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Back truce, or face sanctions
The Group of Seven powers yesterday warned Russia of new sanctions unless it accepts a ceasefire with Ukraine, in a forceful show of unity after President Donald Trump rattled the club of democracies.
14 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Funding cuts force WFP to stop food aid to 1m in Myanmar
The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of “critical funding shortfalls”, it said yesterday.
14 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Deadly drug war: Duterte attends ICC hearing by video link
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte failed to show up in person at the International Criminal Court yesterday at the opening of his crimes against humanity hearing over his deadly crackdown on narcotics.
14 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Putin questions US-backed Ukraine ceasefire plan
The Russian president said he agreed in principle with US proposals to halt the fighting but said he wanted to address the “root causes of the conflict”
13 March 2025, 18:39 PM
‘Many will die’ due to US aid cuts: UN
Cuts to US foreign aid under President Donald Trump have caused a “seismic shock” to global humanitarian work, a UN agency head said, warning that “many will die” as a result.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Azerbaijan, Armenia peace deal ‘ready for signing’
Azerbaijan and Armenia yesterday said that they had wrapped up peace talks aimed at resolving the Caucasus neighbours’ decades-long conflict, both sides having agreed the text of a possible treaty.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
New graft scandal roils EU parliament
A new graft scandal rocked the European Parliament yesterday after police carried out several raids in Belgium and Portugal, detaining multiple suspects as part of a probe into corruption masqueraded as lobbying.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Syria leader hails ‘new history’
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa yesterday hailed the start of a “new history” for his country, signing into force a constitutional declaration regulating its five-year transitional period and laying out rights for women and freedom of expression.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Canada rallies against Russian ‘aggression’
Host Canada yesterday called on the Group of Seven powers to back Ukraine against Russia’s “aggression” as a more conciliatory approach toward Moscow by Donald Trump’s United States split the club of wealthy democracies.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Duterte says he is ‘responsible’
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said he was prepared to accept responsibility as the International Criminal Court took him into custody Wednesday to face charges over his war on drugs.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Putin presses Russia's battlefield advantage ahead of talks with US on Ukraine ceasefire
Trump's Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday to meet Putin
13 March 2025, 11:25 AM
At least 25 bodies retrieved from Pakistan train siege
Deceased were identified as 19 military passengers, one police and one railway official, while four bodies are yet to be identified
13 March 2025, 07:11 AM
Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest
As a legal permanent resident of the US, surely Khalil did not have to worry about that, she recalls telling him.
13 March 2025, 05:44 AM
Ukraine ceasefire bid, trade war to dominate as G7 diplomats meet
Rubio arrived in the town of Charlevoix on the banks of the St. Lawrence River on Wednesday for meetings with foreign ministers from the club of the world's industrialized democracies.
13 March 2025, 05:37 AM
Trump optimistic about potential Ukraine ceasefire
The Kremlin said it was awaiting details of a US-Ukrainian proposal agreed this week
13 March 2025, 03:30 AM
US immigration detention maxed out at 47,600 detainees
ICE is currently funded to house an average of 41,500 detainees.
13 March 2025, 03:24 AM
Pakistan train siege: All hostages freed after 30 hours
21 hostages, 27 off-duty soldiers killed; military say 33 militants eliminated
12 March 2025, 19:00 PM
Pakistan train siege: 340 hostages freed after 30hrs
More than 340 train passengers taken hostage by a militant group were freed yesterday by Pakistani security forces after a 30-hour siege, an army official told AFP, confirming that 27 off-duty soldiers were shot dead by militants.
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM
8 killed as Russia hits Odesa, east Ukraine
A Russian ballistic missile strike overnight on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa killed four people and damaged a Barbados-flagged cargo ship, authorities said yesterday.
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM
1,383 civilians killed in Syria violence
At least 1,383 civilians, the vast majority of them Alawites, were killed in a wave of violence that gripped Syria’s Mediterranean coast, a war monitor said yesterday.
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM