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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Base in Miami on Thursday. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

US casts Cuba as China-linked security threat while still pushing for talks

Washington portrays Havana as a national security risk tied to Beijing and Moscow while insisting diplomacy remains possible.

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US foreign affairs chairman warns of China role in Argentina contract bid

US voices hope for Iran deal as Pakistan mediator seeks to break impasse

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Middle East

Israel deports hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists as arrivals recount abuse

Detainees land in Turkey as their treatment in Israeli custody draws an international outcry.

Activists disembark from a plane upon arrival at Istanbul Airport. Photo: Reuters
Activists disembark from a plane upon arrival at Istanbul Airport. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Woman jailed for nearly 42 years over US$250 million Minnesota fraud case

Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which claimed to help provide millions of meals to children during the coronavirus pandemic.

United States & Canada

US to send 5,000 troops to Poland after earlier deployment called off: Trump

Trump said the move was based on his relationship with Poland’s president, a nationalist ally whom he said he was ‘proud to endorse’.

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Africa

DR Congo police fire warning shots as protesters burn Ebola patient tents

Angry residents torch a medical facility in Rwampara as mistrust deepens over burials.

A Congolese police officer stands guard as an Ebola treatment centre burns in Rwampara on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
A Congolese police officer stands guard as an Ebola treatment centre burns in Rwampara on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Americas

16 dead after gunmen open fire in 2 separate attacks in Honduras

6 police officers were among the dead. Honduras struggles with high rates of crime linked to gangs and the transnational drug trade.

United States & Canada

2 charged with creating AI-generated porn under new US law targeting ‘deepfakes’

The men are among the earliest defendants to face charges under the Take It Down Act, a law signed last year by US President Donald Trump.

Russia & Central Asia

UN ‘concerned’ over Taliban law that includes provision on child marriage

Among the Taliban’s most controversial provisions, it says the silence of a girl reaching puberty can be interpreted as consent to marriage.

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Afghan schoolgirls walk along a road in Balkh province. Photo: AFP

Europe

Mother arrested in Portugal after young sons blindfolded and abandoned

Two French boys, aged 4 and 5, were left by a remote road with backpacks of food but no identity documents.

Portuguese police have taken into custody the mother and stepfather of two young French children who were allegedly abandoned in central Portugal. Photo: Getty Images
Portuguese police have taken into custody the mother and stepfather of two young French children who were allegedly abandoned in central Portugal. Photo: Getty Images

Europe

Court annuls leadership of Turkey’s main opposition party

The move to oust Ozgur Ozel triggered a stock market sell-off and could strengthen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power.

China Economy

As Chinese supertankers cross Strait of Hormuz, is the crisis starting to ease?

Two Chinese tankers were among group of vessels transiting vital waterway on Wednesday, but was it a one-off or the start of a new trend?

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Africa

Building collapse kills at least 9 people in Morocco’s Fez

A search for others who might still be buried under the rubble was under way and residents of nearby buildings were told to evacuate.

Rescuers on Thursday search through the rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of Fes. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

US jobless claims fall as lay-offs remain low despite economic uncertainty

Despite historically low lay-offs, the labour market appears to be stuck in what economists call a ‘low-hire, low-fire’ state.

Workers climb down from a building during a heat advisory on Tuesday in New York. Photo: AP
Workers climb down from a building during a heat advisory on Tuesday in New York. Photo: AP

Europe

Paris court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash

Flight AF447 ‌vanished from ‌radar screens on June 1, 2009, with people from 33 nationalities on board.

Europe

Queen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy

Emails released earlier this year suggest ‌that Mountbatten-Windsor, while serving ‌as trade envoy, forwarded reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

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China

Handshakes of history: when Chinese and US leaders meet - an infographic

US President Donald Trump visited Beijing on May 13-15, 2026. Explore the meetings that have helped shape one of the world's most consequential bilateral relationships.

Handshakes of history: when Chinese and US leaders meet - an infographic

China

A comprehensive visual guide to Trump’s 2026 state visit to China

Go inside Donald Trump’s 43-hour whirlwind trip to Beijing through our complete visual breakdown.

Politics

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Xi and Trump’s key people

Discover the power players in Xi and Trump’s teams; the key people setting the agenda on diplomacy, the military, the economy, security and science.

United States & Canada

Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on China

Discover who is in Donald Trump’s inner circle, their backgrounds, stances on China and the roles they will play in shaping the future of the US.

Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on US-China relations
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Open Questions series

Zheng Yongnian on what US’ ‘neocolonialism’, Venezuela operation mean for China

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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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Zheng Yongnian on what US’ ‘neocolonialism’, Venezuela operation mean for China

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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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‘Taiwan Travelogue’ wins historic Booker Prize

Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on May 19, 2026, for Taiwan Travelogue. It is the first time that a book translated from Chinese won the prestigious literary award. Set in the 1930s, when Taiwan was under Japanese colonial rule, the novel follows a fictional Japanese writer’s gastronomic adventures and her intimate relationship with a local interpreter.
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North Korean women’s football team wins in rare South Korea match

Kim Kyong Yong (C #17) of Naegohyang Women’s FC celebrates scoring her team’s second goal with teammates during the AFC Women’s Champions League semi-final football match between North Korea’s Naegohyang Women’s FC and South Korea’s Suwon FC Women in Suwon on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
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