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Israel’s army continued its assault overnight on Gaza City, killing at least 18 people, including seven children.

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A new investigation, based on classified data from an Israeli military database, has revealed that only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters, with civilians making up the overwhelming majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in Israeli jails.

The joint probe by the Guardian, +972 magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found those jailed for long periods without charge or trial include medical…

Goodwill messages continued this week’s unprecedented public display of diplomatic unity between Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that North Korea will support China in protecting its sovereignty, territory and development interests, as the pair met just a day after an unprecedented show of unity with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing.

The bilateral meeting between Xi and Kim on…

Here are the key events on day 1,289 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, September 5:

Fighting

• Russian drones killed three people – two men and a woman – and injured three others in the village of Khotimlia in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
• A Russian missile strike on a Danish-sponsored humanitarian demining mission near the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv has killed two…

Demonstrations have gripped Indonesia since late August when anger at a faltering economy erupted into full-blown violence following reports that politicians received a $3,000 housing allowance on top of their salaries – a perk equal to between 10 and 20 times Indonesia’s monthly minimum wage.

It was not the first time that Indonesians have taken to the streets this year.

In February and March, students turned out to protest against a range of…