The US administration’s decision to destroy nearly $10 million worth of women’s contraception products has sparked furious condemnation from doctors and aid groups, who have slammed the move as a wasteful attack on women’s rights.

Israeli settlers attacked the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, torching cars and spray-painting threatening graffiti, the Palestinian Authority said.

Thailand and Cambodia will enter into an unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight on Monday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced.

Thousands of people gathered for Amsterdam Pride march on Saturday in a festive and political mood, stressing the need to defend LGBTQI+ rights increasingly under threat around the world.

Thailand and Cambodia clashed for a third day on Saturday, as the death toll from their bloodiest fighting in years rose to 33 and Phnom Penh called for an “immediate ceasefire”.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday announced a lottery to raise money to support migrants caught up in US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

In early July, the top official at the US embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington, asking for clarification on a contentious US policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee programme geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte scored a big legal win when the Supreme Court struck down an impeachment complaint against her, ruling that it was unconstitutional.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday slammed the international community for turning a blind eye to the suffering of Palestinians starving in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience”.

Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned on Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 130 000 people “could develop into war” as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.

A top US Justice Department official spent hours grilling Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The United States joined Israel on Thursday in pulling its negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks, with special envoy Steve Witkoff blaming Hamas for failing to reach a deal and saying Washington would “consider alternative options”.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned on Thursday that China’s ties with Russia were now the “determining” factor in its relations with the European Union.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his military to be ready “for real war” as he observed a firing contest of artillery units, Pyongyang state media said.

A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes that have killed at least nine civilians, including a child.

South African organisations dedicated to protecting journalists and freedom of expression have called for unimpeded humanitarian access in Gaza, following reports of a starvation crisis, which is also affecting journalists covering the conflict.

The ruling ZANU-PF party appears determined to further criminalise dissent in Zimbabwe. Its lawmakers are seen to be trying to entrench legislation that can be used to target those who flag the government’s shortcomings.

The US imposed sanctions on what it said was a Houthi-linked petroleum smuggling and sanctions evasion network across Yemen and the UAE in fresh action targeting the Iran-backed militant group.

Heavy flooding inundated the Philippines’ capital, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and schools and government offices to shut, while a fresh storm brewed off the coast.

A coal mine collapse in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed six miners and injured 18 others, local authorities said.

A surge of violence in southern Syria has exacerbated fears among minority communities and exposed what analysts say is the Damascus authorities’ intent to rein in the Druze population.