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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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China halts critical rare earth exports as trade war intensifies
No country should bypass international laws to authorise resource exploration in the seabed, China's foreign ministry said on Monday
15 April 2025, 03:08 AM
Israel demands hostage release for Gaza ceasefire: Hamas
Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza
15 April 2025, 02:49 AM
Russian missile strike kills 34 in Ukraine's Sumy, Kyiv says
Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, officials said.
14 April 2025, 10:04 AM
Trump warns no country 'off the hook' on tariffs
Tit-for-tat exchanges have seen US levies imposed on China rise to 145 percent, and Beijing setting a retaliatory 125 percent band on US imports.
14 April 2025, 03:49 AM
Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as starts SE Asia tour
Xi's first overseas trip of the year will see him visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia
14 April 2025, 03:42 AM
Trump says Russian strike on Ukraine 'a horrible thing'
Asked to clarify what he meant by a "mistake," Trump said that "they made a mistake... you're gonna ask them" -- without specifying who or what he meant.
14 April 2025, 02:54 AM
Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies in Peru
Vargas Llosa's passing marks the close of the era of Latin America's literary golden generation, of which he was the last living member.
14 April 2025, 02:42 AM
56 killed in paramilitary attacks: UN
Sudan’s paramilitaries killed 56 civilians over two days in attacks on a newly-retaken town on the road to El-Fasher, the last major city in Darfur still in army hands, activists said yesterday.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital
Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital yesterday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM
India deploys troops after protests over Waqf Act
Indian authorities have deployed troops to crack down on deadly protests in the eastern state of West Bengal over a recently passed controversial bill that critics say would dilute the rights of Muslims to manage religious endowments (Waqf) worth more than $14bn.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Separatists kill eight Pakistanis in Iran
Separatists killed eight Pakistanis in Iran, Islamabad said yesterday, across the border from Pakistan’s Balochistan province where there are regular deadly attacks.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza hospital hit as Israel intensifies assault
Since the outbreak of war, tens of thousands of Gazans have sought refuge in hospitals across the territory
13 April 2025, 09:54 AM
Fresh tremor jolts Myanmar amid ongoing recovery from deadly quake
Sunday’s quake comes as Myanmar scrambles to coordinate relief and recovery operations following the March temblor
13 April 2025, 09:31 AM
US-funded Arabic network ends broadcasts after Trump cuts
The network went on air in 2004
13 April 2025, 06:21 AM
Trump spares smartphones, computers, electronics from China tariffs
US Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes excluded from the import taxes
13 April 2025, 04:04 AM
Death toll in Dominican nightclub roof collapse hits 226
The death toll in a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic rose to 226 on Saturday, as authorities said they had returned all victims' bodies to their loved ones
13 April 2025, 03:32 AM
US tariffs to hurt poor nations
China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told the head of the World Trade Organization that US tariffs will “inflict serious harm” on poor nations, according to a ministry statement released yesterday.
12 April 2025, 18:01 PM
Nations agree ‘in principle’ to tackle future pandemics
Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday.
12 April 2025, 18:00 PM
US in hurry for nuclear deal
The United States wants a nuclear agreement “as soon as possible”, Iran said after rare talks yesterday, as US President Donald Trump threatens military action if they fail to reach a deal.
12 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran, US start high-stakes talks under shadow of regional conflict
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was leading Iran's delegation while the talks on the US side -- the first during Trump's tenure in the White House -- were being handled by his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff
12 April 2025, 12:59 PM