Category: Regions
Longest held Palestinian prisoner released by Israel
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Nael Barghouti, the longest held Palestinian prisoner who spent 45 years in an Israeli jail, has been released and sent to Egypt. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/28/743628/Longest-held-Palestinian-prisoner-released-by-Israel
Read MoreKorean who began school as World War II ended, but never finished, off to university at 87
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Kim Gap-nyeo began primary school in the 1940s but her studies were cut short. After a life of hard work she’ll soon enter higher education. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3300180/korean-who-began-school-world-war-ii-ended-never-finished-university-87?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIndonesia faces ‘life-threatening’ consequences of halt to US foreign aid
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The funding freeze leaves critical health and humanitarian programmes in limbo, leading many to ask who can fill the support gap. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3300427/indonesia-faces-life-threatening-consequences-halt-us-foreign-aid?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhy Thailand’s soft power splash is out of step with reality
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Move to promote soft power at odds with perceptions that Thailand is not doing enough to tackle scam centres along Thai-Myanmar border. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3300422/why-thailands-soft-power-splash-out-step-reality?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSingapore’s CDL scion fires back at father as Kwek family feud intensifies
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Sherman Kwek denies patriarch Kwek Leng Beng’s boardroom coup claims, blames his father’s aide Catherine Wu for the family dispute. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300457/singapore-tycoon-kweks-son-accuses-father-being-influenced-aide-family-feud-rages?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIsrael carried out mass killing of own people under ‘Hannibal Directive’: Military probe
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israel massacred its own people under a highly controversial directive known as the “Hannibal Protocol” during Operation Al-Aqsa Storm carried out on October 7, 2023, by Hamas and other resistance group https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/28/743624/Israel-carried-out-mass-killing-of-own-people-under-%E2%80%98Hannibal-Directive%E2%80%99–Probe-
Read MoreTrump says ongoing Gaza talks are ‘pretty good’
Jerusalem Post US President Donald Trump said “We’ll have to see what happens” in regards to a second phase of the hostage deal. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-844116
Read MoreVoice recordings spell more trouble for South Korea’s first lady
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The embattled Kim Keon-hee is back in the spotlight over taped calls as suspended president Yoon Suk-yeol awaits an impeachment trial ruling. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3300392/voice-recordings-spell-more-trouble-south-koreas-first-lady?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreEgypt: Hamas-Israel negotiations on next phase of ceasefire begin
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Egypt says negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire have begun. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/27/743623/Egypt–Negotiations-between-Israel-and-Hamas-on-next-phase-of-ceasefire-begin
Read MoreFrancis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?
New York Times The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses uncomfortable, unanswered questions about Vatican decision-making. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/pope-francis-vatican-governs.html
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