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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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Russia threatens to deploy nuke missiles
Russia does not rule out new deployments of nuclear missiles in response to the planned US stationing of long-range conventional weapons in Germany, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying yesterday.
18 July 2024, 18:00 PM
MH17 disaster: 10-year quest for justice for the 298 dead
The world reacted with horror 10 years ago when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
17 July 2024, 05:59 AM
At least 26 dead in Peru after bus plummets into ravine
A bus plummeted into a ravine in southern Peru Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, according to police in the Andean country plagued by deadly road accidents
17 July 2024, 02:34 AM
PM Attal to take caretaker role
President Emmanuel Macron was set to accept the resignation of the French government yesterday, but ask Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to head up a caretaker administration for now, cabinet sources told AFP.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
More than 10m displaced by Sudan war
More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20 percent of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said yesterday, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Five Indian security personnel killed
Five security personnel were killed in a firefight with gunmen in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the army and police said yesterday, with security sources saying militants had made a “tactical shift” in attacks.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Musk pledges $45m a month to electing Trump
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to commit roughly $45 million each month to a new fund backing Donald Trump for US president, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Nine killed in Oman Shia mosque gun attack
Nine people were killed, including three attackers, in an assault on a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman late on Monday, authorities said, in a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Access to Gaza getting increasingly difficult
Access to Gaza has become increasingly difficult for humanitarian groups, 13 leading NGOs warned on Monday, accusing Israel’s military of blocking much-needed aid from reaching the Palestinian territory.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Metsola wins 2nd term as EU Parliament chief
Roberta Metsola, a Maltese lawmaker from the centre-right European People’s Party, easily won a second term yesterday as president of the European Parliament and she appealed for a more inclusive politics to help combat polarisation.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
World’s rarest whale washes up on New Zealand beach
The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists said.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Oli takes oath as Nepal’s fifth PM in five years
Veteran communist politician K P Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister yesterday, the fifth in five years, hoping to ensure political stability in the impoverished Himalayan nation that badly needs to woo investors and create jobs.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Lawyers go on strike in Delhi
Thousands of lawyers in India’s capital yesterday protested against an overhaul in criminal legislation by staying away from work and boycotting court hearings, as opposition mounted to the changes.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Pro-Gaza activists held after protest
UK police yesterday arrested two pro-Palestinian demonstrators after a protest at Britain’s Cenotaph war memorial in central London.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia downs 22 Ukrainian drones
Russia downed 22 Ukrainian drones overnight in the west of the country and over Crimea, Moscow’s defence ministry said yesterday.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Nations gather to negotiate deep sea mining code
The UN International Seabed Authority (ISA) was due to meet yesterday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about environmental risks.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Left-wing parties struggle to unite
France’s left-wing parties still plan to form a joint government after they emerged as the strongest bloc in parliament in a snap election, but any pact is unlikely to come this week, the head of the Socialist Party (PS) said yesterday.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Vessel reports being attacked off Yemen
A merchant vessel reported it had been attacked early yesterday by three small craft in the Red Sea about 70 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, Britain’s maritime agency and security firm Ambrey said.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Judge tosses Trump documents case
A US judge yesterday dismissed the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding onto classified documents, dealing the former president another major legal victory as the Republican seeks a return to the White House.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Global childhood vaccination levels stalled
Global childhood vaccination levels have stalled, leaving millions more children un- or under-vaccinated than before the pandemic, the UN said yesterday, warning of dangerous coverage gaps enabling outbreaks of diseases like measles.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM