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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 

A line of police officers in uniform walk along a fence by Bondi Beach on 16 December
Police 'shot in the front': NSW premier rejects criticism of Bondi response
SYDNEY — The New South Wales premier has rejected criticism of the police response to the attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, saying officers acted with "bravery and integrity".Some witnesses have suggested police were too slow to disarm the two gunmen, who killed 15 people and injured dozens in Australia's most famous beach on Sunday."There are two officers in critical care... at the moment," Chris Minns said after sustained questioning from reporters. "They weren't shot in the back as they were running away. They were shot in the front."The gunmen went on a shooting spree that lasted around ten minutes before police shot both men, killing one and critically injuring the other.There have also been questions about whether adequate security was provided before the...
December 16, 2025

Police 'shot in the front': NSW premier rejects criticism of Bondi response

Soldiers inspecting the site in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack
India charges Pakistan-based militant groups in Pahalgam attack
NEW DELHI — India's anti-terrorism agency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has charged two Pakistan-based militant groups and six people in the attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir this April, that left 26 people dead.The massacre in the tourist town of Pahalgam brought nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to the brink of war. India blamed Pakistan for the attacks – an accusation Islamabad denied.Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) — designated as a terror organisation by the United Nations — and The Resistance Front (TRF) have been charged with "planning, facilitating and executing" the attack.Pakistan's government has not yet commented on the charges.The TRF had initially said it was behind the attack but later denied its involvement.The 1,597-page...
December 16, 2025

India charges Pakistan-based militant groups in Pahalgam attack

The couple were due to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary in January, their family said
Dashcam video shows couple trying to stop gunman before being killed in Bondi attack
SYDNEY — A couple killed in the Bondi Beach shooting tried to stop one of the alleged attackers by grabbing his gun, dramatic dashcam footage shows.Boris Gurman, 69, and his wife Sofia, 61, courageously stepped in to try and protect others before being shot themselves, their family said in a statement.Video of the incident shows Gurman, who was retired, wrestling with one of the alleged gunmen and taking the weapon off him, before they both fall onto the road.Gurman then gets up and appears to hit the suspected attacker with the gun. The attacker is then thought to have got another gun which he used to kill them."While nothing can lessen the pain of losing Boris and Sofia, we feel an overwhelming sense of pride in their bravery and selflessness," the family said."This encapsulates who...
December 16, 2025

Dashcam video shows couple trying to stop gunman before being killed in Bondi attack

Trump and Xi last met face-to-face in October, when both of them visited South Korea
Trump urges Xi to free Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says he has asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to "consider" releasing Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon who was earlier this week found guilty under the city's controversial national security law."I feel so badly," Trump told reporters. "I spoke to President Xi about it and I asked to consider his release."The UK similarly called for the 78-year-old to be "immediately released", with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemning the ruling, calling it a "politically motivated persecution".Lai, who is a British citizen, has been in jail since December 2020 and is due to be sentenced early next year. He faces a maximum term of life in prison.Trump made the brief comment to reporters at the White House on Monday — but did not specify...
December 16, 2025

Trump urges Xi to free Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai

Mourners gather by floral tributes at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Monday
Australia seeks tougher gun laws after 15 killed in Bondi Beach shooting
SYDNEY — Australia has announced plans to strengthen its already tough gun laws with new measures that will restrict who gets a license.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the proposed changes on Monday after a cabinet meeting of state and territory leaders a day after the country’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.Fifteen people were gunned down at a Jewish Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach, in a terror incident allegedly perpetrated by a father and son.Under the plan, only Australian citizens will be entitled to hold a gun license. There’ll be new limits on the number of guns they can own, and the type of firearms that can be purchased.Under the proposed changes, open-ended firearms licenses will be limited, requiring gun owners to reapply for approval to hold a license.The...
December 15, 2025

Australia seeks tougher gun laws after 15 killed in Bondi Beach shooting

Ahmed al Ahmed, pictured here in a hospital bed, received a visit from New South Wales Premier Chris Minns earlier
'He made us proud', Bondi Beach hero's family says
SYDNEY — Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who disarmed one of the gunmen during the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney, acted out of “pure conscience and humanity,” his family tells BBC News Arabic.His father, Mohamed Fateh al Ahmed, says his son did not hesitate when he saw people being attacked.“Ahmed was driven by his sentiment, conscience and humanity when he rushed forward, stopped the gunman, and snatched his weapon,” he says.He adds that Ahmed had been nearby “by coincidence,” having gone out with a friend for coffee, when he encountered the scene.“He saw the victims, the blood, women and children lying on the street, and then acted,” his father says.According to the family, Ahmed’s condition is stable, and he is awaiting further medical treatment for gunshot wounds to...
December 15, 2025

'He made us proud', Bondi Beach hero's family says

Lai at a protest in 2019 when huge pro-democracy demonstrations rocked Hong Kong
Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of colluding with foreign forces
HONG KONG — Pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under Hong Kong's controversial national security law (NSL).The 78-year-old, who has been in jail since December 2020, pleaded not guilty. He faces life in prison and is expected to be sentenced early next year.Lai used his now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper as part of a wider effort to lobby foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China, the court found.Hong Kong's chief executive John Lee welcomed the verdict, noting that Lai's actions "damaged the country's interests and the welfare of Hong Kongers", but rights groups called it "a cruel judicial farce".They say the NSL, which Beijing defends as essential for the city's...
December 15, 2025

Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of colluding with foreign forces

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