Asian markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts
6 November 2025, 14:00 PM
Gunmen kill Pak militia chief, 5 others
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Spat with Musk’s X / India limits content takedown powers to fewer officials
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Methane threat grows as global action stalls: UN
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Africa accounts for 40pc of global conflicts: ICRC
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
23 October 2025, 17:44 PM
China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
Popular Sydney beach deploys drones, helicopter after fatal shark attack
It was the first shark-attack death in Sydney since a swimmer was killed off a beach in February 2022
7 September 2025, 03:06 AM
'Blood Moon' to rise during total lunar eclipse tonight
People in Asia, including India and China, will be best placed to see Sunday's total eclipse, which will also be visible on the eastern edge of Africa as well as in western Australia
7 September 2025, 02:51 AM
UK police arrest hundreds in latest Palestine Action demo
Several hundred people demonstrated in front of the UK parliament, with some holding placards that read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."
7 September 2025, 02:16 AM
Thai PM-elect taps veterans to run foreign, energy and finance ministries
Picks former head of the Revenue Department
6 September 2025, 12:04 PM
Trump backs Kennedy on vaccines despite health, political risks
Trump had played down likelihood Kennedy would make radical change
6 September 2025, 11:55 AM
India's Modi says ties with US still 'very positive'
Trump previously told reporters that he "will always be friends with Modi".
6 September 2025, 08:17 AM
US immigration agents arrests hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly Koreans
About 475 workers, most of whom were South Korean nationals, were arrested, according to US immigration officials
6 September 2025, 03:05 AM
Read to reduce sentence
Prisoners in Uzbekistan will be able to plead for reduced sentences if they read books selected by authorities to cultivate “correct spiritual and moral values”, officials said.
5 September 2025, 19:13 PM
Venezuelan F-16 jets fly over US warship
Two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US Navy destroyer in the Caribbean on Thursday, a US official told Reuters, triggering a stern US warning to Venezuela against interfering in intensifying US military operations in the Caribbean.
5 September 2025, 19:07 PM
Western troops in Ukraine would be fair targets
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack, in a warning to Kyiv’s allies as they discuss measures for its future protection.
5 September 2025, 18:00 PM
UK deputy PM Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on property
She had earlier this week admitted not paying enough for the flat purchase and referred herself to the government's independent ethics adviser
5 September 2025, 12:15 PM
Lebanon to discuss army plan to disarm Hezbollah
The Iran-backed militant group says the Lebanese government is playing into the hands of Israel and the United States
5 September 2025, 11:53 AM
26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security guarantees, Macron says
International force would be part of guarantees, France says
5 September 2025, 08:55 AM
Beijing rejects Trump call to pressure China on Ukraine
China has never denounced Russia's war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine's allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow
5 September 2025, 08:47 AM
Third quake strikes southeastern Afghanistan after series that killed over 2,200
About 84,000 affected, thousands displaced, says aid agency
5 September 2025, 08:27 AM
US AI giant Anthropic bars Chinese-owned entities from services
Anthropic will bar entities that are majority Chinese-owned from using its artificial intelligence services, the US tech giant said on Friday as it toughened restrictions on "authoritarian regions".
5 September 2025, 04:55 AM
China's Xi seeks closer coordination with North Korea in meeting with Kim
Xi met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a day after Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a military parade in Beijing.
5 September 2025, 03:37 AM
Lost for 50 years, Nobel patents found in Swedish home
A dozen patents belonging to Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel and lost for almost 50 years were recently found in a Swedish couple’s summer house, the Nobel Foundation told AFP.
4 September 2025, 18:35 PM
Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard
The ruling also bars the administration from using the same reasoning to cut funding in the future.
4 September 2025, 18:11 PM
Thailand set for vote on new PM
Thai royal officials rejected a request by the ruling party to dissolve parliament, the country’s acting prime minister said yesterday, clearing the way for a vote that could select his successor.
4 September 2025, 18:00 PM