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US President Donald Trump’s administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to US foreign policy, the student’s lawyer said on Wednesday. The US Department of Homeland Security accused Badar Khan Suri of ties to the Palestinian militant group Hamas and … Read more

Indonesia has ratified controversial changes to its military law allowing armed forces personnel to hold more civilian posts, a move that analysts fear could usher in a resurgence of the military in government affairs. Activists in the world’s third-largest democracy have criticised the revisions, warning they signal a return to Indonesia’s “New Order” era, when … Read more

A man has died after a collision involving a police car and a pedestrian. Birmingham police said the incident happened near the junction of Yardley Road and Florence Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham, just before 7pm on Wednesday. The force said the police vehicle was responding to a 999 call relating to a report of … Read more

Crime across Victoria is now at its highest level in almost a decade with cost-of-living pressures, family violence and a small group of young repeat offenders singled out as contributing factors, placing further pressure on the embattled Allan government. As Labor’s controversial “tough” bail laws were debated in parliament on Thursday, the Crime Statistics Agency … Read more

Employees are being urged to step outside to take time to observe one of the wonders of the natural world: the fleeting but lovely spring blossom season. Research commissioned by the National Trust, which operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, shows that while almost all those polled said they felt better if they took … Read more

The only known script for Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal New Wave film Breathless (À Bout de Souffle) will be auctioned later this year after coming to light for the first time in more than 60 years. About 70 pages of Godard’s handwritten notes and synopses of some of the most famous scenes, including the movie’s dramatic … Read more

The cost of a mobile data package is all that is holding back many female entrepreneurs in developing countries, according to recent research. While social media marketing is reported to be crucial by female business owners who have access to it, 45% of women in business in low- and middle-income countries said they did not … Read more

The Australian government is consulting Pacific nations to assess the “devastating consequences” of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and considering what additional support it can provide ahead of next week’s federal budget. In a letter to a Liberal MP concerned the freeze could cause “irreversible” damage to Pacific communities, the foreign affairs minister, … Read more

This month Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate who had worked with human rights groups and even the UK government, was detained in New York. His wife, who is eight months pregnant, said her husband was not told why he was being detained and that officers assumed he was on a visa – but … Read more

A demonstrator holds signs during a protest outside the United States Embassy as U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Russian and Ukrainian sides regarding a possible ceasefire, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 15, 2025.  | Photo Credit: Reuters On February 24, for the first time, the U.S. voted against the … Read more