Angelyn Aguirre, a nurse from the Philippines, is being remembered for her bravery for choosing to stay with her elderly patient when Hamas gunmen attacked a bomb shelter in Israel. Photo: Weibo
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‘Unbelievable loyalty’: Filipino nurse stayed with patient during Hamas attack

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Angelyn Aguirre, a nurse from the Philippines, is being remembered for her bravery for choosing to stay with her elderly patient when Hamas gunmen attacked a bomb shelter in Israel.

Angelyn Aguirre, a nurse from the Philippines, is being remembered for her bravery for choosing to stay with her elderly patient when Hamas gunmen attacked a bomb shelter in Israel. Photo: Weibo

‘Unbelievable loyalty’: Filipino nurse stayed with patient during Hamas attack

Angelyn Aguirre, a nurse from the Philippines, is being remembered for her bravery for choosing to stay with her elderly patient when Hamas gunmen attacked a bomb shelter in Israel.

41 minutes ago

Israel calls for civilians to leave Gaza City as ‘significant operation’ looms

Israel’s military called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground invasion.

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Analysis | As Israel battles Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah is a wild card

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

5 hours ago
A fireball erupts from an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Photo: AFP

Israel calls for civilians to leave Gaza City as ‘significant operation’ looms

Israel’s military called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground invasion.

1 hour ago
Israel-Hamas war

Analysis | As Israel battles Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah is a wild card

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

5 hours ago
Israel-Hamas war

Gaza rescuers scared and exhausted under Israel’s air strikes

So many buildings have been destroyed in Gaza, including many occupied by civilians, that rescue services were struggling to reach new bomb sites quickly.

So many buildings have been destroyed in Gaza, including many occupied by civilians, that rescue services were struggling to reach new bomb sites quickly.

54 minutes ago

Analysis | Why Qatar, Egypt and Turkey are struggling to mediate the Israel-Hamas war

Brokering a ceasefire appears all but impossible amid the escalating violence, as fears grow of a massive humanitarian crisis – and Israel vows to wipe the Palestinian militant group ‘off the face of the Earth’.

4 hours ago
Why Qatar, Egypt and Turkey are struggling to mediate the Israel-Hamas war

Race for US House speaker in chaos as Republican nominee drops out

Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, plunging the paralysed lower chamber of Congress deeper into crisis.

6 hours ago
Race for US House speaker in chaos as Republican nominee drops out

Gaza rescuers scared and exhausted under Israel’s air strikes

So many buildings have been destroyed in Gaza, including many occupied by civilians, that rescue services were struggling to reach new bomb sites quickly.

54 minutes ago

Analysis | Why Qatar, Egypt and Turkey are struggling to mediate the Israel-Hamas war

Brokering a ceasefire appears all but impossible amid the escalating violence, as fears grow of a massive humanitarian crisis – and Israel vows to wipe the Palestinian militant group ‘off the face of the Earth’.

4 hours ago

Race for US House speaker in chaos as Republican nominee drops out

Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, plunging the paralysed lower chamber of Congress deeper into crisis.

6 hours ago
Israel-Hamas war

Analysis | As Israel battles Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah is a wild card

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

5 hours ago

Israel says no break to Gaza siege unless hostages are freed

Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

12 Oct 2023 - 9:52PM

‘Situation is unprecedented’: rescuing hostages in Gaza would be a daunting task

The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing – or even locating – more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants will be a daunting task.

The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing – or even locating – more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants will be a daunting task.

12 Oct 2023 - 3:25PM
Israel-Hamas war

Analysis | As Israel battles Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah is a wild card

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

5 hours ago

Israel says no break to Gaza siege unless hostages are freed

Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

12 Oct 2023 - 9:52PM

‘Situation is unprecedented’: rescuing hostages in Gaza would be a daunting task

The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing – or even locating – more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants will be a daunting task.

The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing – or even locating – more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants will be a daunting task.

12 Oct 2023 - 3:25PM
World | OPINION
More than 3,500 set a record for the largest zumba dance in Singapore on June 20, 2015, part of efforts by the Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society to promote interracial and interreligious harmony. Singapore is an example of an Asian state with successful strategies to address multi-ethnic stresses and forge dynamic and stable multicultural communities. Photo: SPH

Outside In | Hamas attack on Israel reminds Asia of need for peaceful cohabitation

Israel thought it had dealt with the Palestinian problem. There are lessons here for the handling of Myanmar’s Rohingya, Indian Kashmir, and Taiwan and Xinjiang.

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Opinion | Obstacles to better China-EU relations can be cleared

The EU wants China to become more involved in global issues such as climate change, health and debt relief, which is why decoupling is impossible. The two must continue to engage to resolve their differences over trade imbalances and security issues like Ukraine and Taiwan.

The EU wants China to become more involved in global issues such as climate change, health and debt relief, which is why decoupling is impossible. The two must continue to engage to resolve their differences over trade imbalances and security issues like Ukraine and Taiwan.

13 Oct 2023 - 9:30AM
Obstacles to better China-EU relations can be cleared

Opinion | There’s only one way to avert nuclear war in Northeast Asia

Anti-proliferation mechanisms that once kept nuclear ambitions in check are failing as the old global order crumbles. The North Korea nuclear impasse is part of this trend, and it cannot be resolved without multilateral talks that take into account divergent interests.

Anti-proliferation mechanisms that once kept nuclear ambitions in check are failing as the old global order crumbles. The North Korea nuclear impasse is part of this trend, and it cannot be resolved without multilateral talks that take into account divergent interests.

4 hours ago
There’s only one way to avert nuclear war in Northeast Asia

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