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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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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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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Storms knock out power to 174,000 homes
Storms packing powerful winds toppled trees, killed one person and knocked out power to 174,000 homes and businesses in eastern Australia, officials said yesterday.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Rafah invasion could ‘lead to slaughter’: UN
The United Nations on Tuesday warned against an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying an offensive could “lead to a slaughter” in the southern region of the Palestinian enclave where more than one million people are sheltering.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM
One dead, 3 injured in gunfights
At least one person was killed after security personnel opened fire on “village volunteers” who allegedly attempted to enter Manipur Police Training College (MPTC) in Imphal East district on Tuesday night, a senior official said as reported by news agency PTI.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Apes show joking could be ancient trait: study
A boisterous young chimpanzee slaps an adult in his family on the back, then scampers away and looks back to see the response to his cheekiness.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Armenia says toll in Azerbaijan border flare-up rises to 4 soldiers killed
Armenia on Tuesday said four of its soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani forces in the southern region of Siunik, in a flare-up across the volatile border between the two arch-foes
13 February 2024, 09:15 AM
'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours
13 February 2024, 05:01 AM
Bitcoin breaks $50,000 for first time since 2021
Bitcoin spiked above $50,000 Tuesday for the first time in more than two years as investors grow optimistic that US approval of broader trading in the unit will ramp up demand
13 February 2024, 04:34 AM
Tunisia coast guards search for 17 migrants missing at sea
Seventeen Tunisian migrants are missing a week after embarking from a Mediterranean port city in the country’s north, Tunisia’s coast guard said yesterday, after relatives had urged the authorities to find them.
12 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Vessel reports missile attack off Yemen’s coast
A vessel reported coming under a missile attack off Yemen’s southern coast yesterday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, security agencies said.
12 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Coalition talks gather pace in Pakistan
PML-N, PPP ‘agree’ on political cooperation; PTI stages nationwide protest, moves court over alleged irregularities
11 February 2024, 23:50 PM
Activists throw soup at Monet painting
Climate activists hurled soup at a Monet painting on Saturday in a museum in southeast France, the latest action by a campaign group that pulled a similar stunt on Mona Lisa last month.
11 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Brazil launches mass vaccination
Brazil launched a dengue fever immunisation campaign Friday, becoming the first country in the world to provide the vaccine through its public health system as it deals with a surge in cases.
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
Nasa has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world’s biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution.
9 February 2024, 18:00 PM
January most violent month in Haiti in two years: UN
More than 1,100 people were killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti in January alone, making it the most violent month in the country in two years of conflict, the UN rights chief said yesterday.
9 February 2024, 18:00 PM
C’wealth observer group ‘quite pleased’
Chair of the Commonwealth observer group, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has said he is “quite pleased” with security arrangements across Islamabad.
8 February 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Why single us out?’
Amir Mahmood remembers a meeting between his Ahmadi community and top officials of Pakistan’s government last September.
7 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistanis set to vote in ‘deeply flawed polls’
Pakistan will vote tomorrow in a general election marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging by the military and against the backdrop of an economy in dire straits
7 February 2024, 07:21 AM
Russia helping N Korea to circumvent UN sanctions: report
Moscow might be attempting to provide Pyongyang with access to the global financial system in exchange for missiles and ammunition, according to US-allied intelligence officials
7 February 2024, 06:30 AM
Red sea crisis: Houthis fire missiles at two ships
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis fired missiles at two vessels in the Red Sea, they said yesterday, causing minor damage to a cargo ship that was sailing off the coast of Yemen’s Hodeidah.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM
8,000 displaced evacuated from Gaza hospital: Red Cross
Around 8,000 displaced people have been evacuated from a besieged hospital in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Yunis where they had sought refuge, the Red Cross said yesterday.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM