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A destroyed Syrian army battle tank lies abandoned near the ancient ruins of Palmyra in central Syria on February 7. — AFP pic

Foreign minister: Syria to have new government on March 1

Veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were due to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS), but have been there for more than eight months. — Reuters pic

NASA says US astronauts stranded on ISS could return to Earth in March

The victim said she was dragged into the school toilet and beaten by at least 10 other students who also stomped on her head and smashed her head into the toilet bowl. — Pixbay pic

Thai students gang up against 13-year-old in school after classmate accuses her of saying bad things, mum finds out from video

Bangkok University expels Rasipa and Chakatpol as its students on February 11, 2025, saying their actions violated both the law and the institution’s student discipline regulations. — Picture from Bangkok University website

Thai authorities arrest six more students over LGBTQ+ hot soup assault, Bangkok University expels two

The Wat Saket in Bangok was visibleon February 7, 2025, but Thailand’s air quality has been increasingly smoggier in the past few days and the country’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency has placed a red alert warning on hazardous levels on February 12, 2025. — AFP pic

Thailand’s air quality plummets: Bangkok’s pollution at hazardous with PM2.5 levels above safe limit

A bronze seal decorates the US Treasury building in Washington DC. — AFP pic

US Treasury admits to error allowing Musk aide to modify data of sensitive payment worth trillions of dollars, claims a mistake

Salman Rushdie published an account of the stabbing titled ‘Knife’ in 2024. — AFP pic

Writer Rushdie testifies in US attempted murder trial against attacker, describes 10-time stabbing that left him one-eyed

Boosting membership fees is seen as a way for WHO to reduce its reliance on a handful of major donors and ensure more predictable and flexible finances. — AFP pic

From health conditions in Gaza and fake medicines to NCDs and babies, WHO faces new funding realities as USAID withdrawal looms

The Gulf of Mexico shows as Golf of America on Google Maps since February 10, 2025 for those using its app inside the United States, complying with an executive order by President Donald Trump. — AFP pic

When names matter: White House bars AP reporter after news agency rejects Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ 

Rescuers have been struggling to find the 74-year-old driver since the truck plunged into a chasm that appeared at an intersection in Yashio, north of Tokyo, Japan on January 28, 2025. — Reuters pic

Truck cabin found two weeks after Tokyo sinkhole swallows vehicle, but sewage water delays search for driver

Justin Welby resigned as Archbishop of Canterbury, who heads the world’s Anglican Church,  in November 2024 after an independent inquiry found he took insufficient action to stop serial paedophile, barrister John Smyth who died in 2018 aged 77. — Reuters pic

Outrage as Church of England votes against fully independent child safeguards amid sex abuse scandals

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to share much in common with US President Donald Trump, with both campaigning on promises to promote the interests of their countries’ majority communities over minorities and both shifting long-held democratic norms by doggedly pursuing critics. — AFP pic

Seeking Trump favour, Modi prepares for US visit with tariff cuts and immigration cooperation 

The US has reportedly been the top donor in the world and gave US$64 billion in 2023 while China is said to dish out loans instead of grants that amounted to US$1.34 trillion over the past 20 years. — Reuters pic

Will Beijing step up? Trump’s foreign aid freeze pushes small but strategic nations towards China for support

Supporters of Israelis lift placards and flags in front of the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on February 11, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump insists US to own Gaza, Jordan king pushes back

US President Donald Trump claims that US judges were preventing him from cleaning up the government. — AFP pic

Trump warns of US judicial ‘tyranny’ amid clash over executive orders

Elon Musk (left) speaks as US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. — AFP pic

‘It’s essential’: Musk says US could go ‘bankrupt’ without federal budget cuts