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Root’s first century in Australia gives England edge as Starc topples Akram 

04 December 2025

England’s Joe Root conquered his final frontier with a first Ashes century in Australia as the tourists pushed past 30...

Meet the US’s drug running friends: A history of narcotics involvement 

04 December 2025

As the United States ramps up strikes on Venezuelan boats and threatens a land invasion to fight alleged drug traffickin...

Rubio says Trump to get involved in Sudan peace efforts as civil war rages 

04 December 2025

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that President Donald Trump has been personally overseeing efforts...

Eurovision organisers debate whether Israel should be barred from contest 

04 December 2025

News|Entertainment Public broadcasters are meeting to discuss whether Israel should be excluded from the Eurovision Song...

UNSC delegation visits Syria on first trip a year after al-Assad’s fall 

04 December 2025

A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) delegation has arrived in Syria for its first-ever trip to the country, reporte...

Putin says Russia ready to take Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region ‘by force’ 

04 December 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said recent talks with United States negotiators over ending the war with Ukraine w...

Armed clashes reported between Yemeni army and southern separatists 

04 December 2025

News|Armed Groups Local sources have reported armed clashes between the Yemeni army loyal to the internationally recogni...

Survivors recall terror of landslides from North Sumatra cyclone 

04 December 2025

North Tapanuli, North Sumatra – Sri Yuni Pardede, 20, was with her family at home when a thunderous crash jolted them ...

Global campaign launched to free jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti 

04 December 2025

An international campaign to free popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who has been jailed in Israel since 2002,...

Amid Trump threats, what has the US’s ‘war on drugs’ achieved in 50 years? 

04 December 2025

More than 50 years ago, in the summer of 1971, US President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one...