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Australia stops in silence for Bondi Beach shooting victims
Pacific Asia • 6:17 PM
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Pakistan sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and wife to another 17 years in prison for corruption
Pacific Asia • 10:44 AM
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A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison after it found them guilty of corruption over the selling of expensive gifts they were given while in office. Khan has been in prison
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Knife attacker kills three after smoke bombing Taiwan metro
Pacific Asia • 9:52 AM
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At least three people have been killed and nine others injured as a knife-wielding attacker went on a rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei. Nicholas Rushworth has this story.
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EX Pakistan PM Imran Khan and wife sentenced to 17 years
Pacific Asia • 12:39 AM
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A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the under-priced purchase of luxury state gifts, the court and Khan's lawyers said.
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Friday, december 19, 2025
Customers fill in to Beijing's new consumer robot shopping centre
Pacific Asia • 10:15 PM
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Are you stuck at the last minute for a Christmas gift? Wondering how to “wow” your child when they open their presents? Well, Beijing might have a solution for you: The world’s first consumer robot shopping centre. New this year, it has everything. From
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Customers fill in to Beijing's new consumer robot shopping centre
Pacific Asia • 4:47 PM
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Are you stuck at the last minute for a Christmas gift? Wondering how to “wow” your child when they open their presents? Well, Beijing might have a solution for you: The world’s first consumer robot shopping centre. New this year, it has everything. From
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US arms package to Taiwan seen as a 'move to use Taiwan to contain China'
Pacific Asia • 4:32 PM
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The United States have announced a $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, the largest ever by the country to the island. China has threatened 'forceful measures' over the sale to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is seen as a move to
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Bondi Beach gunmen's Philippines trip becomes focus of investigation
Pacific Asia • 4:14 PM
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Police in Australia are investigating a trip made by the suspects of the Bondi Beach anti-Semitic terrorist attack to the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, just weeks before they shot and killed 15 people and wounded dozens more. The region has lo
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China threatens 'forceful measures' over $11.1 billion US arms sales package to Taiwan
Pacific Asia • 2:45 PM
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Beijing again lashed out at a planned US arms sales package to Taiwan on Friday, with the Chinese defence ministry threatening to take "forceful measures" over the $11 billion weapons package approved by US State Department and awaiting congressional app
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Australia announces gun buyback scheme and reflection day after Bondi shooting
Pacific Asia • 3:16 AM
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Australia has announced a major gun buyback program and a national day of remembrance following the anti-Semitic shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, which left 15 people dead. On Friday, hundreds of surfers and swimmers plunged into the ocean to honour th
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Thursday, december 18, 2025
US announces $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, its largest ever
Pacific Asia • 9:58 PM
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US President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis
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US announces $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, largest ever
Pacific Asia • 9:54 PM
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President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis spe
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Son of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denounces political persecution
Pacific Asia • 4:26 PM
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Foreign ministers from the G7 on December 17 condemned the prosecution of Hong Kong journalist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, who was found guilty of collusion with foreign forces this week. His son, Sebastien Lai, told FRANCE 24 that his father is be
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Australia mourns youngest Bondi victim as government acts on antisemitism
Pacific Asia • 2:52 PM
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Australia is tightening hate speech laws after the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, which killed 10-year-old Matilda and others. PM Anthony Albanese announced tougher penalties, easier prosecution of hate crimes, blacklisting extremist groups, visa restric
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Thailand strikes building in Poipet casino hub on Cambodian border
Pacific Asia • 7:29 AM
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Thai fighter jets on Thursday struck a building in the Cambodian border city of Poipet, a casino hub popular with Thai gamblers, amid renewed clashes between the neighbouring countries just months after they agreed to a truce brokered by the US and regio
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China tells US to 'immediately' stop arming Taiwan after Washington approves arms package
Pacific Asia • 7:10 AM
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China told the United States on Thursday to "immediately stop" arming Taiwan after Taipei said Washington had authorised a $11 billion weapons package to the island. Approved by the State Department but awaiting congressional approval, the sale would tak
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Wednesday, december 17, 2025
'We thought we were safe': Bondi shooting shocks Australia's Jewish community
Pacific Asia • 7:46 AM
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Jewish Australians said they felt unsafe, angry and frustrated at the perceived government's failure to confront rising antisemitism after a deadly shooting at a Hanukkah festival in Sydney’s Bondi Beach last week. One of the alleged gunmen, Naveed Akram
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'We thought we were safe': Bondi shooting shocks Australia's Jewish community
Pacific Asia • 6:45 AM
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Jewish Australians said they felt unsafe, angry and frustrated at the perceived government's failure to confront rising antisemitism after a deadly shooting at a Hanukkah festival in Sydney’s Bondi Beach last week.
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Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with 59 offences, including terror
Pacific Asia • 6:11 AM
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Australian police charged Naveed Akram with 59 offences, including terrorism, after he allegedly opened fire at a Jewish event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
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Myanmar junta seeks to prosecute hundreds for 'disruption' ahead of elections
Pacific Asia • 5:45 AM
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Myanmar's junta on Wednesday said it was pursuing charges against more than 200 people for alleged disruption of upcoming elections under new laws banning criticism of upcoming elections, which rights groups and the UN have dismissed as a sham to entrenc
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Tuesday, december 16, 2025
‘Low-cost’ terror: Bondi Beach investigators examine IS group link, Philippines trip
Pacific Asia • 8:19 PM
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The father-and-son duo alleged to have carried out Sunday's Bondi Beach massacre had flags of the Islamic State (IS) group in their car and had recently travelled to a Philippines province with a history of Islamist militancy, according to Australian pol
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Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
Pacific Asia • 7:34 PM
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In Australia mourners continue to gather at Bondi Beach to honor the victims of what authorities are calling an antisemitic terror attack. Meanwhile video is circulating of an elderly couple who tried to stop and disarm on of the gunmen, before being sho
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In Vietnam, the dark side of artisanal recycling
Pacific Asia • 4:46 PM
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In the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam, some villages are covered in waste, sorted by hand by residents who have no other option for work. Although no clear link has been established between cancer rates and the handling of plastic waste, the UN is warning a
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The Bright Side: Nepal kicks off tiger census amid signs of recovery
Pacific Asia • 9:43 AM
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Nepal has launched a nationwide census to track the recovery of Himalayan tigers that were once on the verge of extinction. The country has been widely praised for its conservation efforts, with an earlier survey finding that the tiger population had tri
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Australia PM says Bondi Beach attack driven by 'Islamic State ideology'
Pacific Asia • 12:35 AM
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that a father and son who opened fire at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach appeared to be driven by Islamic State group ideology. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed killed 15 people at a Hanu
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Monday, december 15, 2025
Ahmed or Edward? Disinformation clouds identity of Bondi Beach shooting hero
Pacific Asia • 9:50 PM
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In the aftermath of the anti-Semitic Bondi Beach attack, footage emerged showing a mysterious bystander disarming one of the gunmen. Scores of users praised this courageous man, who was quickly identified by journalists. But other accounts claimed that t
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Prevention, data monitoring 'more useful' in fight against terrorism, expert says
Pacific Asia • 8:24 PM
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Peter O'Brien, Yann Saint Pierre, CEO and counter-terrorism consultant at the Modern Security Consulting Group, says that the Australian government's push for stricter gun laws "will only be superficial and not go at the heart o
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Terror at Bondi Beach: What response to Australia's worst anti-Semitic attack?
Pacific Asia • 7:14 PM
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It was the worst of humanity, and the best of humanity. What kind of a father-son duo decides to go shooting at a gathering that's come together to celebrate the Jewish festival of light? We ask about the motives and circumstances of the Bondi Beach terr
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Australia: What we know about the Bondi Beach attack on a Jewish festival
Pacific Asia • 2:48 PM
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An attack by a father and son on a Jewish celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach killed 15 people, plunging Australia into national mourning Monday. Here is what we know.
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Media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai found guilty in controversial security trial
Pacific Asia • 11:46 AM
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A Hong Kong court has found the media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and of publishing seditious material. The 78 year-old's tabloid newspaper was one of the most vociferous critics of Beiji
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Papers react to 'massacre of Jews' that has 'changed Sydney forever'
Pacific Asia • 11:10 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Monday, December 15: Australian and Israeli papers discuss the "bloodshed" of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Next, French papers write about the "agricultural revolt" of farmers. Finally: a sausage-dog walk in London's Hyde Park sparks the
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A 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor: what we know about the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting
Pacific Asia • 8:10 AM
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A mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday claimed the lives of 15 people, including a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor, and a 10-year-old girl, as a Hanukkah celebration turned into a scene of horror. Police say the attack left 40 injured, with the gu
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Sunday, december 14, 2025
Hong Kong court finds media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in national security trial
Pacific Asia • 9:45 PM
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Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday convicted jailed media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai of national security offences that could see him sentenced to life in prison, a verdict that has intensified global scrutiny of the city’s judicial inde
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Israel's antisemitism criticism of Australia plays to 'domestic audience', expert says
Pacific Asia • 4:48 PM
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Sunday's shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach where a Jewish celebration was taking place was unsurprising given the long history of persecution faced by Jews, said Joseph Downing, a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University
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Netanyahu blames Australia after Sydney shooting targeting Jewish celebration
Pacific Asia • 4:42 PM
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Israeli leaders condemned a shooting in Sydney that targeted a Hanukkah celebration and killed 11 people on Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Canberra of fuelling antisemitism in the lead-up to the attack. Brendan Berne, a former Au
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'Genuine hero': Bystander tackles alleged gunman during Bondi Beach mass shooting
Pacific Asia • 3:57 PM
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Footage captured by an eyewitness shows a man grappling with an alleged gunman during the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, before wrestling the weapon off him.
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Bondi Beach shooting an 'escalation' in attacks against Australia's Jewish community
Pacific Asia • 2:30 PM
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Two gunmen attacked a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 11 and drawing international condemnation. It is Australia’s deadliest shooting in nearly three decades. Citing two other attacks on the country’s Jewish community in 2024, FRANC
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Gunmen kill several at Jewish gathering in Sydney's Bondi Beach
Pacific Asia • 2:18 PM
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Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism. The massacre at one of Australia’s most popular and iconic bea
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Bondi Beach shooting: Rabbi killed at Jewish holiday gathering
Pacific Asia • 1:59 PM
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Hundreds had gathered Sunday to celebrate a Jewish holiday at Bondi Beach where a mass shooting was carried out earlier. The event was to mark the start of the eight-day Hanukkah festival. One of the victims of the shooting was identified as Rabbi Eli Sc
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Bondi Beach shooting: Explosive device found in vehicle linked to shooters
Pacific Asia • 1:57 PM
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Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack. One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second arrested. Reporting from Syd
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Bondi Beach shooting a 'terrorist incident', New South Wales police force commissioner says
Pacific Asia • 11:24 AM
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New South Wales Police Force Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Sunday that the Bondi Beach shooting was a “terrorist incident”. At least 12 people were killed and 29 wounded in the attack earlier in the day, he told a press conference.
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Israeli president condemns 'cruel attack on Jews' after shooting at Bondi Beach
Pacific Asia • 10:28 AM
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned Sunday’s shooting in Sydney as a “cruel attack on Jews” and urged Australia to step up the fight against antisemitism. Ten people were killed and about a dozen wounded when gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holid
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At least ten dead after shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach
Pacific Asia • 10:19 AM
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At least ten people are dead, including the alleged shooter, following a shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach, FRANCE 24's Richelle Harrison said, citing police and local sources. Another 12 people were wounded and the other gunman was arrested, Australia
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At least 16 dead at Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting that targeted Jewish community
Pacific Asia • 9:43 AM
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At least 16 people, including one of two alleged gunmen, were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community gathered to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah in what Australian authorities decla
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Fighting in Cambodia and Thailand continues, hours after Trump truce claim
Pacific Asia • 5:31 AM
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Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand stretched into a second week on Sunday after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that a ceasefire had been brokered. The death toll has reached at least 25, including 14 Thai soldiers, one Thai ci
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Bondi Beach shooting: One suspect in custody in critical condition
Pacific Asia • 12:21 AM
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At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack. One suspected gunman was killed and another was in
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Sydney attack: Bondi Beach shooting kills 16, gunmen identified as father and son
Pacific Asia • 12:09 AM
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Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach, police have said in an update of the casualty toll. At least one French national is among the dead, President Emmanuel Ma
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Saturday, december 13, 2025
First climate migrants from Tuvalu arrive in Australia
Pacific Asia • 4:45 PM
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The first group of climate migrants from the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has arrived in Australia under a landmark visa scheme, as rising sea levels threaten to make parts of the low-lying country uninhabitable and force long-term relocation.
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Civilians caught in crossfire as Thailand-Cambodia fighting continues
Pacific Asia • 3:37 PM
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Cambodia shut its border crossings with Thailand on Saturday, after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump's claim that a truce had been agreed to end days of deadly fighting. Violence between the Southeast Asian neighbours, which stems from a long-run
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Lionel Messi's GOAT tour in India descends into chaos as fans vandalise stadium
Pacific Asia • 9:15 AM
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Angry fans on Saturday stormed a stadium in eastern India after football star Lionel Messi left early during a packed event in Kolkata, sparking chaos, vandalism and arrests.
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Cambodia says Thailand still bombing despite Trump ceasefire claim
Pacific Asia • 1:35 AM
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Cambodia said on Saturday that Thai jets continued bombing its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the two neighbours had agreed to halt border fighting. The conflict, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarca
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Thailand vows to keep fighting Cambodia despite Trump's ceasefire claim
Pacific Asia • 12:25 AM
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Thailand’s leader vowed on Saturday to continue fighting along the disputed border with Cambodia, as fighter jets struck targets just hours after US President Donald Trump said he had brokered a new ceasefire. The escalation follows Thai Prime Minister A
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Friday, december 12, 2025
'A glimpse into deep shadows' behind the art of kabuki: 'Kokuho' director on his Japanese megahit
Pacific Asia • 6:08 PM
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It's a story of art, rivalry and bloodlines. Japan's megahit and Oscar hopeful "Kokuho" is coming to the French box office at Christmas. It follows the life of a man born the son of a yakuza boss who goes on to become a "living national treasure" in the
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Thailand's high-risk election: Anutin rolls dice on 'wave of nationalism'
Pacific Asia • 5:35 PM
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As Thailand moves toward early elections against the backdrop of one of the most volatile sociopolitical periods in its recent history, William Hilderbrandt welcomes Japhet Quitzon, Associate Fellow in the Southeast Asia Programme at the Center for Strat
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Thailand and Cambodia agree to stop border clashes, Trump says
Pacific Asia • 5:19 PM
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Thailand and Cambodia agreed to halt border clashes along their disputed border, US President Donald Trump said on Friday. The two countries had brokered a ceasefire in July but Thailand suspended the agreement the following month after Thai soldiers wer
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Iran 'violently' arrests Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi
Pacific Asia • 1:40 PM
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Iran "violently" arrested Nobel Peace Prize 2023 laureate Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony on Friday, her supporters said. Mohammadi, who was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024, was detained along with several other activists.
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Thailand PM dissolves Parliament for new elections early next year
Pacific Asia • 7:58 AM
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Thailand’s Parliament was dissolved Friday for new elections early next year as the country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from King Maha Vajiralo
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Reddit challenges Australia’s new under-16 social media ban in High Court
Pacific Asia • 7:22 AM
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Social media platform Reddit on Friday filed a suit challenging Australia’s new law banning under-16s from major platforms, arguing that it violates the nation’s implied freedom of political communication. The move follows a similar case filed by a right
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Thailand PM wins royal approval to dissolve parliament, paving way for early elections
Pacific Asia • 1:00 AM
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received royal approval on Friday to dissolve parliament, paving the way for a general election early next year. Voting for the House of Representatives will be held 45 to 60 days after a royal decree, with A
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Thursday, december 11, 2025
