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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, Lanka agree more investment, economic co-op
China and Sri Lanka have agreed on more investment and economic cooperation, after China’s President Xi Jinping met recently elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing yesterday.
15 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Negotiators appear close to sealing Gaza truce deal
Negotiators in Qatar appeared close to sealing a deal yesterday for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas after 15 months of death and destruction.
15 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Thousands across Gaza celebrate ceasefire deal
Crowds of Gazans chanted and embraced as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached
15 January 2025, 17:42 PM
TikTok preparing for US shut-off on Sunday
TikTok also plans to give users the option to download all their data so that they can take a record of their personal information with them
15 January 2025, 05:20 AM
US: What will Trump do first when he becomes president?
During his presidential campaign, Trump campaigned on reinstituting tariffs, slowing immigration from Mexico and opting out of the Paris Climate Agreement. What can the US and the world expect once he returns?
15 January 2025, 05:17 AM
Six Indian army personnel hurt in Jammu & Kashmir
Six India army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district yesterday.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Nato launches Baltic Sea patrols
The Nato military alliance said yesterday it was launching a Baltic Sea monitoring mission following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in recent months.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump would have been convicted: DoJ
US President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the result of the 2020 election if he hadn’t been elected four years later, said a report by then special counsel Jack Smith published by US media early yesterday.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
120 killed by shelling near Sudan capital
Sudanese volunteer rescuers said shelling in the greater Khartoum area has killed at least 120 people, as fighting between the army and paramilitaries has escalated nationwide.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
US ‘stronger’ on world stage
Joe Biden said Monday that America was stronger on the global stage than it had been for decades, in a swansong foreign policy speech one week before Donald Trump’s White House comeback.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine launches big strikes on Russian cities
Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging factories in at least three cities, officials and media said yesterday.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Northern Aral Sea now has nearly 50pc more water
Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea now contains nearly 50 percent more water than in 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Release all Indian nationals serving in Russian military
India today asked Russia to release all Indian nationals serving in the latter’s military after one more Indian citizen died on the battlefront with Ukraine, taking the number of deaths so far to 10
14 January 2025, 13:31 PM
46 Nicaraguan journalists forced into exile in 2024, NGO says
Most independent and opposition media now operate from abroad
14 January 2025, 02:21 AM
Indian troops kill five Maoist rebels
Indian troops killed at least five Maoist guerillas in the latest push to crush the long-running insurgency, with a separate bomb blast wounding two policemen, officers said Sunday.
13 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Iranian army takes delivery of 1,000 new drones
A thousand new drones were delivered to Iran’s army yesterday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, as the country braces for more friction with arch-enemy Israel and the United States under incoming US president Donald Trump.
13 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Around 300 North Korean soldiers killed
Around 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 2,700 wounded while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine, a South Korean lawmaker said yesterday, citing information from Seoul’s spy agency.
13 January 2025, 18:00 PM
India won’t trim troops in winter
India is not looking to reduce the number of troops along the northern frontier in winter, the country’s army chief said yesterday adding that it will review summer deployment based on outcome of negotiations with China.
13 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Jihadists kill 40 farmers in Nigeria
Jihadists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said yesterday.
13 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia claims new villages in eastern Ukraine
Russia yesterday claimed the capture of two villages in eastern Ukraine where its forces have been steadily advancing for months.
12 January 2025, 18:00 PM