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Outrage after Israel approves West Bank land registration

Israel's government has approved a process to register land in the West Bank as "state property", drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory.
Middle East • 16 Feb

Gold rush fever grips South African township

The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.
News Lens • 16 Feb

Swiss economy rebounds in Q4 as US tariffs hit

Switzerland's economy returned to growth at the end of last year, mainly thanks to its services sector after steep US tariffs stalled exports and pulled down GDP in the third quarter.
Business • 16 Feb

Kremlin rejects European claim Navalny died of poisoning

The Kremlin has rejected as "baseless" an assessment by five European countries that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died from poisoning while in an Arctic prison two years ago.
World • 16 Feb

Iran says US 'more realistic' on nuclear issue

Iran has said that the United States's position on Iran's nuclear programme "has moved towards a more realistic one", a day ahead of a second round of US-Iranian talks in Geneva.
Middle East • 16 Feb

Accused Bondi gunman Naveed Akram appears in court

Accused Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram has appeared in a Sydney court via video link, in his first public hearing.
World • 16 Feb

Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change

The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred.
News Lens • 16 Feb

Myanmar expels East Timor's diplomat over war crimes case

Myanmar's junta has announced the ejection of East Timor's top representative in the country, after a rights group said Dili had opened a legal case against the military for war crimes.
World • 15 Feb

Hungarian opposition leader vows to defend rights

Hungary's opposition leader Peter Magyar vowed at an election rally in Budapest to end corruption, rebuild the economy and restore the freedoms his party accuses nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban of curtailing.
World • 15 Feb

Hundreds of buildings without heat in Ukraine capital

Around 1,600 buildings in Kyiv have remained without heat after a barrage of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, officials said, as Ukraine's army claimed a strike on a key oil terminal in Russia.
World • 17 Feb

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