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US man convicted in 2023 shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont 

21 September 2026

A jury in the US state of Vermont has convicted a man of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college student...

Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary vote 

21 September 2026

President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party has won a record supermajority in tightly orchestrated parliamentary po...

Photos: Gaza’s children return to class in tents and ruins 

21 September 2026

Hundreds of thousands of children returned to in-person classes in Gaza on Saturday for the first time in nearly three y...

Trump’s approval rating hits record low amid Iran war, economy fallout 

21 September 2026

United States President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 32 percent – the lowest of his ⁠political car...

State of world getting worse as UN Security Council paralysed: Guterres 

21 September 2026

The state of the world seems to be getting worse due to a “dramatic geopolitical divide” that is leaving “the most...

China expels two top ‘disloyal’ military leaders from Communist Party 

21 September 2026

News|Xi Jinping China has expelled two top military generals from the Chinese Communist Party on suspicion of corruption...

Poor storage or sabotage? Series of explosions in Syria raises fears 

21 September 2026

A series of explosions at weapons and ammunition sites across Syria this month have exposed the difficulties facing the ...

Is it a missile? Is it a drone? What’s the Pelican used by Ukraine? 

21 September 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday’s large-scale strike on Russia involved several weapons, including...

Inside Kazakhstan’s push to become a regional AI centre 

21 September 2026

A young woman in a sleek bun and a jacket with Kazakh patterns smiles from the screen at a directors’ meeting of Samru...

What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping? 

21 September 2026

The United States wants a new “notification mechanism” with China to warn each other when an artificial intelligence...