Student protesters at USC abandoned their camp after police surrounded them and threatened activists with arrest. In Boston, Northeastern University’s commencement began peacefully.
Grisly discovery appeared to confirm worst fears of the families of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
In Lord of the Rings, the British actor played Théoden, King of Rohan and in Titanic, he went down with the ship as captain Captain Edward Smith.
Israel’s military said the crossing was immediately closed; it was unclear how long the closure would remain in effect.
More than a million people have no access to drinking water and fast-rising water levels are straining dams, while rescuers face a huge task with entire towns inaccessible.
Giving in to Hamas would be a huge victory for the group and Iran, and project a ‘terrible weakness’, PM Netanyahu said, while also ordering the closure of ‘incitement’ news channel Al Jazeera.
In the US, for example, around 3,500 antisemitism incidents were counted between January and September 2023, followed by almost 4,000 in the last three months of the year after the Hamas attack on Israel.
Matthias Ecke, a European parliament lawmaker, was set upon by four attackers as he put up election posters in an attack decried as a threat to democracy.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the two issues were part of an ‘integrated vision’ for peace in the Middle East and could not be disentangled.
The president has been a target since the start of Moscow’s invasion, and says he was aware of at least ‘five or six’ foiled assassination attempts against him.
Zakia Wardak, the Afghan consul-general for Mumbai, is accused of trying to bring 25 bricks of gold into India from Dubai.
Hamas negotiators are in Egypt to give a response to a proposed ceasefire, but Israel says it will send a delegation only if it sees ‘positive movement’ on a hostage deal.
The two sides were engaged in a diplomatic feud after Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente suggested Milei was on drugs.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party finished a humiliating third in local council tallies after losing nearly 500 seats.
Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania have been buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Cyclone Hidaya.
A visual guide to modern trench warfare, long-range weapons and the bloody stalemate between Ukraine and Russia.
A visual guide to how the South China Morning Post’s small graphics team creates world-class infographics that get noticed.
The Earth risks ‘dangerous and cascading effects’ of human-generated climate change if we fail to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Here’s what could happen if temperatures rise beyond that.
A visual guide to the Palestinian territory of Gaza and the war between Israel and Hamas, following the deadly October 7 attack.