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Gunmen kill Pak militia chief, 5 others
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Methane threat grows as global action stalls: UN
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Africa accounts for 40pc of global conflicts: ICRC
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
23 October 2025, 17:44 PM
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China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Landmark agreement reached at WHO over tackling future pandemics
Aimed at avoiding a repeat of the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis
16 April 2025, 03:12 AM
Paramilitaries declare rival government as Sudan war hits two-year mark
The United Nations says the conflict that erupted on April 15, 2023 is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with 13 million people displaced -- including more than 3.5 million to other countries -- and no sign of peace on the horizon.
16 April 2025, 03:07 AM
Biden slams Trump 'destruction' in first post-presidency speech
"Fewer than 100 days, this administration has done so much damage, and so much destruction"
16 April 2025, 03:01 AM
China warns US tariffs putting 'pressure' on economy, trade
Beijing unveiled forecast-beating first quarter growth
16 April 2025, 02:57 AM
‘Tearing down walls’ to expand trade alliances
China is “tearing down walls” and expanding its circle of trading partners, “shaking hands” instead of “shaking fists”, its foreign ministry said yesterday, as Beijing works on diversifying ties amid an escalating trade war with the US.
15 April 2025, 18:21 PM
Bomb blast kills 3 cops in Pakistan
An explosion targeting a police bus in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province killed at least three officers and wounded 16 others yesterday.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine pounds Kursk with dozens of drones
Kyiv forces hit Russia’s Kursk region that borders Ukraine with dozens of drones, killing an elderly woman, injuring nine people and sparking fries in several buildings in the region’s administrative centre, Russian authorities said yesterday.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran-US talks going well but may lead nowhere
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday he was satisfied with talks with arch-foe the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel makes new Gaza truce proposal
Mediators Egypt and Qatar have presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump threatens to strip Harvard of tax-exempt status
President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status after the elite US university refused to accept far-reaching policy changes ordered by the White House.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Thousands of child migrants dead in decade of Med crossings: UN
Some 3,500 migrant children have died or gone missing in the past decade trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy, Unicef estimated yesterday, comparable to one child per day.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Sonia, Rahul Gandhi named in ED chargesheet
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) yesterday filed a chargesheet against Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and Sam Pitroda, the party’s overseas unit chief, in the National Herald money laundering case.
15 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Maldives ban Israelis to protest Gaza war
President Mohamed Muizzu ratified the legislation shortly after it was approved by parliament
15 April 2025, 10:56 AM
Hamas says likely to respond to truce proposal within 48 hours
Hamas also said it had received Israel's latest proposal to halt the war in Gaza, now in its 18th month
15 April 2025, 10:34 AM
Bangladesh arrest warrant is 'politically motivated smear': Tulip
"No one from the Bangladeshi authorities has contacted me. The entire time, they've done trial by media."
15 April 2025, 09:20 AM
China tells airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries: report
The world's two biggest economies have been locked in a tit-for-tat tariff war
15 April 2025, 09:15 AM
Several French prisons have come under attack
French justice minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on Tuesday
15 April 2025, 09:11 AM
Xi's Vietnam trip aiming to 'screw' US, says Trump
Xi is in Vietnam as part of a Southeast Asia tour that will include Malaysia and Cambodia, with Beijing trying to position itself as a stable alternative to Trump as leaders confront US tariffs.
15 April 2025, 05:21 AM
Another Columbia student arrested by US immigration officials
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials did not immediately respond to a request for information.
15 April 2025, 05:14 AM
Former Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi dies at 85
The 85-year-old passed away in hospital on Monday after a lingering illness.
15 April 2025, 03:49 AM