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Four journalists on trial over Istanbul protest coverage acquitted 

27 November 2025

News|Freedom of the Press A Turkish court has acquitted four journalists accused of taking part in an allegedly unlawful...

Indonesia races to evacuate Sumatra residents as flood deaths soar to 34 

27 November 2025

Floods and landslides brought about by torrential rain in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province have killed at least 34 p...

After death sentence, Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets 21 years for land grab 

27 November 2025

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 21 years in prison in separate corruption cases rel...

Hong Kong blaze death toll reaches 45 as rescue operations continue 

27 November 2025

Firefighters are battling for a second day against one of Hong Kong’s deadliest modern fires, which engulfed multiple ...

National Guardsmen shot in Washington DC: What happened, who’s the suspect? 

27 November 2025

Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically wounded after being shot near the White House. Officials have d...

Train collision in China kills 11 railway maintenance workers: Reports 

27 November 2025

News|Transport Eleven people were killed and two others injured when a train smashed into railway maintenance workers in...

Pope Leo heads to Turkiye, Lebanon in first foreign trip as Catholic leader 

27 November 2025

Pope Leo has embarked on his first foreign trip as Catholic leader with a visit to two Muslim-majority countries of Turk...

Israel escalates aerial assault of southern, central Gaza past yellow line 

27 November 2025

Israeli forces have carried out a series of air strikes in southern and central Gaza, including in areas beyond the so-c...

At least 44 killed in Hong Kong high-rise fire, hundreds still missing 

27 November 2025

Skip linksSkip to Content blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, By Rory Sullivan and Fiona Kelliher Published On 27 Nov ...

Thousands left homeless by fire in Bangladesh shantytown in Dhaka 

27 November 2025

A fire in a densely populated and impoverished area in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has burned or damaged 1,500 shanties...