Asian markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts
6 November 2025, 14:00 PM
Gunmen kill Pak militia chief, 5 others
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Spat with Musk’s X / India limits content takedown powers to fewer officials
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Methane threat grows as global action stalls: UN
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Africa accounts for 40pc of global conflicts: ICRC
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
23 October 2025, 17:44 PM
China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
US prosecutor 'fired' after pressure to charge Trump foes
Erik Siebert, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, told staff of his resignation via an email on Friday
20 September 2025, 06:36 AM
US National Counterterrorism Center warns of threat from al Qaeda
They are likely seeking to leverage their media publications
20 September 2025, 06:18 AM
UN chief says world should not be intimidated by Israel
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday the world should not be "intimidated" by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank
20 September 2025, 02:14 AM
Australian PM heads to New York, may meet Trump for first time
According to his office, Albanese departs on Saturday for the United Nations General Assembly in New York
19 September 2025, 06:54 AM
US vetoes UN ceasefire resolution as Gaza famine deepens
Only country to veto among 15-member council
19 September 2025, 06:12 AM
Democratic-led US Senate resolution seeks recognition of Palestinian state
Unlikely to pass in a Republican majority
19 September 2025, 05:37 AM
Canada, Mexico leaders agree to seek 'fairer' trade deal with US
The agreement, in place since 2020, is up for review next year
19 September 2025, 03:50 AM
6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Central Papua: USGS
The jolt woke local residents who immediately rushed outside.
19 September 2025, 03:28 AM
Strong quake off Russia Far East, tsunami alert issued
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula early Friday, rocking buildings and prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert
18 September 2025, 20:40 PM
Bolivian parliament passes bill to end child marriages
Bolivia’s parliament has passed legislation to ban marriages and civil unions with minors, bringing the country closer to the 13 Latin American nations that have already outlawed the practice.
18 September 2025, 19:22 PM
EU seeks ‘face-saving’ deal on UN climate target
EU countries yesterday sought to settle on an emissions-cutting plan to bring to a key UN conference in Brazil, as divisions on the bloc’s green agenda threaten its global leadership on climate.
18 September 2025, 19:22 PM
Health alert as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba cases rise in India’s Kerala
India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala.
18 September 2025, 19:00 PM
Global trust in UN slips to just 58%
A new poll of over 36,300 people worldwide showed huge support for more international cooperation on issues including trade, global health, climate and poverty, but gave largely failing grades to institutions like the United Nations, IMF and others.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Syria, Israel security deals by end-2025
Syria expects to finalise security and military agreements with Israel by end-2025, an official said yesterday, in what would be a breakthrough less than a year after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan, S Arabia ink defence pact
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a new strategic defence pact yesterday, with the two sides saying an attack on one country would be considered “an aggression against both”.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
China urges greater unity to avoid ‘law of the jungle’
China’s defence minister trumpeted Beijing’s efforts to reshape global governance, warning yesterday against an increasingly divided world “defined by the rule of the jungle”, while saying his country’s strong military would be a force for peace.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
ABC scraps Jimmy Kimmel show
Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was pulled from the air Wednesday hours after the US government threatened to cancel broadcasting licenses because of comments the host made about the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Putin has let me down
Donald Trump warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “really let me down” after he met Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday, the final day of the US president’s historic UK state visit.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
‘It always seems impossible until it’s done’
The UN investigator who this week accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza said she sees parallels with the butchery in Rwanda, and that she hopes one day Israeli leaders will be put behind bars.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Cambodian PM accuses Thai forces of evicting civilians on border
The Thai army said the Cambodian residents had "illegally occupied" Thai territory.
18 September 2025, 08:52 AM