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Inside the aid ship stormed by Israeli forces on 9 June 2025. Photo: BBC

'They dragged Greta by her hair, forced to kiss Israeli flag, treated us like animals': Activists allege after arriving

Thunberg is among 437 activists, parliamentarians and lawyers who are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), a coalition of more than 40 vessels carrying humanitarian aid whose goal was to breach...

Photo: Reuters

India probes possible cough syrup link to deaths of nine children

A displaced Palestinian girl waits to collect water in the central Gaza Strip on 4 October 2025. Photo: Reuters

Hamas response to Trump plan wins hardline support, lifting hostage release hopes

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UN rights chief says chance to stop Gaza carnage 'once and for all'

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

From heavy metal drummer to Japan's first female PM in waiting: Who is Sanae Takaichi?

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Egypt opens one of Valley of the Kings' largest tombs to public

People gather on a boat from a flotilla that had been carrying aid to Gaza until it was intercepted by Israel, docked in the port of Larnaca, Cyprus October 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Turkey says 137 Gaza flotilla activists to arrive in Istanbul

Amir Khan Muttaqi. File photo: Collected

Afghan Taliban foreign minister to visit India for first time

Hand-woven Tangail Sarees. Photo: Collected

India’s sari trade sees mixed impact from tensions with Bangladesh

Displaced Palestinians sit next to a tent, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in the central Gaza Strip, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Israel strikes in Gaza kill 7 after Trump calls for end to bombardment

A general view of the Munich International Airport in Germany, February 16, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Simon/File Photo

Munich Airport to resume flight operations after drones in airspace caused delays

Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi reacts as she receives an applause from gathered lawmakers on the day of the LDP leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

Japan's Takaichi set to become country's first female PM

A screengrab from a live stream video shows Israeli navy forces aboard the Gaza-bound vessel Florida, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which flotilla organisers report has been intercepted, October 2, 2025. Photo: Global Sumud Flotilla/Handout via REUTERS

How the Gaza aid flotilla used cameras and data to win global attention