All contenders have been vetted for “patriotism.” A total of 161 candidates are competing for 90 seats in the legislature. Authorities have flooded the city with posters, perks and giveaways in an attempt to counter voter apathy. Voters receive a “thank you card” redeemable for...
December 07, 2025

Hong Kong votes in LegCo election as city mourns deadly Tai Po fire

A portrait of the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on the ground at the Mezzeh Air Base on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, 16 December 2024. (EPA)
Leaked videos showing Assad mocking soldiers, ministers and Syrian citizens
DAMASCUS — Al Arabiya channel have aired exclusive leaked recordings showing former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in private conversations with his former adviser Luna Al-Shibl, revealing sharp criticism, mockery and disparaging remarks about events and figures inside Syria. According to Al Arabiya’s sources, Amjad Issa, Al-Shibl’s assistant, was in the car with Assad at the time of the recorded conversations. In one clip, Assad is seen making harsh insults related to Eastern Ghouta, using an explicit phrase, while other footage shows discussions between him and Al-Shibl in which she criticizes Hezbollah, saying the group once boasted about its strength, “and now we haven’t heard a word from them.” Assad also appears telling his team from Ghouta: “We will enter Saqba as if...
December 06, 2025

Leaked videos showing Assad mocking soldiers, ministers and Syrian citizens

RSF drone strike on Sudan kindergarten kills 50, including 33 children
KHARTOUM — A drone strike by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people — including 33 children — a doctors’ group said Saturday, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the war began more than two years ago. The Sudan Doctors’ Network said paramedics responding to the scene in the town of Kalogi in South Kordofan were then targeted in “a second unexpected attack.” Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence against civilians, said a third civilian site near the first two locations was also struck. Both groups blamed the RSF, calling the attacks a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians, especially children, and vital civilian...
December 06, 2025

RSF drone strike on Sudan kindergarten kills 50, including 33 children

Syria’s president accuses Israel of ‘fighting ghosts,’ urges return to 1974 truce
DOHA — Syria’s president on Saturday accused Israel of “fighting ghosts” and searching for enemies in the aftermath of the Gaza war, saying Israeli leaders have rejected his yearlong efforts to promote regional peace and stability. President Ahmad al-Sharaa told the Doha Forum that since taking office a year ago, he has sent “positive messages regarding regional peace and stability,” but said Israel has dismissed those overtures by “extrapolating” its conflict with Hamas and justifying military actions in the name of security. “We are not concerned in being a country that exports conflict, including to Israel,” he said. Al-Sharaa urged Israel to withdraw its forces from Syrian territory and recommit to the 1974 disengagement agreement. He also called on the...
December 06, 2025

Syria’s president accuses Israel of ‘fighting ghosts,’ urges return to 1974 truce

Qatar PM warns Gaza ceasefire at ‘critical moment’
DOHA — Qatar’s prime minister said Saturday the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as the first phase of the agreement winds down, with the remains of only one Israeli hostage still held by militants and no progress yet toward launching the next stage of the U.S.-brokered plan. Speaking at the Doha Forum, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said international mediators, led by the U.S., are working “to force the way forward” to phase two. “What we have just done is a pause,” he said. “We cannot consider it yet a ceasefire.” He said a full ceasefire requires a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces, restored stability in Gaza and freedom of movement — conditions he said are not currently in place. Although the truce halted the heaviest fighting of the...
December 06, 2025

Qatar PM warns Gaza ceasefire at ‘critical moment’

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
US to expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will expand its travel ban to include citizens of more than 30 countries, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, marking the latest immigration restriction imposed after a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion builds on a June travel ban that barred travel to the US for citizens of 12 countries and restricted access for people from seven others. Noem suggested earlier this week that more countries would be added, but in a Thursday interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham she declined to provide specifics, saying President Donald Trump is still considering which nations to include. Following the Thanksgiving week shooting of two National Guard troops, the administration tightened restrictions...
December 06, 2025

US to expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

Four arrested after custard and crumble thrown at Imperial State Crown display
LONDON — Four people were arrested Saturday after protesters hurled custard and apple crumble at a display case containing the Imperial State Crown at the Tower of London, prompting police to close the Jewel House while an investigation is underway. Police were called shortly before 10:00 GMT after the case was defaced. The Metropolitan Police said the four suspects were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. Take Back Power, a self-described non-violent civil-resistance group, claimed responsibility for the act. The group said it targeted the crown to demand the UK government establish a permanent citizens’ assembly — a “House of the People” — with the authority to “tax extreme wealth and fix Britain.” Footage posted on social media showed one protester pulling out a...
December 06, 2025

Four arrested after custard and crumble thrown at Imperial State Crown display

A Taliban security official stands guard at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after border clashes, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, 06 December 2025. (EPA)
Border clashes erupt again between Pakistan and Taliban forces despite ceasefire
KABUL — Border clashes have erupted again between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban forces, with each side accusing the other of violating a fragile ceasefire along the 1,600-mile (2,600 km) frontier. Residents fled the Afghan border city of Spin Boldak overnight as exchanges of fire intensified. A medical worker in Kandahar told BBC Pashto that four bodies were brought to a local hospital, with four others wounded. Three additional people were reportedly injured in Pakistan. Both sides confirmed they exchanged fire for about four hours but blamed each other for initiating the violence. Mosharraf Zaidi, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accused the Taliban of “unprovoked firing” and said Pakistan’s forces delivered an “immediate, befitting & intense...
December 06, 2025

Border clashes erupt again between Pakistan and Taliban forces despite ceasefire

The Supreme Court in Washington.
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to birthright citizenship policy
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will determine whether some children born in the United States have a constitutional right to citizenship, months after lower courts blocked President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children of parents in the country illegally. Trump signed the order on his first day in office in January, seeking to deny citizenship to children born to people in the US illegally or on temporary visas. No date has been set for the Supreme Court arguments, and a ruling is likely months away. The case could reshape Trump’s immigration crackdown and redefine the meaning of American citizenship. For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has guaranteed citizenship to anyone born on US soil, except the children of...
December 06, 2025

US Supreme Court to hear challenge to birthright citizenship policy

South Africa: Pretoria hostel shooting leaves 11 dead, 14 wounded
PRETORIA — At least 11 people were killed and 14 others wounded early Saturday when gunmen opened fire inside a hostel in the Saulsville township west of the capital, police said. A three-year-old child was among the dead. Police spokesperson Brig. Athlenda Mathe said at least three unidentified gunmen stormed the venue, where a group of people had been drinking, and “started randomly shooting.” The gunmen reportedly entered the premises at about 4:30 a.m. local time and opened fire on a group of men. A 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were also among those killed. “I can confirm that a total of 25 people were shot,” Mathe said. She described the hostel as an “illegal shebeen” and noted that unlicensed liquor venues are a recurring location for mass shootings in South...
December 06, 2025

South Africa: Pretoria hostel shooting leaves 11 dead, 14 wounded

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