Koh Ewe and Hanna Samosir
BBC News
Reporting fromSingapore and Jakarta
At a paddy field two kilometres from Jakarta’s international airport, the rustle of fluttering kites is…
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Kites in the crosshairs as planes face peril
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Wounded soldier escapes battlefield using e-bike delivered by drone
This is the moment an injured Ukrainian soldier behind enemy lines made his escape using an e-bike delivered by a drone.
Footage released by the Rubizh Brigade, part of the national guard of Ukraine, shows the wounded soldier, known as Tanker,…
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Budapest mayor questioned over organising banned pride march
Budapest’s mayor has been questioned by police as a suspect in helping to organise a banned LGBTQ march in the city.
The event took place on June 28 despite warnings of potential legal repercussions by Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor…
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Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida to women’s prison in Texas
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a Florida prison to a new minimum-security facility in Texas, authorities have confirmed.
The move comes as Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence…
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Araghchi warns Islamic countries against Zionist regime plots
In the phone conversation with he United Arab Emirates’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday, the top Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi said that the Israeli regime aims to disrupt…
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Italy plan to process migrants in Albania dealt blow by EU Court
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent
ReutersA ruling by the EU’s top court has dealt a further blow to Italy’s attempts to create a fast-track system in Albania for processing asylum applications offshore.
The European Court of…
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Thousands of Yemenis rally in Sana’a in solidarity with Gaza despite rainfall
Yemenis have once again taken to the streets of the capital, Sana’a, to voice their unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, who continue to endure Israel’s ongoing genocide.
Braving heavy rainfall on Friday, demonstrators…
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Bloodshed at Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin,’ says former top UN official
A former senior UN aid official has censured the bloodshed at aid sites of the notorious US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Martin Griffiths, director of the Mediation Group International and the former Under Secretary…
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Putin not swayed by Trump’s Ukraine war ultimatum
Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced hopes for further peace talks with Ukraine – but stressed his troops were “advancing on the entire front line”, despite the threat of tougher US sanctions if a ceasefire was not agreed upon.
“All…
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Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president’s comments
US President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to “be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to “highly provocative” comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Trump said he acted “just in case these…
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