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The head of the powerful Badr militia, Hadi al-Amiri, appears to have admitted that his group was behind the killing of thousands of protesters in Iraq in October 2019. For years, it was known that Iranian-backed militias were likely unleashed by the government to suppress the protests. However, there was a lack of …
An artist impression of the kitchen facility at Risdon Prison. (Tasmanian government)
Ivory Coast will keep the farmgate price of cocoa unchanged for the crop's main harvest season, the country's agriculture minister announced.
Richarlison looks set to be the latest big-name Premier League star to join the Turkish Super Lig.
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Small business operators will avoid state government stamp duties if they re-arrange their tax affairs after the Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed an overhaul of his budget reforms to family trusts.
Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats?
Tobias Ellwood claimed ministers had been briefed to say they had no evidence to help nuclear test veterans
Chief Rabbi of Israel Kalman Meir Ber called on Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday to reconsider the punishment of religious soldiers from the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion who refused to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic during an op…
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Brother of the former premier says he lied to developer Jean Nassif about doing political work for him and rejects accusation he is fabricating evidence
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In an interview with Israeli channel i24NEWS, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that his country is working towards overthrowing Iran’s government.
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The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night.
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers affiliated with the country's umbrella labor union will go on strike Friday to oppose the government's plans to relocate policy lenders and other public financial organizations from Seoul to provincial areas.
New guidelines take effect immediately but do not bind courts, leaving businesses to call for supplementary legislation
Hundreds of students fall ill in three seperate incidents in Java and Sumatra this week as criticism of president’s flagship program grows
London: Smooth talk could not save Andy Burnham from the rough reality of the debt markets on Wednesday (London time) when he took his first questions in parliament since becoming British prime minister just over six weeks ago.
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that South Korea will continue efforts to revive dialogue between North Korea and the United States, noting U.S. President Donald Trump's willingness to reengage with Pyongyang.
Russia will shutter German cultural centers across the country, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday.
US President Donald Trump signed a funding bill on Wednesday to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections after the legislation was passed by the House of Representatives a day earlier and by the Senate in August.
US President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to campaign aggressively for Republican candidates ahead of November's midterm elections, saying he has planned extensive travel to states with high-stakes races.
Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany’s world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground. The far-right Alternative for Germany party has called the Bauhaus an “aberration of modernism.” Its attacks comes ahead of an election in Saxony-Anhalt, where t…
Australia’s leading medical body has labelled the Coalition’s plan to slash tax on a packet of cigarettes by $24 and legalise vapes a “reckless” move that will damage public health, as the opposition frames the move as an assault on organised crime.
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday it will carry out a major restructuring of state-run firms, including mergers among energy suppliers, with the plan eventually reducing the number of state-run institutions by 109 while guaranteeing job security for existing workers.
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Cardinal Joseph Zen, known as an outspoken advocate for civil liberties and political freedom, attends the sentencing of media mogul Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in February, with Lai's wife, Teresa. Zen lost an appeal on Sept. 3 in a case over a fund he helped set up to support protesters in 2019. © Reuters
Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan claim drastic cut to price of cigarettes and moves to legalise vapes will combat illicit tobacco trade
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Kim Seung-won says he will respect prosecutors’ authority in Lee Jae Myung cases amid opposition concerns over possible withdrawal of charges
Twenty-five plastic surgery and dermatology clinics in Seoul violated medical-waste rules, including two cases in which human fat and blood from cosmetic procedures were dumped into sinks and toilets, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday.
Josh Duggan is a reporter with ABC Hobart, joining the team in 2024. He began his career at 7 Tasmania News, working as State Political Reporter, and in producing and presenting roles.
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Yasmin Catley says ‘we will not be surrendering our streets’ after as many as six suspected mistaken identity shootings since the start of last year
A coalition of leading medical groups in the United States has urged the public to get updated vaccinations for influenza and COVID-19, publishing its own guidance to fill a gap left by shifting advice from the federal government.
Jury acquits Yorgen Fenech, accused by prosecutors of masterminding 2017 car-bomb killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Jury acquits Yorgen Fenech, accused by prosecutors of masterminding 2017 car-bomb killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Vice President JD Vance's mother, Beverly Vance Aikins, said she would "probably punch" Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over remarks he has made about Vance's family, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
Protest ribbons are tied to a fence at Lafayette Park, near the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic congressional candidate Chris Backemeyer poses in front of a campaign banner after an event in Murdock, Nebraska, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)
In a country where governments used to die young, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni built her success on a simple political skill: survival.
A man takes a selfie with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli tied his job to a reduction in the number of victims of crime. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)
Koror City, Palau: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the chair of the Pacific Islands Forum have rejected any equivalence between American and Chinese missile testing in the Pacific as they struggle to convince regional leaders to unite in condemnation of Beijing’s recent ballistic missile testing.
One Nation has had another electoral win, having flipped the Labor seat of Secret Harbour in a Western Australian byelection on Saturday. So what does this signal for the upcoming contest at the Victorian state election?