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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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KSA executes six Iranians for drug trafficking
Saudi Arabia has executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) announced yesterday.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
US imposes sanctions on Iran, Russia groups
The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday against Iranian and Russian organizations, alleging they had sought to interfere in the US election.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Plea deals related to 9/11 attacks may proceed
A US military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier moved to invalidate the agreements.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US
South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said yesterday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza babies die from winter cold
Yahya al-Batran clutched the tiny clothes of his dead newborn son Jumaa, just days after the baby died from the cold in their tent in war-torn Gaza.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Develop AI cooperation with China
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s government and the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, to build cooperation with China in artificial intelligence.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza babies die from winter cold say medics and families
The Hamas government press office in Gaza warned on Monday of the impact of more harsh weather expected in the coming days
1 January 2025, 10:04 AM
Trump to attend Jimmy Carter state funeral
President Joe Biden, who will be in his final weeks in office, is expected to deliver the eulogy at the service
1 January 2025, 05:35 AM
In pictures: World greets 2025
And Sydney -- the self-proclaimed "New Year's capital of the world" -- sprayed nine tonnes of fireworks from its famed Opera House and Harbour Bridge to begin the year's farewell.
1 January 2025, 03:47 AM
New year hope and joy reign in a Damascus freed from Assad
It was the first new year's celebration without an Assad in power for more than 50 years
1 January 2025, 03:46 AM
Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency over gang violence
Attorney General Stuart Young said the country recorded 61 murders in December
31 December 2024, 04:33 AM
Panama marks canal handover anniversary in shadow of Trump threat
The anniversary comes two days after the death of former US president Jimmy Carter, at age 100, who signed the canal treaties that led to the vital waterway's transfer on December 31, 1999.
31 December 2024, 04:26 AM
Kim hails 'dearest friend' Putin in New Year message
The two countries have deepened political, military and cultural ties since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
31 December 2024, 02:15 AM
71 dead in Ethiopia road accident
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71, according to a local police official.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Pull back from ‘road to ruin’
Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said yesterday, urging the world to pull back from the “road to ruin”.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia pledged to punish those responsible
Azerbaijan said yesterday that Moscow had promised to punish those responsible for the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku says was shot at by Russian air defences.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Flashback 2024
You are not alone if 2024 has you feeling worn down. It has been a trying year on the world scene, as the forces of disarray grew stronger.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM
WHO demands Israel release Gaza hospital director
The military also said had detained Abu Safiyeh, suspecting him of being a Hamas militant. When asked if he had been transferred to Israeli territory for further questioning, the military did not offer an immediate comment.
30 December 2024, 10:52 AM
Jeju Air crash prompts mass trip cancellations in South Korea
Domestic flights accounted for around 33,000 cancellations, while international flights cancellations stood at around 34,000, the company said.
30 December 2024, 10:50 AM
Three foreigners killed in Thailand tourist hotel blaze
Five other foreigners and two Thai nationals were injured, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said Monday.
30 December 2024, 10:42 AM