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Photos: Gaza’s children return to class in tents and ruins 

21 September 2026

Hundreds of thousands of children returned to in-person classes in Gaza on Saturday for the first time in nearly three y...

China expels two top ‘disloyal’ military leaders from Communist Party 

21 September 2026

News|Xi Jinping China has expelled two top military generals from the Chinese Communist Party on suspicion of corruption...

State of world getting worse as UN Security Council paralysed: Guterres 

21 September 2026

The state of the world seems to be getting worse due to a “dramatic geopolitical divide” that is leaving “the most...

Poor storage or sabotage? Series of explosions in Syria raises fears 

21 September 2026

A series of explosions at weapons and ammunition sites across Syria this month have exposed the difficulties facing the ...

Is it a missile? Is it a drone? What’s the Pelican used by Ukraine? 

21 September 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday’s large-scale strike on Russia involved several weapons, including...

CNN, Politico, MS NOW to sue Trump administration over White House ban 

21 September 2026

News|Media Leading news outlets CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they intend to sue the ⁠administration of United St...

Inside Kazakhstan’s push to become a regional AI centre 

21 September 2026

A young woman in a sleek bun and a jacket with Kazakh patterns smiles from the screen at a directors’ meeting of Samru...

What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping? 

21 September 2026

The United States wants a new “notification mechanism” with China to warn each other when an artificial intelligence...

Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians in occupied West Bank raid 

21 September 2026

Israeli forces have arrested at least 53 Palestinians during a raid on the town of Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem in the ...

Israeli attacks on Gaza kill three, including a child 

21 September 2026

News|Gaza A Palestinian child has been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians in the al-Mawasi “safe zo...