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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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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Africa accounts for 40pc of global conflicts: ICRC
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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China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
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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Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition
President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into Ukraine
18 March 2024, 03:09 AM
India recaptures Maltese ship from Somali pirates, rescues crew
India's navy recaptured a ship from Somali pirates off the Indian coast Saturday, the military said, rescuing the crew and ending a three-month takeover of the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier MV Ruen
17 March 2024, 03:57 AM
Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters
At least 16 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed yesterday after their vehicle hit a landmine, a war monitor said.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
34 migrants missing off Tunisia, 2 dead
Tunisian authorities rescued 34 migrants and found two dead bodies off the North African country’s southeastern coast on Friday, said the National Guard in a statement.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Tensions rise as leadership remains in balance
Residents braced for another tense night in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, as attacks continued across parts of the city in the aftermath of the resignation of Prime Minister Henry and in the absence of a clear plan to replace him.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
India to hold marathon national polls from April 19
Indian parliamentary elections will begin on April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said today
16 March 2024, 11:35 AM
Somali piracy: Years of terror and ransoms
Since 2005, the pirates of Somalia have terrorised the waters along its coastline and beyond taking advantage of a political void in the country. Here is a recap.
16 March 2024, 05:16 AM
22 migrants die as boat sinks off Turkey
Twenty-two migrants including seven children have drowned after a boat capsized off the Turkish coast, local officials said yesterday.
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza war death toll at 31,490
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said today that at least 31,490 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants
15 March 2024, 14:19 PM
'Squid Game' star found guilty of sexual misconduct
South Korea's "Squid Game" actor O Yeong-su has been found guilty of sexual misconduct, a local court said Friday, after he was charged with assaulting a woman in 2017
15 March 2024, 10:35 AM
Women bus drivers, a first for Uzbekistan
Saodat Shermatova "cried with joy" after Uzbekistan, a predominantly Muslim former Soviet republic, lifted a ban last month on women working as bus drivers.
15 March 2024, 10:08 AM
Indian SC to hear pleas seeking stay on CAA rules on March 19
India’s Supreme Court today said it would hear on March 19 petitions seeking a stay on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024
15 March 2024, 06:52 AM
Top funders of Indian political parties revealed
Some of India's biggest companies, including Vedanta Ltd VDAN.NS, Bharti Airtel BRTI.NS, RPSG Group and Essel Mining were among the country's top political funders over the last five years under a now-scrapped opaque political funding system
15 March 2024, 04:08 AM
US military says anti-ship missiles, drones hit in Yemen strikes
The US military said Thursday it had destroyed nine anti-ship ballistic missiles and two drones in Yemen after Huthi rebels fired on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
15 March 2024, 03:56 AM
Mamata ‘was pushed from behind'
Says hospital director as the West Bengal CM suffers injuries after falling at home; gets 4 stitches; returns home after being discharged from hospital
15 March 2024, 03:54 AM
Biden blasts ‘loser’ Trump as campaign slugfest intensifies
President Joe Biden needled “loser” Donald Trump Wednesday, in his first battleground campaign stop since the two rivals secured their parties’ nominations for what promises to be one of the most rancorous elections in US history.
14 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Explosion at Tunisian gas depot injures 35
An explosion yesterday at a gas depot near Tunisia’s capital injured 35 people, four of them severely, civil protection services said.
14 March 2024, 18:00 PM
EU lawmakers okay media freedom law
The EU is set to better protect journalists from political pressure and surveillance under an unprecedented media freedom law approved by the European Parliament yesterday.
13 March 2024, 18:00 PM
UN seeking $850m for Rohingya refugees
The UN yesterday called for increased support for the many Rohingya refugees languishing in camps in Bangladesh, where funding shortfalls have left many without enough food or other aid.
13 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Putin warns the West: Russia is ready for nuclear war
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the US sent troops to Ukraine it would be considered a significant escalation of the war
13 March 2024, 07:04 AM