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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s security agency has accused British intelligence services of using a foreign national to spy on the country, highlighting rising tensions between Beijing and western countries over espionage. …

At least eight Palestinians were martyred and scores were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house west of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.Medical sources told Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that eight martyrs and dozens of injured individuals, including children and women, arrived at Shuhada Al-Aqsa …

SYDNEY — A criminal syndicate that planned to illegally export hundreds of native lizards from Australia to Hong Kong has been “dismantled”, authorities say. The reptiles had an estimated market value of A$1.2m (£633,000; $805,000), according to New South Wales Police. Three men and a woman have been arrested in …

Norway’s most prolific peacetime killer is claiming his prison life in solitary confinement is illegal. ADVERTISEMENT Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, will try for the second time on Monday to sue the Norwegian state for allegedly …

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced the death of 142 United Nations employees in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the ongoing Israeli occupation army aggression against the strip, pointing out that the number of UN employees victims is the highest in the …

LONDON — For Prince Andrew, it’s been a terrible 2024 so far. Awful headlines, being reported to the police, demands for him to lose his Windsor home. That’s just this week. At Christmas he was basking in the glow of the Royal Family, appearing before the public after a Sandringham …

Moosa Zameer these remarks do not reflect the official position of Maldives government. Male: After the derogatory remarks made by Maldivian ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India on social media, Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs Moosa Zameer said that these remarks against foreign leaders are “unacceptable” and do …

Election officials count ballot papers at a polling booth in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures after casting her vote at a polling station in Dhaka. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won re-election for a fifth term yesterday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she …

MUSCAT — The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Sunday declared a discontinuation of specific banknote denominations. These banknotes will cease to be recognized as legal currency after a 360-day duration from the announcement. It will then be considered an illegal and non-negotiable currency: The affected notes are those launched prior …

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