Violent protests rage in New Caledonia amid growing civil unrest
Mass protests erupted in New Caledonia this week after France’s parliament voted to allow French residents who have lived in the Pacific Islands territory for 10 years or more to…
Vietnam nominates public security minister to be new president
Vietnam’s governing Communist Party has nominated the public security minister to be the next president, state media reported, months after his predecessor stepped down as part of a anticorruption crackdown.…
Ukraine’s defence lines stretched as Russian troops advance
We travel at speed towards the village of Liptsy – now under siege. Russian forces have penetrated this border area north of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. We are being…
As India’s Modi drags Pakistan into election campaign, will ties worsen?
Pakistan’s former information minister, Fawad Chaudhry, says he did not realise that a three-word post on social media platform X on May 1 would inject his country into a heated…
As Israel bombs Gaza, sirens echo in West Bank marking 76 years since Nakba
Fierce gun battles rage in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and southern Rafah as Israeli military incursions intensify against Palestinian armed groups. Hamas and Israel’s army both claim significant enemy casualties. At…
US promises Ukraine military aid to make ‘real difference’ on the way
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised Ukraine that aid that will make “a real difference” on the battlefield is on the way. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on…