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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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South Korea's Yoon apologises for martial law
Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and political responsibility for his decision to declare martial law for the first time in South Korea since 1980. He said the decision was born of desperation.
7 December 2024, 04:16 AM
Syria govt loses control of key city Daraa
Daraa was dubbed "the cradle of the revolution" early in Syria's civil war, after activists accused the government of detaining and torturing a group of boys for scribbling anti-Assad graffiti on their school walls in 2011.
7 December 2024, 04:11 AM
Billionaires’ wealth more than doubles in 10 yrs: UBS
Billionaires have seen their combined wealth shoot up 121 percent over the past decade to $14 trillion, Swiss bank UBS said Thursday.
6 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Former Karnataka CM sued over hate speech
He delivered the speech at a rally while protesting against the alleged atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh, police said
6 December 2024, 14:03 PM
N Korea, Russia defence treaty comes into force
A landmark defence pact between North Korea and Russia, signed by its leaders in June, has gone into effect after the two sides exchanged ratification documents, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said yesterday.
5 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Macron seeks new PM after Barnier resigns
President Emmanuel Macron yesterday sought a new prime minister to prevent France from sliding deeper into political turmoil after Michel Barnier’s government was ousted in a historic no-confidence vote in parliament.
5 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Islamist-led Syria rebels capture Hama
Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama yesterday, days after seizing the country’s commercial hub Aleppo in a lightning offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
5 December 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Cold War’ can turn ‘hot’
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov yesterday accused the West of destabilising the “entire Eurasian continent” and warned that the Cold War that the west is waging can turn “hot”.
5 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Brain stimulation can help injured people walk: study
Scientists said that electrically stimulating a particular region in the brain could help people with injured spinal cords walk more easily, with one patient describing how the technique allowed him to conquer his fear of stairs.
5 December 2024, 18:00 PM
'Cold War' can turn 'hot'
Warns Lavrov, accuses West of destabilising the ‘entire Eurasian continent’
5 December 2024, 16:06 PM
Iranian Nobel prize winner Mohammadi released from jail for medical treatment
Mohammadi is serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on charges including spreading propaganda against the Islamic RepubliC
5 December 2024, 06:37 AM
UN children's agency sets $9.9 bn fundraising goal for 2025
Last year, the agency appealed for $9.3 billion in its fundraising call
5 December 2024, 06:37 AM
South Korean president names new defence minister after botched martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun
5 December 2024, 04:52 AM
Unknown disease kills 143 in southwest Congo
A local epidemiologist said women and children were the most seriously affected by the disease
5 December 2024, 04:20 AM
UnitedHealth executive killed in Manhattan in targeted attack
Thompson, 50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. ET (1145 GMT) outside the Hilton on Sixth Avenue, just before the company's annual investor conference.
5 December 2024, 04:14 AM
French govt falls in historic no-confidence vote
French lawmakers yesterday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which plunged the country further into political chaos...For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the i
4 December 2024, 19:56 PM
Iran ‘releases’ Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi
Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media.
4 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Nato to counter Russian ‘hybrid war’: Mark Rutte
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte yesterday said the alliance had agreed on “proactive measures” to counter Russia’s campaign of hybrid attacks against its members.
4 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Another rebel group calls for talks with junta
A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for Beijing-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the Chinese border.
4 December 2024, 18:00 PM
French govt risks falling in no-trust vote: reports
France’s government yesterday faced a no-confidence vote that could spell the end of Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s administration, plunging the country into uncharted waters.
4 December 2024, 18:00 PM