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Lebanese American Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial in the US for attempting to murder Salman Rushie  in Mayville, New York on August 18, 2022 after reading two pages of the ‘Satanic Verses’ book the former claimed ‘attacked Islam’. — AFP pic

US trial opens for Lebanese American over 2022 murder attempt on ‘Satanic Verses’ author Rushdie who he claimed ‘attacked Islam’

A man gets an electrocardiogram to check his heartbeat during a free public medical check-up in a government-run clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

Indonesia spends RM820m to roll out landmark free health screening

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown addresses the media during a press conference of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Bonn, Germany, October 5, 2023. — Reuters pic

New Zealand raises alarm, says not consulted as Cook Islands set to sign China pact

Flags fly over the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, DC while US President Donald Trump signals his intent to abolish the federal agency by executive order in 2025. — AFP pic

Trump swings wrecking ball at US Education Dept, plans its shutdown with Musk’s help

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that part of Trumps’ ‘America First’ agenda is empowering US allies and partners ‘to be combat multipliers’. — AFP pic

‘America can’t be the guarantor forever’: Trump officials visit Europe, want allies to shoulder defence burdens

Justin Welby (left), formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury who heads Anglican churches worldwide, is seen with Sudan Primate Ezekiel Kumir Kondo at the inauguration of the 39th Province of the Anglican Communion, in Khartoum, Sudan on July 30, 2017. — Reuters file pic

Rotten rafters break, roof collapses: Church of England in ‘unprecedented crisis’ over sexual abuses as Canterbury archbishop quits

US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside of St John's Episcopal church across Lafayette Park in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. — AFP file pic

Bringing religion back: Non-denominational Trump’s ‘God squad’ grows influence at White House

At least one of the three victims was attacked while in the doorway during what appeared to be a random stabbing in Dublin, Ireland on February 9, 2025. —Photo by Raymond Manuel

Three injured in random Dublin stabbing as witness recalls cops tackling suspect screaming ‘leave me alone’

Archbishop Martin Modeus, Bishop Johan Dalman, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden place flowers at the makeshift memorial in honor of the victims of the shooting at the adult education center Campus Risbergska school in Orebro, Sweden, on February 9, 2025. — AFP/Sweden OUT pic

Sweden in mourning: Five days after deadliest shooting of 10 at education centre, police yet to find clear motive

In an interview, Trump claimed there was ‘hundreds of millions of dollars of money that’s going to places where it shouldn’t be going’. — AFP pic

In cost-cutting campaign, Trump taps Musk to root out ‘hundreds of billions’ in US govt fraud

Vaping remains common in Hong Kong even though the Chinese finance hub banned the import, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in April 2022. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Hong Kong targets ending vaping in public by mid-2026 after banning sale, import and manufacture on e-cigs

Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy backing the controversial Gaza relocation plan?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that relocated Palestinians would have to “disavow terrorism” to be allowed to return to Gaza. — AFP pic

‘We’ll do the job’: Netanyahu supports Trump’s controversial Gaza plan

A crackdown by Indian security forces has killed some 287 rebels in the past year. — Reuters pic

Maoist rebels and two Indian commandos among 33 killed in Chhattisgarh jungle clash

The Island-wide blackout in Sri Lanka was caused by monkeys at a power sub-station — Reuters pic

Monkey disrupts Sri Lanka’s power grid, triggering island-wide blackout

A drone view shows Palestinians displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, making their way back to their homes in northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire — Pic by Reuters

Saudi Arabia rejects Israel PM Netanyahu’s remarks on displacing Palestinians