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Global campaign launched to free jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti 

04 December 2025

An international campaign to free popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who has been jailed in Israel since 2002,...

Amid Trump threats, what has the US’s ‘war on drugs’ achieved in 50 years? 

04 December 2025

More than 50 years ago, in the summer of 1971, US President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one...

Most Germans, French see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia, survey shows 

04 December 2025

News|Russia-Ukraine war A majority of citizens in Germany, France, the Netherlands and several other European Union memb...

Macron tells Xi that China, France must overcome ‘differences’ 

04 December 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that their two countries must overcome their “differences” during a...

Meta starts blocking teens in Australia under social media ban 

04 December 2025

Tech giant Meta has begun removing minors below 16 years of age in Australia from its platforms Instagram, Threads and F...

UN chief says Israel’s conduct of war in Gaza ‘fundamentally wrong’ 

04 December 2025

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the way Israel has waged its war on Gaza, describing it ...

Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’ 

04 December 2025

Skip linksSkip to Content Video Duration 00 minutes 31 seconds play-arrow00:31 Five killed in Israeli strike on Gaza enc...

Armed clashes reported between Yemeni army and southern separatists 

04 December 2025

News|Armed Groups Local sources have reported armed clashes between the Yemeni army loyal to the internationally recogni...

Survivors recall terror of landslides from North Sumatra cyclone 

04 December 2025

North Tapanuli, North Sumatra – Sri Yuni Pardede, 20, was with her family at home when a thunderous crash jolted them ...

EU proposes using Russian assets, loans to fund $105bn package to Ukraine 

04 December 2025

The European Commission has proposed an unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international borrowing to raise 9...