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A Taliban policeman looks on as a crowd heads toward a stadium to attend the public execution on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Central Asia

Afghan boy, 13, executes family’s killer in echoes of worst days of Taliban rule

The public execution, the 11th carried out since the Taliban seized power in 2021, has drawn global condemnation.

Middle East

‘No calm in Beirut’ as more Israeli strikes expected after Hezbollah ultimatum

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Pakistan

Pakistan rejects UN warning over legal immunity for military chief

Israel-Gaza war

Egypt trains hundreds of Palestinian officers to police post-war Gaza

Palestinian movements have agreed to a force of around 10,000 officers but Israel opposes Hamas or Palestinian Authority involvement in Gaza.

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Armed Palestinian Hamas militants follow a digger which has been supplied by Egypt to search for bodies of killed Israeli hostages in Gaza City on November 2. Photo: AFP
Pakistan

Can mediators prevent war between Afghanistan, Pakistan as tensions spike?

Prolonged proxy warfare could create space for terrorist groups such as Isis-K to regenerate and plot overseas attacks, analysts warn.

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Pakistan

3 Pakistani security officers killed in suicide bombing near Afghan border

One attacker detonated his explosives at the main gate of the paramilitary headquarters while a second was shot and killed in its compound.

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Israel-Gaza war

Hezbollah military chief killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Israel’s prime minister said Hezbollah’s Haytham Tabtabai was leading efforts to rebuild the militant group’s strength.

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A man shouts from a balcony of a residential building targeted by an Israeli military strike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

Isis-linked group used video games to radicalise Indonesian children: police

Over 110 children have been targeted by terrorist recruiters this year alone, a ‘massive’ spike from 17 between 2011 and 2017, police say.

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Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu faces backlash for leading Israel’s October 7 probe

Critics claim the probe lacks independence, and that Netanyahu is evading responsibility by overseeing the probe himself.

Syria

Syria detains security forces over sectarian violence that killed hundreds

The arrests follow a July rampage in Sweida where government fighters effectively sided with Bedouin clans against the Druze.

Syrian security forces after clashes between government troops and local Druze fighters in the southern city of Sweida in July. Photo: Reuters
Pakistan

Islamabad court blast kills 12 as Pakistan Taliban faction claims attack

Threat of more attacks follows, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgent Taliban.

A police officer stands at the site of a blast outside a court building in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Syria

Syria joins alliance against Isis after Trump hosts ex-jihadist president

President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s White House visit caps a remarkable turnaround for a former jihadist who once had a US$10 million bounty on his head.

Africa

Malian woman who posted on TikTok is abducted and publicly executed

Mariam Cisse, who had 90,000 followers, was kidnapped and shot after her abductors accused her of collaborating with the army.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel confirms receiving remains of soldier killed in 2014 Gaza war

The return of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin’s remains closes an 11-year chapter that has haunted both his family and the nation.

Supporters wearing T-shirts and holding banners with the image of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin outside the National Centre of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv. Photo: EPA
Middle East

Syria leader arrives in US for Trump visit after removal from terror blacklist

Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted Assad, has been working to present a moderate image, in a break from his group’s violent past.

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Syria’s President Ahmed Al-Sharaa speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September. Photo: AP
Middle East

Civilians or terrorists? Israeli drone strike kills 2 Lebanese brothers

The latest attacks came as the EU voiced concern over Israel’s continued strikes despite its year-old ceasefire with Lebanon.

Israel-Gaza war

Palestinian death toll passes 69,000 as Israel-Gaza truce allows body recovery

As part of the US-brokered deal, Israel has released the remains of 15 Palestinians for each Israeli hostage returned.

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Central Asia

Taliban says Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire will hold, despite failed talks

Afghanistan blamed ‘irresponsible and uncooperative’ Pakistan for the failure while Islamabad said Kabul was not clamping down on terrorism.

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A man and child stand by a house allegedly damaged by cross-border fire from Pakistan in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Friday. Photo: EPA
Israel-Gaza war

Israel receives remains of 3 more Gaza hostages as fragile ceasefire holds

The return of remains has been the central part of the initial phase of the US-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10.

Africa

Nigeria urges meeting with Trump after US president’s military action threat

Trump had said he was designating Nigeria a ‘country of particular concern’ because of worries about the safety of Christians there.

Pakistan

What’s behind Pakistan’s crackdown on anti-blasphemy extremists?

Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan was outlawed after thousands of its activists tried to besiege the US embassy in Islamabad.

Security forces clash with TLP supporters during an anti-Israel protest near Lahore, Pakistan, on October 10. Photo: EPA
Crime

FBI foils Halloween weekend attack plot in Michigan, director Kash Patel says

Multiple arrests were made in what investigators believe was a ‘pumpkin day’ plot inspired by Islamic State extremism.

Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force take part in a search on a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu says Hamas returned remains from previously retrieved body

The Israeli prime minister said the remains were from a body found two years ago rather than that of the 13 missing hostages.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel says it conducted ‘targeted strike’ on Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza

Witnesses saw a drone hit a car and set it on fire; four people were wounded but there were no immediate reports of deaths.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel says ceasefire and aid to resume after wave of strikes kill 26 in Gaza

Ceasefire reactivated following US pressure, but fragile truce faces challenges from armed militants and disputes over the return of hostages’ bodies.

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An armed man shoots in the air during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

‘Not a chance’: experts dismiss Trump’s Gaza peace declaration as temporary fix

Trump has brought together nations willing to work with Washington to stabilise the Middle East but not tackled the real cause, analysts say.

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Hamas fighters stand guard as Red Cross vehicles arrive to transport remains of Israeli hostages on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
Pakistan

‘Stalemate’: is prolonged Pakistan-Taliban hostility new border reality?

Though an all-out war between Islamabad and Kabul is unlikely, a diplomatic solution also remains elusive, analysts say.

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Israel-Gaza war

Hamas kills dozens in Gaza crackdown, reasserting control after ceasefire

Palestinian militant group carries out operation on anti-Hamas figures as it returns to Gaza’s streets.

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