Unrest, Conflict and War

Amid a period of global instability, the apparent Labour landslide shows the UK has lurched to the centre-left while much of Europe is moving to the right. Two major stories are now emerging.

The sculptures were looted from the country during a period of war and unrest and their return is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia's culture minister says. 

Experts think exposure to traumatic content on social media, such as uncensored images coming out of the Middle East, can give some people PTSD. So what signs should you look out for, and how can you protect yourself?

Sri Lanka has been rocked by a series of crises in the past two decades but locals are now urging tourists to return and enjoy its sights.

The attack follows the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander by Israel on Wednesday, as the months-long conflict escalates further along Israel's northern border.

The air strike hit an area that also includes a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, many of whom are living in makeshift tents.

The larger disinformation efforts show little traction in France, but the Russian audience may have been the real target, officials said.

Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon is reportedly summoned to a meeting in Canberra and warned his nation could not expect Australia's support if it goes to war with listed terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Taiwan's coast guard says the squid fishing boat was near the Taiwan-administered Kinmen islands but in Chinese waters when it was boarded and seized. 

Top Hezbollah commander Mohammed Nasser has been killed by an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon.  

Igal uses the online platform Booking.com to advertise his holiday apartment. But human rights lawyers want the practice banned and allege Booking.com is breaking international law.

A Cambodian court hands jail terms of up to eight years to 10 environmental activists on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the king.

Israel has released 54 Palestinian prisoners it held in detention during its war in Gaza, including the director of the enclave's Al-Shifa Hospital, Mohammad Abu Selmeyah.

More than 3,000 prisoners have already been released on parole and assigned to military units, as the country fights a crippling soldier shortage in its ongoing war against Russia.

An online petition for the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol is closing in on 1 million signatures, leading to delays and disruptions of the website. 

Al Shifa hospital director Mohammad Abu Selmeyah accuses Israeli authorities of inflicting severe torture on prisoners.

A police officer has shot a man dead after the latter fired a crossbow bolt at his neck at the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.

Benjamin Netanyahu regains favour with voters, and even though his government has lost significant ground eight months into the war in Gaza, it seems reports of his political demise have been exaggerated again.

Satellite images show much of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab in ruins after months of Israeli air strikes, offering a glimpse of the scale of damage in one of Hezbollah's main bastions in south Lebanon.

Tears and relief as sick and wounded children are among 68 people who have been medically evacuated from the Gaza Strip so they can have treatment abroad, marking the first medical evacuation in nearly two months. 

Bolivia's public prosecutor's office says it will launch a criminal investigation against General Juan Jose Zúñiga.

Syria says Israel has attacked sites across the south of the country, with two people dead.

War in Lebanon will devastate the country and leave millions hungry, aid agencies warn as the country faces its most serious threat of violence in 20 years.

Bolivian armed forces are mobilised into the political quarter of Bolivia's La Paz, confronted by pro-democracy protesters.

Bolivian soldiers have withdrawn from the presidential palace after ramming armoured vehicles into front doors in what appears to be a failed coup.