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South Korean opposition plans new impeachment push

Huge crowds brave freezing temperatures in another night of protests outside parliament to demand the president's ouster

Melbourne synagogue fire an act of 'terrorism': Australian PM

The attack has drawn widespread condemnation within the country and abroad

South Korea ex-defence minister arrested over President Yoon's martial law

Yoon's party says he will be excluded from duties before eventually resigning; the president survived impeachment but faces pressure to step down

South Korea's Yoon survives impeachment vote after his party boycotts

The lull was an odd counterpoint to the shouts and cursing in parliament that had preceded the vote

Australia zero in on victory over India after Head crunches 140

Head adopted his usual aggressive posture, blasting two sixes off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as he reached his half-century from 63 balls

India's Mahindra to rename electric car amid IndiGo's trademark challenge

IndiGo sued Mahindra in the Delhi High Court last week for trademark infringement over the use of '6E' in branding Mahindra's latest electric vehicle as 'BE 6e'

Pakistan national airline to resume flights to Europe after ban lifted

PIA was barred from flying to the EU in 2020, a month after one of its aircraft plunged into a street in the southern city of Karachi, killing nearly 100 people

UAE opens 10 maternity centres in Afghanistan; first baby named after Mother of the Nation

The UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation affirmed the country's commitment to assisting communities and people in need

South Korea president 'sincerely' apologises over martial law fiasco

Yoon did not offer to resign in his brief address, saying only that he would 'entrust the party with measures to stabilise the political situation'

Pakistan's PIA to resume flights to Europe on January 10 after lengthy ban

The ban cost the loss-making airline $144 million annually in revenue