Typhoon death toll in Vietnam tops 50

The death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in Vietnam rose above 50, the government said Friday, with more than a dozen people still missing days after the storm triggered widespread flooding.
3 October 2025, 21:47 PM

Mystery drones fly over Belgian military base

Unidentified drones flew over a military training base in eastern Belgium, near the German border, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said yesterday.
3 October 2025, 19:38 PM

Notion of a safe zone in south Gaza farcical: UN

The United Nations yesterday insisted there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City, and that Israeli-designated zones in the southern Gaza Strip were “places of death”.
3 October 2025, 19:31 PM

UN experts fear more oppression

Dozens of UN experts yesterday cautioned that key elements of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza were inconsistent with international law and risked deepening oppression of Palestinians.
3 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Syria to establish first post-Assad parliament

Regional bodies to elect most lawmakers on Sunday, Sharaa will appoint remaining one-third
3 October 2025, 07:24 AM

Musk halfway to becoming world’s first trillionaire

Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is nearly halfway to becoming the planet’s first trillionaire, Forbes magazine reported Wednesday.
2 October 2025, 18:09 PM

Two dead in attack on UK synagogue

Two people were killed yesterday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue in England, where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, British police said.
2 October 2025, 18:08 PM

Global Sumud Flotilla

Global Sumud Flotilla
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia looking to ‘escalate’ war: Zelensky

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday warned Europe that recent drone incursions showed Russia was looking to “escalate” its aggression, as he offered his country’s war-honed expertise to help counter the threat.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

India, China to resume direct flights

India and China will restart direct flights between designated cities this month, ending a suspension of more than five years, in a move that signals a cautious easing of bilateral tensions, India’s foreign ministry said yesterday.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

No more signs of life, say rescuers

Rescuers detected “no more signs of life” at a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people were believed missing days after it gave way, an official said yesterday, raising fears no more survivors would be found.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

A skull that can change human history

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought, and in Asia, not Africa, a study said.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Anti-govt protests grip PoK

Days of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police have gripped Pakistan’s Kashmir on the border with India, with nine confirmed killed among scant news to emerge after an internet blackout.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Three killed in Morocco

Three people were killed and others injured in Lqliaa, near Agadir, when security forces used firearms to prevent a group of individuals from stealing their weapons on Wednesday night, local authorities said, in an incident that marks a deadly turn in anti-government protests that initially rallied for social justice reforms.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

At least 26 people drown in Nigeria boat accident, official says

Traders’ vessel overturns on River Niger in Kogi State
2 October 2025, 09:22 AM

Trump admin cuts energy projects, freezes New York funding

Trump had raced to enact hard-right policies even before the shutdown began after midnight on Tuesday
2 October 2025, 08:38 AM

Flotilla pushes towards Gaza, battling storms: Shahidul Alam

We continue on our path to Gaza, undeterred by intimidation, he says
2 October 2025, 07:47 AM

Philippine quake death toll rises to 72

The national government says 294 people are injured and around 20,000 have fled their homes
2 October 2025, 05:03 AM

Trump jeopardising US role as scientific leader: Nobel officials

Trump has cut billions of dollars in funding, attacked universities' academic freedoms and overseen mass layoffs of scientists across federal agencies
2 October 2025, 04:02 AM

For the wild, unto death

Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned a childhood love of primates into a lifelong mission to protect the environment, died yesterday, the Jane Goodall Institute said.
1 October 2025, 22:53 PM