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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Trump freezes VOA and other US-funded media outlets
President Donald Trump’s administration has put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing decades-old outlets long seen as critical to countering Russian and Chinese information offensives.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Air strike killed 12 in Myanmar
A Myanmar junta airstrike on a village held by anti-coup fighters killed at least 12 people according to a local administrative official, who said the bombardment targeted civilian areas.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Tornadoes ravage US; at least 33 killed
At least 33 people have been killed and dozens more injured when tornadoes and violent storms raked across the central United States, as forecasters warned more severe weather was expected Sunday.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Blast kills 16 in Syria
A massive explosion believed to have been triggered by a scrap dealer handling an old bomb killed at least 16 people in Syria, civil defence officials said yesterday.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Pak separatists kill 5 troops in Balochistan
Separatists in southwest Pakistan killed at least five paramilitaries and wounded more than 30 yesterday, police told AFP, days after an attack on a train in Balochistan province left dozens dead.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Rubio, Lavrov discuss ‘next steps’ on Ukraine
Russia and the United States have discussed the “next steps” of how to end the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said yesterday, hours after Kyiv’s European allies urged Moscow to commit to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Macedonia nightclub fire kills 59
A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early yesterday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the place ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza truce talks dogged by deep divisions
Israel and Hamas are set for more indirect talks yesterday on the Gaza ceasefire, but deep divisions persist between the two warring sides on the terms of the fragile truce.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
3 months all alone on a wide wide sea!
A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital following his ordeal.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
National blackout leaves Panama in darkness
The power cut, which struck shortly before midnight, was caused by damage to a private generator, President Jose Raul Mulino said.
16 March 2025, 09:07 AM
Nightclub fire in North Macedonia kills at least 50
The agency reported that the fire broke out in "Pulse", a nightclub in the small town with around 30,000 inhabitants during a concert by DNK, a hip-hop duo popular in the country.
16 March 2025, 08:37 AM
Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace 'Butch and Suni'
The NASA crew-swap mission will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab
16 March 2025, 08:33 AM
Lawyers for detained Columbia student ask for his release on bail
Mahmoud Khalil - a 30-year-old permanent US resident of Palestinian descent - was arrested a week ago at his university residence.
16 March 2025, 04:44 AM
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's use of wartime powers to target Venezuelan gang members
Hours earlier, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the group, saying the United States was facing an "invasion" from a criminal organization that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion, organized crime and contract killings.
16 March 2025, 04:16 AM
Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12, says local official
The Friday afternoon strike hit the village of Letpanhla around 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of the country's second biggest city of Mandalay.
16 March 2025, 04:09 AM
Deadly Israeli strikes mar fragile Gaza truce
A senior Hamas official said Tuesday fresh talks had begun in Doha, with Israel also sending negotiators.
16 March 2025, 03:33 AM
Top US, Russian diplomats discuss next steps on Ukraine
The statement gave no details on when the next round of US-Russia talks, which are being hosted by Saudi Arabia, would begin.
16 March 2025, 03:22 AM
At least 33 dead as tornadoes ravage central US
Local news showed roofs torn off homes and large trucks overturned, as forecasters warned of more tornadoes to come this weekend.
16 March 2025, 03:19 AM
Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 24 killed
Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis' main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support for the group
16 March 2025, 02:47 AM
Cuba suffers fourth nationwide blackout in five months
Cuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the fourth major power outage on the cash-strapped communist island in five months.
15 March 2025, 18:00 PM