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Russia strikes apartment block in Kharkiv
Russia hit a high-rise apartment block in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv during an attack with guided bombs yesterday, killing at least three people and injuring 15 more, with others feared trapped under rubble, local authorities said.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka’s new leftist president appoints cabinet
Sri Lanka’s new leftist president appointed his cabinet yesterday ahead of an expected snap parliamentary election as he prepares to renegotiate the bankrupt island nation’s unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout programme.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Biden seeks to calm ME tension at UNGA
US President Joe Biden addressed world leaders at the United Nations for the final time yesterday, declaring that Russia’s war in Ukraine has failed and that a diplomatic solution between Israel and Hezbollah was still possible.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM
‘These atrocities must end’
Leading United Nations officials demanded on Monday “an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip, nearly a year into the Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Remains of Ice Age mastodons uncovered in Peru
The fossilised remains of three mastodons from the Ice Age have been uncovered in the Peruvian Andes, raising questions as to how the behemoths arrived in the area.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM
UN General Assembly: UN chief condemns ‘get out of jail free’ card on wars
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday denounced a growing number of governments and other groups who feel they are “entitled to a get out of jail free card,” citing wars in Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and Sudan.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Deaths from Israeli strikes on Lebanon since Monday reach 558, minister says
In response, Hezbollah said it launched dozens of missiles at a military base in northern Israel.
24 September 2024, 10:25 AM
Pope offers refuge to Myanmar's jailed Suu Kyi: report
Suu Kyi, 78, is serving a 27-year prison sentence on charges ranging from corruption to not respecting Covid pandemic restrictions.
24 September 2024, 10:02 AM
UN rights chief calls for diplomatic efforts to address Lebanon crisis
Asked about reports that Israel had warned people through phone messages ahead of the strikes, she said: "Whether you've sent out a warning you're telling civilians to flee, doesn't make it OK to then strike those areas, knowing full well that the impact on civilians will be huge..."
24 September 2024, 09:55 AM
Sri Lanka President Dissanayake picks Harini Amarasuriya as PM
Dissanayake was elected president in the election held on Saturday.
24 September 2024, 09:47 AM
Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire after Lebanon suffers huge casualties
Hezbollah on Tuesday morning said it had attacked several Israeli military targets, including an explosives factory 60 km (37 miles) into Israel, with the Fadi series of rockets.
24 September 2024, 06:46 AM
West Africa becomes global terrorism hotspot as Western forces leave
Fifteen diplomats and experts told Reuters the swathes of territory under jihadist control also risk becoming training grounds and launchpads for more attacks on major cities such as Bamako, or neighbouring states and Western targets, in the region or beyond.
24 September 2024, 06:24 AM
Back to death row? Retrial verdict due in Japan murder saga
Iwao Hakamada, 88, was jailed under the death penalty for 46 years until he was freed in 2014 pending a retrial.
24 September 2024, 06:19 AM
Singapore ex-minister convicted in rare graft trial
Iswaran, 62, pleaded guilty to all five charges and the remaining 30 will be taken into consideration for sentencing, Singaporean broadcaster CNA and news site The Straits Times reported.
24 September 2024, 05:20 AM
World leaders gather at UN as Mideast tensions explode
The gathering of dozens of world leaders, the high point of the diplomatic calendar, comes a day after Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, according to local authorities.
24 September 2024, 05:15 AM
New Zealand scientists discover ghostly 'spookfish'
The specimens were discovered during research in the Chatham Rise, an area of the Pacific which stretches around 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) east near New Zealand's South Island.
24 September 2024, 05:10 AM
Biden bids farewell to UN, in shadow of Trump
Viewing his presidency as a return from the brink after Republican Trump's four years in the Oval Office, Biden will be trying to make sure his achievements are, in the words of one advisor, "irreversible."
24 September 2024, 05:05 AM
Tanzania arrests opposition leaders, blocks protest
Police arrested Tanzania’s top opposition figures yesterday, their party and police said, as the authorities moved to block a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
23 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan picks new chief of spy agency ISI
Pakistan has picked Lieutenant-General Muhammad Asim Malik as the new director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), its top spy agency, according to a security source and a local TV channel, the first change in the key post since 2021.
23 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Leaders warn of growing mistrust between nations
UN Secretary General António Guterres launched a two-day, climate-themed “Summit for the Future” on Sunday evening as part of the UN General Assembly, where some leaders warned of growing mistrust between nations as climate-fueled disasters mount.
23 September 2024, 18:00 PM