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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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Nato chief meets Trump in Florida
Nato chief Mark Rutte held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on the “global security issues facing the alliance”, a spokeswoman said yesterday.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM
No climate deal better than a ‘bad’ one: NGOs
More than 300 activist groups yesterday jointly urged developing nations to walk away from deadlocked COP29 climate negotiations if wealthy countries do not make a better offer.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Monitor raises toll in Israel strikes on Syria’s Palmyra to 92
A Syria war monitor said yesterday that Israeli strikes on the city of Palmyra this week killed 92 pro-Iran fighters, after a United Nations representative said they were likely the deadliest to date.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Climate Finance: Poorer nations offered $250bn a year in draft deal
The COP29 climate summit presidency released a draft finance deal yesterday that would have developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer nations - a proposal that drew criticism from all sides.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Record 281 aid workers killed in 2024, says UN
A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said Friday
22 November 2024, 13:18 PM
Climate finance: COP29 draft proposes $250b a year
COP29 draft deal says rich nations should pay the amount to fight climate change
22 November 2024, 13:00 PM
Putin hints at strikes on West in 'global' Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries
22 November 2024, 09:00 AM
'Media creature' Trump plunders TV talent pool for top jobs
Left-leaning industry monitor MediaMatters criticized the "revolving door" between Fox News, part of mogul Rupert Murdoch's sprawling empire, and the White House.
22 November 2024, 05:38 AM
Adani shares sink again in India after founder's US charges
Wednesday's bombshell indictment in New York accused Adani and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of the bribery scheme.
22 November 2024, 04:44 AM
'Moment of truth' for world-first plastic pollution treaty
Countries will have a week in South Korea's Busan from Monday to round off two years of negotiations.
22 November 2024, 02:52 AM
Israel strikes south Beirut
Successive rounds of Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah’s southern Beirut stronghold yesterday after Israeli military evacuation warnings, while Hezbollah claimed a series of attacks including on a base near south Israel’s Ashdod, its deepest so far.
21 November 2024, 18:00 PM
India warns of ‘further damage’ to Canada ties
India warned Canada of “further damage” to already strained ties after Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi knew about a purported campaign targeting Sikh activists.
21 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Nations snub $250b climate finance offer
The COP29 climate summit ran into overtime yesterday after a draft deal that proposed developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer nations drew criticism from all sides.
21 November 2024, 18:00 PM
38 civilians killed as gunmen attack vehicles in Pakistan
Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed at least 38 people in two attacks yesterday, officials told AFP, part of a sectarian conflict that has claimed dozens of lives in recent months.
21 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel strikes on Syria's Palmyra kill 79
Israeli strikes killed 79 pro-Iran fighters, including from Iraq and Lebanon, in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a monitor said Thursday
21 November 2024, 15:01 PM
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Deif
ICC chief prosecutor in May requested the court issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza
21 November 2024, 12:42 PM
Russian ICBM attack on Ukraine 'would mark clear escalation': EU
Russia launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine would mark a "clear escalation" by President Vladimir Putin, the European Union said on Thursday after Kyiv accused Moscow of such an attack
21 November 2024, 12:12 PM
US arrests homeless man in New York Stock Exchange bomb plot
Yener has been assigned a federal public defender in the Southern District of Florida whose office did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a statement regarding his defense.
21 November 2024, 03:49 AM
Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16
Australia plans to trial an age-verification system that may include biometrics or government identification to enforce a social media age cut-off, some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date.
21 November 2024, 03:13 AM
Exit polls predict BJP-led alliance’s win Maharashtra, Jharkhand
Three exit polls yesterday projected India’s ruling BJP-led alliance to retain its hold in the country’s richest state Maharashtra overcoming anti-incumbency and return to power in the mineral-rich eastern state of Jharkhand
21 November 2024, 00:10 AM