Hostilities between the Houthis and Israel are escalating with Israel forces carrying a naval strike against a port in Yemen
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Accused held senior positions with Democratic Progressive party including one who worked for Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s president
Taiwan prosecutors have charged four former staffers in the ruling Democratic Progressive party with spying for China while they worked in senior positions.
The four include a former aide to Lai Ching-te, when he was vice-president and for a time during his current presidency, and a senior staffer to Joseph Wu, then foreign minister and now national security chief.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency calls on the federal government to stage an ‘emergency intervention’ into punitive justice laws in the Northern Territory
Warning: this article contains names and images of Indigenous Australians who have died
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The lawns of the Alice Springs courthouse have once again become a scene of grief and rage, amid calls for an “emergency intervention” following two Aboriginal deaths in custody in the Northern Territory in as many weeks.
The family of 24-year-old Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man with disabilities who died after being restrained by police at a supermarket last month, held a vigil on Wednesday, reiterating their demands for an independent investigation, the release of CCTV footage, and for the officers involved to be stood down while the investigation proceeds. It was their third vigil since he died.