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This file photo shows US President Donald Trump looking at Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, on the day of Gabbard's swearing in ceremony, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US February 12, 2025. — Reuters

‘She’s wrong’: Trump disputes spy chief Gabbard’s take on Iran’s nuclear programme

A person wearing an alien mask attends a rally against the government of Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino in Panama City June 20, 2025. — AFP

‘Vandals took over the airport’: State of emergency declared in Panama as protests escalate

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, June 20, 2025. — AFP

Trump claims credit for DRC-Rwanda peace deal, says Nobel Prize committee keeps ignoring him

A missile launched from Iran is intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, Israel June 21, 2025. — Reuters

Iran, Israel exchange fresh strikes as nuclear talks stall

The order by District Judge Allison Burroughs will allow international students to continue to attend the elite university while a lawsuit filed by Harvard plays out in the courts. — Reuters pic

Trump teases ‘mindboggling’ deal after US judge backs Harvard’s foreign student fight

Campaigners for a change in the law on assisted dying celebrate outside The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament in central London, June 20, 2025, after the vote to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people. — AFP pic

UK MPs vote in favour of assisted dying Bill in historic step

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who became a leader of pro-Palestinian campus protests. Khalil, a legal permanent US resident who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, has been in custody since March facing potential deportation. — AFP pic

Pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil released from US custody

Smoke rises following what Iran says was an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot in Tehran June 16, 2025. — Majid Asgaripour/Wana (West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters

Iran says war will end only if Israel halts airstrikes unconditionally

This handout photo from the Royal Thai Government taken and released on June 20, 2025 shows Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (2nd right) standing next to Royal Thai Army Lieutenant General Boonsin Padklang during a visit to Morakot Operations Base in Ubon Ratchathani province. — Royal Thai Government handout/AFP pic

Leaked call fallout: Thai PM meets army commander as allies threaten to walk

This handout photo taken on June 20, 2025 and received from the Philippine Navy shows navy and law enforcement personnel searching a fishing boat after it was intercepted carrying 1.5 tonnes of illegal drugs off the coast of the main island Luzon. — Philippine Navy handout/AFP pic

Philippine Navy seizes RM744m meth haul in one of nation’s biggest drug busts

This image grab from an handout video released by Tele Liban on February 13, 2020 shows French senator Joel Guerriau. A French senator accused of drugging an MP with the intent to assault her is facing an accusation from another woman, according to French television. — AFP pic

Second woman accuses French senator of drugging and assault, says she ‘buried it deep inside’

Palestinian children gather near containers used for water, in Gaza City April 6, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘Making a desperate situation worse’: Gaza faces man-made drought as water systems collapse, only 40pc of facilities functional, warns Unicef

Members of the California National Guard are deployed outside a complex of federal buildings in Santa Ana, California June, 18, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump celebrates ‘big win’ as US court allows National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

Screengrab from video purporting to show two Palestine Action activists entering the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire.

Pro-Palestinian activists claim damage to RAF planes at UK military base

‘No matter what they say or do, it cannot change the fact that Taiwan is a part of China,’ China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press briefing in Beijing today. — Reuters pic

Beijing blasts British warship’s Taiwan Strait passage as ‘troublemaking’

A royalist activist holds a placard that reads ‘Thai government with Khmer heart Get Out’ during an anti-government protest, following a leak on Wednesday of a phone call between Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia’s Hun Sen, the influential former premier of Cambodia, amid a border dispute between the two countries, near the Government House, in Bangkok June 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

Pressure mounts on Thai PM Paetongtarn to resign amid coalition revolt threat