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July 1, 2026 9:36 AM

Supreme Court spurns Trump on birthright citizenship, allows transgender sports bans

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a painful defeat on Tuesday by rejecting his move to restrict birthright citizenship on the final day of its momentous term, while also letting states ban transgender student athletes from women's sports teams and striking down more campaign finance limits. The top U.S. judicial body's annual term — nine months long — was packed with major rulings, including some big victories for Trump in areas such as presidential powers and immigration...

May 8, 2026 10:25 AM

Southeast Asian leaders seek strategy to ease impacts of Iran war

Leaders of Southeast Asian countries holding a summit on Friday are expected to thrash out a coordinated response to the impacts of the Middle East crisis, as they aim to ease pressure from an energy shock that has rattled their oil import-reliant economies. Meeting on the Philippine island of Cebu, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to press for a harmonised strategy to ensure energy and food security in a region particularly exposed to a nearly 70-day blockade ...

January 23, 2026 3:59 PM

Half of all Sudanese children not in education due to civil war, says aid group

Around half of all school-age children in Sudan, or more than eight million, are no longer in education because of the country's civil war, in one of the world's worst education crises, Save The Children said in a report on Thursday. "Right now the international community is failing the children of Sudan," Inger Ashing, the CEO of Save the Children International, one of the largest charities operating in the country, told reporters in a video-link briefing from Stockholm. The report said more ...