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Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
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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Tanzania suspends newspaper’s online operations
Tanzania suspended the online operations of a leading newspaper yesterday after it released cartoons featuring the president and referencing recent abductions and killings of dissidents.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel tells Lebanese to evacuate villages, city in south
The Israeli military today told residents in more than 20 villages and a city in southern Lebanon to evacuate, the latest in a series of calls to relocate issued by the army as it targets Hezbollah positions
3 October 2024, 11:12 AM
Israel says strike killed three senior Hamas leaders three months ago
The Israeli military today said a strike three months ago killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, where the army has been battling the Palestinian militants for nearly a year
3 October 2024, 10:43 AM
Nine dead in Taiwan hospital blaze: fire agency
Nine people died today after a fire ripped through a hospital in southern Taiwan
3 October 2024, 08:36 AM
Japanese airport reopens after WWII US bomb blast
Flights resumed at a regional Japanese airport Thursday after an unexploded World War II US bomb blew up less than a minute after a passenger jet taxied past.
3 October 2024, 07:22 AM
Harris adviser meets US Muslim, Arab leaders angry at support for Israel
A senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris met American Muslim and Arab leaders on Wednesday as Harris' presidential campaign seeks to win back voters angry at U.S. support for Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
3 October 2024, 06:28 AM
Taiwan shuts down for second day as Typhoon Krathon makes landfall
Krathon was packing sustained wind speeds of 126 kilometres (78 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 162 kph just before reaching the southern seaport city of Kaohsiung, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).
3 October 2024, 06:26 AM
Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said.
3 October 2024, 06:22 AM
Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance
The 44-year-old founded the Youth Against Settlements group, which campaigns against the proliferation of Jewish settlements in the territory -- communities widely regarded as illegal under international law.
3 October 2024, 06:11 AM
Five things to know about the Nobel Prize
Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Nobel winners between October 7 and 14, here are five things to know about the prizes and their creator.
3 October 2024, 04:29 AM
Singapore's disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and has held the trade, communications and transport portfolios, pleaded guilty last week to four counts of improperly receiving gifts and one of obstructing justice.
3 October 2024, 04:15 AM
US urgently tries to shape Israel's response to Iran
All sides are aware that any retaliatory strike against Iran's nuclear or oil installations would send the Middle East spiralling even more towards chaos, but Israel seems not to have made a decision yet.
3 October 2024, 03:25 AM
American killed in Israel's military campaign in Lebanon
Israel's recent military campaign in Lebanon has killed hundreds, wounded thousands and displaced over a million. Israel says it is targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
3 October 2024, 03:12 AM
US election like no other enters nail-biting final month
The 2024 race has seen more twists than a Hollywood blockbuster
3 October 2024, 03:07 AM
47 tigers dead in Vietnam zoos
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said yesterday.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
How will Israel react to Iranian missile attack?
Israel's pledge to respond to a massive missile strike from Iran has sent diplomats scrambling for ways to avert a full-blown regional war
2 October 2024, 16:17 PM
Jaishankar, Blinken discuss 'Indian-subcontinent' issues in Washington
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington on Tuesday and held discussions on a number of issues, including the "recent developments in the Indian sub-continent"
2 October 2024, 14:32 PM
More than 700,000 displaced in Haiti, half of them children: UN
More than 700,000 people are now displaced from their homes in Haiti, more than half of whom are children, the United Nations said today, as gang violence ravages the country
2 October 2024, 10:50 AM
Israel declares UN chief 'persona non grata' over Iran attack response: foreign ministry
Israel on Wednesday declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata", banning him from entering the country for failing to condemn Iran's missile attack on Israel.
2 October 2024, 10:17 AM
Death toll from Tel Aviv attack rises to seven
A man wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv has died, the medical centre where he was being treated said Wednesday, bringing the number of fatalities up to seven.
2 October 2024, 10:04 AM