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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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Two killed in Israeli strikes despite truce
At least two people were killed yesterday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Lebanese authorities said, as a ceasefire ending more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah appeared increasingly fragile.
2 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Syria, Russia conduct strikes on rebels
The Syrian military and its ally Russia conducted deadly joint air raids on areas under Islamist-led rebel control yesterday, as they battle a lightning offensive that has wrested swathes of Syria from government control.
2 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Vanuatu urges ICJ to recognise climate change harms
Vanuatu yesterday urged the United Nations’ top court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the legal obligation of countries to fight it and address the consequences of them contributing to global warming.
2 December 2024, 18:00 PM
UN experts call for 'course correction' in int'l response to Myanmar crisis
"It is time for a change, starting with moving this disaster out of the shadows of international attention," they said.
2 December 2024, 11:34 AM
‘Brain rot’ named Oxford Word of the Year 2024
It highlights concerns over excessive social media use
2 December 2024, 06:36 AM
Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks of presidency
The move is sure to bring about fresh scrutiny over the independence of the US judicial system -- especially at a time when incoming president Donald Trump has moved to appoint loyalists to the FBI and Justice Department himself.
2 December 2024, 01:26 AM
Serbia denies behind Kosovo blast
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic yesterday denied that Belgrade had masterminded a strike on Kosovar infrastructure, saying Kosovo itself had mounted a “hybrid attack” against his country.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Death toll now 133
Deadly sectarian clashes have continued in Pakistan’s north-western Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire struck late last week, local officials said, with the death toll now over 130 as authorities try to broker a solution.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM
UN: unsustainable farming driving Earth to ‘precipice’
Unsustainable farming and deforestation are threatening the planet’s capacity to sustain human societies, the UN warned yesterday, on the eve of international talks on land degradation and desertification.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic treaty
Negotiators have failed to reach agreement on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution and need more time to continue discussions, the diplomat chairing the talks said yesterday.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza
Israeli military strikes killed at least 15 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday, medics said, as Israeli forces kept up bombardments across the enclave and blew up houses on its northern edge.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Talks on plastic pollution hit impasse
Diplomats yesterday warned that a majority of countries could walk away from talks on the world’s first plastic pollution agreement if a handful of delegations continue resisting calls to compromise.
30 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Lithuania expels three Chinese embassy staff
Lithuania said yesterday it was expelling three Chinese embassy staff as ties between the Baltic country and Beijing fray over Taiwan support and the suspected involvement of a Chinese ship in sea cables damage.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel will do everything to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons: Netanyahu
The renewed war of words between the Middle East foes came as Iran prepares to hold key nuclear talks with European governments
29 November 2024, 09:23 AM
Gaza journalists for AFP win video award for 'powerful' war coverage
Gaza video correspondents Belal Alsabbagh and Youssef Hassouna on Thursday won a Rory Peck award for their "powerful" coverage of the brutal war in the Palestinian territory for Agence France-Presse
29 November 2024, 05:26 AM
Putin threatens Kyiv with new hypersonic missile
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threatened to strike "decision-making centres" in Kyiv with Russia's new hypersonic missile, hours after Moscow pummelled Ukraine's energy grid in an attack that left a million people without power
29 November 2024, 05:06 AM
Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification
Saudi Arabia will host the COP16 UN conference on land degradation and desertification next week as the top oil exporter pitches itself as an environmental defender despite criticism of its role at climate talks
29 November 2024, 04:47 AM
Peru scientists unveil 12m-year-old crocodile fossil
Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Australia passes social media ban for under 16s
Australian lawmakers yesterday passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Six children among 12 killed
Sri Lankan rescuers yesterday recovered the drowned corpses of six children, taking the number killed in torrential rains to 12, as a powerful but slow-moving storm headed towards India.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM