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Judge orders Trump to return control of National Guard to California
Jun 13, 2025 (AFP)
"His actions were illegal ... He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith," US Distri...
Trump to flex muscle with huge military parade
Jun 12, 2025 (AFP)
Long fascinated with military pomp, Trump has openly envied the military spectaculars seen in cities from Paris to Moscow and Pyongyang ever since his first ter...
Iran hangs man over 2022 protest deaths, activists say conviction wrongful
Jun 11, 2025 (AFP)
Abbas Kurkuri, also known as Mojahed Kurkur, was hanged at dawn in Sheiban prison in the western city of Ahvaz, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Hengaw gr...
Trump uses US army birthday to lash out over LA protests
Jun 10, 2025 (AFP)
The US commander-in-chief goaded troops to boo political opponents and the media and called protesters "animals" in what was meant to be a non-partisan event at...
What powers is Trump using to send troops to Los Angeles?
Jun 10, 2025 (AFP)
Here is a look at some of the legal questions surrounding the move. - Is it legal? - Trump relied on a seldom-used law known as Title 10 to send an initial 2,00...
Army, Trump ready birthday parade with tanks, rocket launchers
Jun 07, 2025 (UPI)
With the two birthdays occurring on the same day, the previously scheduled parade that was intended as a relatively small event at the National Mall in Washingt...
Hong Kong charges jailed activist for 'collusion with foreign forces'
Jun 06, 2025 (AFP)
Wong, who is already serving a prison sentence for subversion, is one of the most recognisable faces of Hong Kong's now-quashed democracy movement. The 28-year-...
Trump administration ramps up attack on Harvard, Columbia
Jun 05, 2025 (AFP)
Trump is seeking to bring the universities to heel with claims their international students pose a national security threat, and that they ignored anti-Semitism...
Freed HK democracy activist says needs to figure out 'red lines'
May 30, 2025 (AFP)
Jimmy Sham was one of 45 opposition figures jailed for subversion after holding an informal election primary in 2020, in what was the city's largest national se...
What will Seoul's new leader mean for North Korea ties?
May 30, 2025 (AFP)
Under the hawkish Yoon Suk Yeol -- whose ouster over his disastrous declaration of martial law triggered the snap presidential poll -- Seoul took a hard line to...
Trump attacks opponents, judges on day honoring US war dead
May 26, 2025 (AFP)
Trump performed the traditional presidential duties on Memorial Day of visiting Arlington National Cemetery -- the resting place for some 400,000 fallen soldier...
UN experts urge release of Azerbaijani rights defender
May 26, 2025 (AFP)
Mammadli was detained on April 29, 2024. His arrest was one of a series which critics said undermined Azerbaijan's credibility as a host of the United Nations C...
Venezuela's Maduro wins landslide in election boycotted by opposition
May 26, 2025 (AFP)
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 23 out of 24 state governor positions and scored 82.68 percent of the votes cast for lists of National Assembly memb...
Turkey arrests 65 soldiers, police for ties to late Erdogan foe
May 23, 2025 (AFP)
State news agency Anadolu said 56 active-duty soldiers from the Turkish armed forces had been arrested, with another seven still being sought. Halk TV meanwhile...
Trump admin revokes Harvard's right to enroll foreign students
May 23, 2025 (AFP)
The US administration's decision on Thursday threatened the prestigious university with a huge financial blow. The school in Cambridge, Massachusetts quickly sl...
Bangladesh army chief wants elections 'by December'
May 22, 2025 (AFP)
General Waker-Uz-Zaman was reported to have told officers on Wednesday that elections should be held by December this year -- if not earlier, according to Bangl...
Myanmar ex-general slain in attack claimed by anti-coup fighters
May 22, 2025 (AFP)
Myanmar's military seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war pitching it against pro-democracy guerrillas and resurgent ethnic armed groups that have lo...
Trump hosts exclusive gala for top memecoin buyers
May 22, 2025 (AFP)
The gala will take place at Trump's Virginia golf club near Washington, where the 220 biggest purchasers of the $TRUMP memecoin he launched in January will have...
Young Mongolians demand PM resign over corruption claims
May 22, 2025 (AFP)
Mongolia has for decades struggled with endemic graft and the widespread view that the proceeds of a coal mining boom are being hoarded by a wealthy elite has s...
Unreasonable tax audit of some Hong Kong media: press union
May 21, 2025 (AFP)
Hong Kong's press freedom ranking has plummeted since Beijing cracked down on dissent after huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019. The Hong Kon...
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