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Cambodia is thought to have suffered far more military casualties in this war than Thailand
Cambodia counts the cost of its border war with Thailand
PHNOM PENH — The costs of the border war between Thailand and Cambodia are cruelly obvious in the hospital in Mongkol Borei, a breezy, low-rise complex surrounded by trees.Wounded soldiers lie quietly on their beds. One man, his arm amputated from the elbow, has his wife sitting with him, smiling and trying to encourage him. The wife and child of another sit on a mat next to his bed.Anaesthetist Sar Chanraksmey's hands are shaking, and tears rim his eyes, as he shows me graphic images on his phone of the terrible blast injuries he has treated."My heart aches," he says. "Please tell the world we just want peace."This second round of fighting between the two armies in less than six months has lasted longer than the five-day war in July, and been a lot more destructive.There have been...
December 19, 2025

Cambodia counts the cost of its border war with Thailand

A woman wearing a face mask holds up a photo of Sharif Osman Hadi, senior leader of the student protest group Inqilab Mancha. Hadi died while undergoing treatment in Singapore
Violence breaks out in Bangladesh after death of youth protest leader
DHAKA — Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked attackers while leaving a mosque in Dhaka last week and died of his injuries on Thursday while being treated in Singapore.The shooting came a day after Bangladeshi authorities announced a date for the first elections since the uprising in 2024, which Hadi had been planning to contest as an independent candidate.As news of his death emerged on Thursday, hundreds of his supporters gathered in a square in the capital city to protest.Later on, demonstrators vandalised the offices of prominent Bangladeshi newspapers The Daily Star and Prothom Ali, with one building set on fire."Hundreds of people have...
December 19, 2025

Violence breaks out in Bangladesh after death of youth protest leader

Sunali Khatun says the deportation tore her family apart
'We are not from Bangladesh, we are Indian'
KOLKATA — "I was scared that my child's nationality would change if he was born in Bangladesh," says a heavily pregnant Sunali Khatun, 25, who returned to India earlier this month after being deported to the neighbouring country in June.Ms Khatun, a domestic worker from India's eastern state of West Bengal, was detained in Delhi with her husband, Danish Sheikh, and their eight-year-old son, and deported to Bangladesh on suspicion of being illegal immigrants. Bangladeshi authorities later jailed the family for entering the country unlawfully.Her deportation made national headlines and was stridently criticised by the West Bengal government, who accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led federal government of deporting her without cause. She is among hundreds of people who have been...
December 19, 2025

'We are not from Bangladesh, we are Indian'

Bondi attack suspects had no visitors and barely left hotel during month-long Philippines stay, employee says
Bondi attack suspects had no visitors and barely left hotel during month-long Philippines stay, employee says
MANILA — The father and son suspected of carrying out Sunday’s Bondi Beach massacre holed up in a hotel for most of their almost month-long stay in the Philippines in November, rarely left their rooms and dined on fast food, a hotel employee has told CNN.Sajid and Naveed Akram would only venture outside the building for almost one hour per day, every day, before returning to their rooms, said the hotel staff member who gave his name only as Jun.They had no visitors during their stay at the hotel in the southern city of Davao, according to the witness.The Akrams’ Philippine trip has become a key focus of investigations into their motives and preparations for their antisemitic attack, which killed 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s world-famous beach.Australian...
December 18, 2025

Bondi attack suspects had no visitors and barely left hotel during month-long Philippines stay, employee says

Anthony Albanese has announced new laws that will target 'those who spread hate'
Australian PM announces crackdown on hate speech after Bondi shooting
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday's deadly shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted a Jewish festival.Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire at an event to mark the first day of Hanukkah.New laws will target "those who spread hate, division and radicalisation", Albanese told reporters in Canberra.The home affairs minister will also be given new powers to cancel or refuse visas for those who spread hate and a new taskforce will be set up to ensure the education system "prevents, tackles and properly responds to antisemitism".The new laws will also include penalties for preachers and leaders who promote violence, a new federal offence of "aggravated hate speech", and the introduction of...
December 18, 2025

Australian PM announces crackdown on hate speech after Bondi shooting

Roman Abramovic
UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, Starmer says
LONDON — The UK has issued a licence allowing €2.8 billion from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea Football Club to be transferred to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, warning the Russian oligarch he faces legal action if he fails to comply, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons on Wednesday.“The clock is ticking on Roman Abramovich to honour the commitment he made when Chelsea FC was sold and transfer the £2.5bn (€2.8bn) to a humanitarian cause for Ukraine,” Starmer said.“This government is prepared to enforce it through the courts so that every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by Putin’s illegal war.”Under the new licence, proceeds must be directed to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, but future gains may be spent more broadly on...
December 18, 2025

UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, Starmer says

Sarah Dzafce,
Miss Finland's viral 'slanted-eyes' photo stirs racism firestorm
HELSINKI — Finland's delegate to last month's Miss Universe pageant held in Thailand has sparked a racism firestorm over a viral photo that showed her pulling the corners of her eyes.Sarah Dzafce, who has been stripped of her Miss Finland crown, uploaded the photo with the caption "eating with a Chinese". The slanted-eyes pose is often seen as disrespectful to East Asians.The post drew backlash in Japan, South Korea and China against the 22-year-old and even against her country's flag carrier, Finnair.Back home in Finland, the prime minister said on Monday making such gestures was "thoughtless and stupid" and that the controversy that ensued was "damaging" to the country.Ms Dzafce claimed the gesture was her reaction to a headache during dinner. She said a friend added the...
December 17, 2025

Miss Finland's viral 'slanted-eyes' photo stirs racism firestorm

Afghan children eat in a makeshift shelter after an earthquake in Gayan district in Paktika province, 25 June, 2022
Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns
GENEVA — More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises and the UN food aid agency warned on Tuesday.Economic woes, recurrent drought, shrinking international aid and an influx of Afghans returning home from countries like neighbouring Iran and Pakistan have strained resources and added to the pressures on food security, reports the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, known as IPC, which tracks hunger crises."What the IPC tells us is that more than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity. That is 3 million more than last year," said Jean-Martin Bauer, director of food security at the UN's World Food Programme, told reporters in...
December 17, 2025

Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns

People have gathered at the scene of Sunday's shooting in the days following the attack
Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi shooting
SYDNEY — Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales Police.The other gunman, his father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange of fire with police at the scene.Fifteen people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the attack, which targeted Australia's Jewish community at an event celebrating the first night of Hanukkah.It was the country's deadliest shooting since 1996.Akram also faces 40 charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder, as well as one charge of causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist organisation symbol.He was critically injured during...
December 17, 2025

Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi shooting

The Yani National Wetland Park is located at the convergence of the Yarlung Tsangpo River and Nyang River, near to where the hydropower project is being developed
China is building the world’s most powerful hydropower system deep in the Himalayas 
HONG KONG — Hundreds of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – infrastructure projects to date.There, a $168 billion hydropower system is expected to generate more electricity than any other in the world – a vast boon for China as it hurtles toward a future where electric vehicles dominate its highways and power-hungry AI models race to out-compute international rivals.Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the project to be “advanced forcefully, systematically, and effectively” during a rare visit earlier this year to Tibet, a region where Beijing continues to tighten its grip in the name of economic growth and stability.Experts say the...
December 17, 2025

China is building the world’s most powerful hydropower system deep in the Himalayas 

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