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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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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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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Hurricane Milton batters Florida
Hurricane Milton marched across Florida yesterday, whipping up tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to millions before blowing out into the Atlantic.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Overshooting 1.5C risks ‘irreversible’ climate impact
Any breach of what climate scientists agree is the safer limit on global warming would result in “irreversible consequences” for the planet, said a major academic study published on Wednesday.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Soldier killed after abduction in India’s J&K
A soldier was abducted by suspected militants and killed in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), police said yesterday, hours after results were announced for the disputed region’s first local elections in a decade.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Japan’s new PM dissolves House for snap polls
New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba yesterday dissolved parliament ahead of October 27 snap polls, banking on his honeymoon popularity and a fragmented opposition to lead his scandal-tainted party to victory.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Take ‘concrete action’ to stop bloodshed
Southeast Asian leaders pressed Myanmar’s junta and its opponents yesterday to take “concrete action” to stop the bloodshed in the country’s civil war and sought to kick-start faltering diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Harris holds slight edge nationally over Trump: poll
Kamala Harris has taken a slim lead over Donald Trump in their bitterly contested US presidential race, according to a new poll released Tuesday which shows the Democrat gaining support among Republican voters.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Hurricane Milton upgrades to Category 5 storm
Hurricane Milton tore towards Florida’s Gulf Coast yesterday, leaving residents with one final day to evacuate or hunker down before the “catastrophic” Category 5 storm is predicted to hit, triggering a life-threatening storm surge.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM
400,000 trapped in northern Gaza
An Israeli military operation in northern Gaza is leaving at least 400,000 Palestinians trapped in the area, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkish Airlines pilot dies mid-flight, forcing emergency landing
A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said on Wednesday
9 October 2024, 12:57 PM
Iran FM to Saudi for talks on Gaza and Lebanon
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is heading to Saudi Arabia Wednesday for talks on efforts to end Israeli attacks on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, his ministry said.
9 October 2024, 10:15 AM
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 42,010
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Wednesday that at least 42,010 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants.
9 October 2024, 10:12 AM
Baker, Hassabis, Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday.
9 October 2024, 09:45 AM
Pyongyang to 'permanently' shut border with South Korea
North Korea's army said today it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with Seoul and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash
9 October 2024, 06:26 AM
Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000m peaks
Summiting all 14 "eight-thousanders" is considered the peak of mountaineering aspirations. Climbers cross "death zones" where there is not enough oxygen in the air to sustain human life for long periods.
9 October 2024, 05:33 AM
Boeing suspends negotiations with striking workers
About 33,000 Boeing workers in the Pacific Northwest have been on strike for nearly a month in a fight focused on higher wages and improved retirement benefits.
9 October 2024, 04:00 AM
Hezbollah targets Israeli troops on Lebanese border, sirens in Beirut
Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, adding three Israeli military personnel were severely injured on Tuesday and Wednesday during combat in southern Lebanon.
9 October 2024, 03:52 AM
Russian attack on Kharkiv injures 21
A Russian attack on the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine injured at least 21 people yesterday, including a child, regional officials said.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Hurricane Milton roars towards storm-battered Florida
The Category 4 Hurricane Milton was expected to grow larger yesterday as it threatened Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on its way to Florida, where more than a million people were ordered to evacuate from its path.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Chinese navy tall ship docks in Sri Lanka
A Chinese navy sailing ship was allowed to dock in Sri Lanka yesterday but Colombo’s new government said a ban on foreign research vessels remained in force.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Immigration boosts UK population by record 1pc
The UK population rose by a record one percent in the year to mid-2023 and by 1.2 million over a two-year period, with immigration the key driver, official data showed yesterday.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM