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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
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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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Two-thirds of Gaza buildings damaged: UN
Two-thirds of the buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed since the Gaza offensive began in October 2023, the United Nations said yesterday.
30 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Taliban blame Pakistan after ‘capture of key IS fighters’
Taliban authorities captured “key members” of the Islamic State group responsible for recent deadly attacks across Afghanistan, a spokesman said yesterday, blaming neighbouring Pakistan for harbouring the organisation.
30 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Biden approves $567m in defense support for Taiwan
US President Joe Biden on Sunday approved $567 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, the latest move by the United States to boost the island’s military in the face of rising tensions with China.
30 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Japan’s incoming PM Ishiba calls polls for Oct 27
Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said yesterday he will call a general election for October 27 following his victory in one of the closest ever leadership races for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
30 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah ready for any Israel ground offensive: deputy
Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem said Monday the Iran-backed group was ready to face any Israeli ground operation, warning that the battle could last a long time
30 September 2024, 12:09 PM
Rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled since 2005: EU monitor
The pace at which oceans are warming has almost doubled since 2005 as global temperatures rise because of human-caused climate change, a report from the EU monitor Copernicus said Monday
30 September 2024, 11:47 AM
100,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes: UN
Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, a figure that has doubled in two days, the United Nations' refugee head said on Monday.
30 September 2024, 11:43 AM
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka records first deflation in 39 years
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's economy recorded falling consumer prices for the first time in 39 years, official data showed Monday, with the September inflation figure dipping to negative 0.5 percent
30 September 2024, 11:38 AM
Hamas says its leader in Lebanon killed in air strike
The official National News Agency reported an air strike on Al-Bass near the city of Tyre, saying it was the "first time" the camp had been targeted.
30 September 2024, 07:01 AM
Nepal surveys flood wreckage as death toll reaches 192
Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is making them worse.
30 September 2024, 05:18 AM
Trump to Putin: the key challenges facing Rutte at NATO
With Russia's war in Ukraine raging through a third year, its leading power the United States set for a crunch election, and China rising, NATO is grappling with major challenges.
30 September 2024, 04:16 AM
Britain's last coal-fired power station closes
The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, a power plant that has dominated the surrounding central England landscape for nearly 60 years, marks a symbolic step in the UK's ambition to decarbonise electricity by 2030, and become carbon neutral by 2050.
30 September 2024, 04:10 AM
Trump urges 'violent' police crackdown as Harris campaigns in Nevada
Pennsylvania is considered the most important of the seven toss-up states that will likely decide the November 5 presidential election, but Nevada is also one of the key battlegrounds.
30 September 2024, 04:05 AM
Japan's incoming PM Ishiba fills cabinet posts ahead of likely election
That poll, which will decide which party controls parliament's powerful lower house, will come on Oct 27, Kyodo reported.
30 September 2024, 03:59 AM
SpaceX mission to retrieve stranded astronauts docks at ISS
After docking was completed, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov boarded the station just after 7:00 pm, embracing their floating colleagues on the space station.
30 September 2024, 03:34 AM
105 killed in Israeli strikes on Sunday, says Lebanon health ministry
Israel has turned its focus from Gaza to Lebanon in recent days, carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets that killed the Iran-backed group's leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday.
30 September 2024, 03:25 AM
Russia downs 125 drones
The Russian defence ministry said yesterday its air defence downed 125 Ukrainian drones overnight, while a residential apartment was hit in the western city of Voronezh according to the local governor.
29 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Won’t die till PM Modi ‘removed’ from power
India’s Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who fell ill while addressing a polls campaign rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, has said he would not die till Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “removed” from power.
29 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes kill 11 more Palestinians
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 11 Palestinians, health officials in the enclave said yesterday, as Israeli planes bombarded several northern, central and southern areas.
29 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Search resumes for 48 missing migrants
Rescue teams yesterday resumed searching for at least 48 migrants who went messing the day before when their boat overturned just as it was being rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands, killing at least nine people.
29 September 2024, 18:00 PM