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Thailand's China-built high-speed rail, on track but delayed

One of Thailand's oldest railway stations is facing demolition as the country moves forward with a long-delayed Chinese-backed high-speed line that has raised concerns about the lost history and tighter links to Beijing

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi still in hospital, but better than before, say sources

Berlusconi's physicians revealed that he had been suffering from leukaemia 'for some time' and had lately developed a lung infection

World’s youngest yoga teacher sets sights on training with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Seven-year-old Praanvi Gupta wants to write a yoga book for children and meet India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avid yoga practitioner, who has been promoting the discipline at home and abroad

Former UK PM Boris Johnson to be questioned by lawmakers over 'Partygate' fiasco

Johnson resigned as prime minister in July 2022 after being dogged for months by accusations of lockdown breaches and other scandals

Malaysia: Anti-graft authorities question former prime minister following allegations of misuse of pandemic funds

Muhyiddin Yassin was prime minister for 17 months between 2020 and 2021, at the height of Malaysia's battle against the coronavirus, and now leads an opposition coalition

Two Israelis, Palestinian killed in West Bank as sides meet in Jordan

Two Israelis living in a West Bank settlement were killed Sunday in a "Palestinian terror attack", officials said, sparking violence in which a Palestinian man was killed, while settlers torched homes in revenge

Explained: What we know about the Israeli raid in Nablus that killed 10 people

A daytime Israeli military raid turned the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian commercial centre, into a war zone. It is the latest bloody escalation in a months-long surge of Israeli raids into the occupied territory that has led to the deaths of some 200 Palestinians and the arrest

Israel says it will legalise nine West Bank settlements

Israel's security cabinet announced on Sunday that it would legalise nine settlements in the occupied West Bank following a series of attacks in east Jerusalem, including one that killed three Israelis

Strikes, scandals and more... How UK's Rishi Sunak has fared in office in his first 100 days

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak faces angry unions, worried Conservative Party lawmakers, and millions of voters as he marks 100 days in office

UK faces fresh mass strikes as wage talks derail

Teachers and train drivers dominate a fresh round of UK-wide strikes Wednesday aimed at securing pay rises that would ease a cost-of-living crisis caused by soaring inflation