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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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UNGA demands Israel ends occupation
UN member states voted Wednesday to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance.
19 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Try some nature in your background to fight Zoom fatigue
Feel drained after a long video call? Your tiredness could be partly linked to the background on your screen, according to a study published yesterday which suggested trying an image depicting nature.
19 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Malaysia arrests CEO of Islamic firm as police widen raids in child sex abuse case
Police last week rescued more than 400 children and youths from the homes they said were run by GISB, though the firm has denied managing the shelters. Many of those rescued showed signs of neglect, as well as physical and sexual abuse, officials say.
19 September 2024, 08:40 AM
Pakistani blasphemy suspect's family forgives police officer accused of killing him
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom says the South Asian country is one of the world's strictest and most frequent enforcers of blasphemy laws.
19 September 2024, 08:36 AM
What we know about the fire 'pandemic' plaguing Brazil
Nearly two-thirds of Latin America's biggest country is under smoke.
19 September 2024, 05:30 AM
Lebanon's Hezbollah in disarray after second wave of device blasts
The blasts came a day after the simultaneous detonation of pagers used by Hezbollah killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800 others across Lebanon, in an unprecedented attack blamed on Israel.
19 September 2024, 04:58 AM
Trump vows to visit town at heart of migrant row, Harris gets poll bump
Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance have repeatedly falsely claimed that immigrants from Haiti were eating residents' pets in the Ohio town, where schools and government buildings have faced bomb threats after their comments.
19 September 2024, 04:55 AM
World better positioned against mpox than for Covid: vaccine alliance
When Covid emerged in early 2020 and quickly began its deadly rampage around the globe, it revealed how completely unprepared the international community was to face such a global health crisis.
19 September 2024, 04:52 AM
Japan firm says no longer makes radio reportedly used in Lebanon blasts
In the second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people died and more than 450 were wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officials said.
19 September 2024, 03:53 AM
India’s J&K votes in first regional polls in a decade
Voters queued outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir yesterday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
What we know about deadly pager blasts in Lebanon
At least 12 people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members - including fighters and medics - detonated simultaneously across Lebanon. Here’s what we know so far about the pager blasts.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia intensifies disinfo ops against Harris campaign
Russian operatives are ramping up disinformation operations to malign Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign by disseminating conspiracy-laden videos, Microsoft said Tuesday, amid heightened alert over foreign influence operations targeting the US election.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Ukrainian drones hit west Russia arms depot
Ukrainian drones struck an arms depot in Russia’s western Tver region early yesterday, sparking a massive blaze that led to the evacuation of nearby residents, a Ukrainian security source said.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
‘One nation, one election’ cleared by India cabinet
The Indian Union Cabinet-led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday approved “one nation one election” panel report led by former president Ram Nath Kovind. The high level committee was formed in September 2023 to expedite the process of conducting simultaneous elections.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Initial probe shows Lebanon pagers booby-trapped: security source
A preliminary investigation has found hundreds of pagers that exploded across Lebanon, killing at least 12 people and wounding up to 2,800, had been booby-trapped, a security official said on Wednesday
18 September 2024, 17:11 PM
UN to demand Israel end 'unlawful' presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months
The United Nations General Assembly will on Wednesday adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end "its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within 12 months.
18 September 2024, 10:57 AM
Hezbollah exploding pager trail runs from Taiwan to Hungary
The detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon has left a mysterious trail from Taiwan to Hungary, while raising the prospect of another full-scale war in the Middle East between the Iran-backed group and arch-foe Israel.
18 September 2024, 10:22 AM
More than 3,600 food packaging chemicals found in human bodies
Around 100 of these chemicals are considered to be of "high concern" to human health
18 September 2024, 03:09 AM
9 dead, 2,800 hurt as Hezbollah hit by pager blasts
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon yesterday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel.
17 September 2024, 19:00 PM
India SC pauses ‘bulldozer justice’
India’s top court yesterday ordered authorities to pause demolishing private property as punitive action against people accused of criminal activity, condemning the so-called “bulldozer justice”.
17 September 2024, 18:00 PM