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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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35 killed, dozens wounded in south China car ramming: police
A car drove into a group of people outside a sports centre in China's southern city of Zhuhai
12 November 2024, 11:17 AM
Trump’s Day 1: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs
The executive actions would give federal immigration officers more latitude to arrest people with no criminal records, surge troops to the US-Mexico border and restart construction of the border wall
12 November 2024, 11:08 AM
Beijing pushes to join security efforts for citizens in Pakistan, sources say
Last month's airport bombing in the southern port city that killed two Chinese engineers returning to work on a project after a holiday in Thailand was the latest in a string of attacks on Beijing's interests in Pakistan.
12 November 2024, 09:48 AM
Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines
Now a weakened tropical storm, Toraji blew out to sea overnight after causing relatively limited damage and no reported deaths.
12 November 2024, 06:21 AM
Saudi crown prince condemns Israel's attacks on Palestinians as 'genocide'
He urged the international community to stop Israel from attacking Iran and to respect Iran's sovereignty.
12 November 2024, 05:52 AM
Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
The diminutive 58-year-old said rapacious elephants would often destroy months of work in her farmland that sits between two parts of Kenya's world-renowned Tsavo National Park.
12 November 2024, 04:41 AM
North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia
The agreement formalises months of tightening military bonds between two nations that were Communist allies throughout the Cold War.
12 November 2024, 04:36 AM
What is the extreme S. Korean feminist movement sweeping America?
In Korean, 4B stands for the "Four Nos": dating, sex, marriage and childbearing with men.
12 November 2024, 04:29 AM
New Zealand offers national apology to people abused in care
New Zealand offered a historic national apology on Tuesday to victims and families of hundreds of thousands of young people and vulnerable adults who were subjected to physical and sexual abuse in institutions over the last 70 years
12 November 2024, 03:18 AM
World leaders meet for climate talks, but big names missing
Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt
12 November 2024, 02:19 AM
Trump ramps up transition moves with key appointments
His staffing picks are the subject of intense speculation and scrutiny, with Trump vowing that his second administration will oversee a radical shake-up of the federal government.
12 November 2024, 00:49 AM
COP29 summit in Baku: Nations approve new UN rules on carbon markets
Governments at the COP29 talks yesterday approved new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.
11 November 2024, 18:40 PM
US House vote hangs in balance
The Republican Party is edging closer to overall control of the US Congress, having already secured a majority in the Senate and needing three seats to take the House of Representatives.
11 November 2024, 18:00 PM
11 armed men killed in police station attack
Indian police in troubled northeastern Manipur state yesterday battled with Kuki minority forces and killed 11 people after their station was attacked, a district official said yesterday.
11 November 2024, 18:00 PM
MPs vote to keep Ishiba as Japan PM
Japanese lawmakers yesterday voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month.
11 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan’s Punjab limits outdoor activities
Pakistan’s Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early from yesterday to curb illnesses caused by intense air pollution.
11 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel cites progress on Lebanon truce
Israel said yesterday there was progress in talks about a ceasefire in Lebanon and indicated Russia could play a part by stopping Hezbollah from rearming via Syria, although the Iran-backed group said it had not received any truce proposals yet.
11 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Kremlin denies Putin and Trump spoke on phone
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that the report was "completely false information", denying any phone call took place
11 November 2024, 09:14 AM
Russia and Ukraine launch massive drone attacks after Trump-Putin call
The Kremlin had earlier said it saw "positive signals" from Trump's willingness to strike a deal, and several people speaking to the US paper said Trump had expressed the desire for more conversations on "the resolution of Ukraine's war soon".
11 November 2024, 06:02 AM
Portraits of pain: smuggled Palestinian art shows trauma of Gaza
For six months, they handed over paintings and other artworks to people leaving Gaza through its Rafah border crossing with Egypt until Israeli ground forces closed it in May when they took control of the frontier.
11 November 2024, 04:02 AM