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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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Putin praises Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday praised US President-elect Donald Trump as an experienced and intelligent politician and questioned whether he was safe after attempts on his life.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Cabinet picks targeted by bomb threats
Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration picks were targeted this week with actions including bomb threats and “swatting,” a spokesperson for the transition team said on Wednesday.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan journo probing protest deaths arrested
A Pakistani journalist investigating alleged fatalities during protests in support of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested under anti-terror laws, his lawyer said yesterday.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Air pollution from fires linked to 1.5m deaths a year: study
Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said yesterday.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
‘We lost a generation’
As the skies fell quiet over Beirut this week, displaced Lebanese piled into cars and headed south for home, but any return to normality remains elusive given their economy was already in freefall even before war broke out last year and no solutions seem at hand.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon
Hezbollah said its forces will monitor Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon "with their hands on the trigger"
28 November 2024, 11:25 AM
Iceland volcano erupts for 10th time in three years; no disruptions
Iceland, with nearly 400,000 inhabitants, is located on the fault line between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, making it a seismic hotspot with geysers, warm-water springs and dozens of volcanoes.
28 November 2024, 06:27 AM
South Korea officials say three dead in heavy snowfall
The snowfall led to the cancellation of 156 flights and disrupted 104 ferry services across 79 routes
28 November 2024, 06:07 AM
Nearly 1,000 held in Pakistan after pro-Khan protests
Islamabad's police chief, Ali Rizvi, denied that live ammunition had been used during the operation, which he said police had conducted alongside paramilitary forces.
28 November 2024, 05:55 AM
Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers
Iranian diplomat Majid Takht-Ravanchi, who serves as the political deputy to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, is scheduled to represent Iran in the talks on Friday.
28 November 2024, 05:49 AM
Mexico warns Trump tariffs would kill 400,000 US jobs, threatens retaliation
Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard, speaking alongside Sheinbaum, called for more regional cooperation and integration instead of a war of retaliatory import taxes.
28 November 2024, 05:32 AM
Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The 40-year-old chief executive of Meta -- which owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp -- has been carefully trying to mend ties with Trump.
28 November 2024, 05:13 AM
Landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 27, rescuers search for missing
Torrential rain in the province since last week had caused flash floods and landslides in four different districts, Indonesia's disaster agency has said.
28 November 2024, 05:08 AM
Ukraine's energy sector 'under massive enemy attack'
The country's energy minister says
28 November 2024, 05:08 AM
Trump administration picks targeted with bomb threats and swatting
The threats were made Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and law enforcement acted quickly to ensure the safety of those targeted, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
28 November 2024, 04:31 AM
Israel attacks Lebanon crossings with Syria
Israel conducted strikes on the Syrian border with Lebanon that a war monitor said killed seven people, hours ahead of a ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
India’s parliament suspended again in row over US action
India’s lower house of parliament suspended proceedings for a second day yesterday after disruptions by lawmakers demanding a discussion of the US indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani, while stocks of his group’s companies clawed back some losses.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Five key points on Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal
WHEN DID THE TRUCE BEGIN?
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
15 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza school: medics
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 15 people yesterday, some of them in a school housing displaced people, medics in Gaza said, adding that the fatalities included two sons of a former Hamas spokesman.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign
A panel of three judges will now decide if they agree there are "reasonable grounds" to believe general Min Aung Hlaing bears criminal responsibility for the deportation and persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
27 November 2024, 09:37 AM