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Myanmar’s ruling military junta has lifted the state of emergency nearly three and a half years after it was first imposed, in a move aimed at preparing for upcoming national elections. The announcement came through a formal decree issued by junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing, who has led the country since the February 2021 military coup. Later in the ...

Australia passed new legislation on Thursday to reduce all student loan debts by 20%, delivering on a major election promise and clearing a combined US$10 billion in debt for more than three million current and former students. The move, announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, is part of a broader effort to ease cost-of-living pressures. Many Australians rely on government ...

Arab countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined calls Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory. Seventeen countries plus the European Union and Arab League threw their weight behind a seven-page text agreed at a United Nations conference on reviving the two-state solution ...

The Saudi cabinet reaffirmed on Tuesday the Kingdom’s commitment to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, voicing support for a high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, reports Arab News. The cabinet expressed hope the forum would accelerate international recognition of a Palestinian state and pave the way for ...

Four people, including a Bangladeshi-American NYPD officer, were killed in a mass shooting at an office building in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening. The gunman later died by suicide, according to authorities. The suspect, identified as Shane Tamura, 38, of Las Vegas, entered the building on Park Avenue carrying an M4 rifle and opened fire. Surveillance footage showed him exiting ...

Thirty people were killed in Beijing as of midnight on Monday as almost a year’s worth of rain hit the capital in a matter of days, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. The deaths were reported in Beijing’s mountainous northern districts, with 28 in Miyun and two in Yanqing. State media did not specify when or how the ...

More than 40 people were killed on Sunday in a brutal attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ending several months of relative calm in the region, according to the UN peacekeeping mission and the Congolese military. The attack took place in the town of Komanda in Ituri province, where ADF fighters stormed a ...

At least 21 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to a civil society leader, reports AP. The military confirmed at least 10 fatalities, while local media reports put the death toll at more than 40. The attack is believed to have been carried out by members ...

Turkey has recorded its highest-ever temperature, reaching 50.5°C on Friday in the southeastern town of Silopi, the environment ministry announced on Saturday. This new record surpasses the previous high of 49.5°C set in August 2023. Located just 10 kilometres from the borders with Iraq and Syria, Silopi sits in the province of Sirnak, one of the regions most affected by ...

A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines’ mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at least 25 deaths and prompted evacuations in villages affected by flooding and landslides, reports AP. The storm was Typhoon Co-may when it made landfall Thursday night in the town of Agno in Pangasinan province with maximum sustained ...