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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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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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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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3 killed, 9 hurt in Israeli strike
Lebanon’s health ministry said three people were killed and nine others wounded in an Israeli strike yesterday on Haret Saida, a densely populated area near the southern city of Sidon.
3 November 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Keep Calm-ala’ before election
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared on the “Saturday Night Live” TV comedy show on Saturday evening, adding a surprise jolt to the US presidential election just two days before her showdown with Republican Donald Trump.
3 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Moldovans vote in tense election on EU future
Moldovans were voting yesterday in a tense presidential election runoff that could decide whether the ex-Soviet country continues on a pro-European path or tilts back toward Russia’s influence.
3 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Grenade attack wounds 9 in India’s J&K
Indian-run Jammu and Kashmir’s chief minister yesterday condemned a “deeply disturbing” grenade attack on a busy market in the main city of Srinagar, which police and media reported left several wounded.
3 November 2024, 18:00 PM
14 dead in Uganda lightning strike at refugee camp
At least 14 people, including several children, were killed in a Ugandan refugee camp when lightning hit a makeshift church where they were sheltering, local officials said yesterday.
3 November 2024, 18:00 PM
From abortion to bobcat hunting: US vote not just for president
US voters this November 5 will cast ballots for members of Congress, tens of thousands of state and local officials, and in multiple referendums on topics including hot-button issues like abortion.
3 November 2024, 07:08 AM
Win the vote but still lose? Behold America's Electoral College
Now, on the eve of the 2024 election showdown between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, the rules of this enigmatic and, to some, outmoded, system is coming back into focus.
3 November 2024, 04:35 AM
'Keep Kamala and carry on-ala!' Harris tells comedy show 'Saturday Night Live'
Appearing in the long-running series's "cold open" -- the sketch before the opening titles -- Harris appeared as her own reflection in a dressing room mirror, joining in good-natured mockery of her laughter and playing on her own name for laughs.
3 November 2024, 04:29 AM
Democrats have a plan if Trump prematurely declares election victory
US election winners are typically declared by major media outlets who analyze vote counts provided by election officials. While candidates sometimes declare victory before those calls are made, it is unusual to do so before the winner is at least arguably apparent.
2 November 2024, 05:30 AM
US, Moscow on ‘brink’ of direct conflict: Lavrov
The United States and Russia are very close to engaging in “direct military conflict,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in an interview published yesterday in a Turkey daily, just days ahead of a US presidential election.
1 November 2024, 18:00 PM
India's capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted during Diwali
New Delhi's traffic-clogged streets are home to more than 30 million people, and the city is regularly ranked as one of the most polluted urban areas on the planet.
1 November 2024, 06:18 AM
Strikes hit south Beirut after Israeli evacuation orders: reports
At least 1,829 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israel began an air campaign targeting Hezbollah strongholds
1 November 2024, 05:54 AM
US rapper Young Thug freed after guilty plea in street gang case
Rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday after pleading guilty to involvement in a criminal gang as well as drug and firearms charges, an abrupt twist to the longest trial in the history of the southern US state of Georgia
1 November 2024, 03:53 AM
Six dead as boat carrying 100 arrives in Indonesia
Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingyas landed by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province, a local fishing community said yesterday, in the latest wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian country in recent days.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Indian, Chinese troops exchange sweets on Diwali
Indian and Chinese troops yesterday exchanged boxes of sweets at two points on their contested high-altitude border on the occasion of Diwali, a week after the leaders of the Asian rivals held a rare meeting.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump’s fraud claims raise alarms of 2020 repeat
Donald Trump has seized on isolated irregularities caught by US election officials to claim “cheating” has occurred, amplifying expectations that he will again reject results if he loses next week’s vote.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Hunger deaths ‘likely’ in Gaza, Mali Sudan, Haiti
UN food agencies yesterday warned of deadly hunger levels in 16 “hunger hotspots” in coming months, with Palestinian territories, Sudan and South Sudan, Mali and Haiti of most concern.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Stay home during flood rescue
Spanish authorities yesterday told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster that has left at least 158 dead.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Stay home during flood rescue
Spanish authorities yesterday told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster that has left at least 158 dead.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah attack kills five in Israel
A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel’s Metula killed five people including an Israeli farmer and four foreign workers, Israel’s Channel 12 reported yesterday as Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed six health workers in the country’s south.
31 October 2024, 18:00 PM