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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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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Dozens dead in attack on Syria military academy
More than 60 people were killed yesterday in a drone attack on a military academy in Syria’s Homs, a war monitor said, revising a previous toll.
5 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Now, Biden to build more wall along Mexico border
The Biden administration today quietly announced plans to add to the border wall with Mexico -- extending construction of the barrier that was a signature policy of Donald Trump
5 October 2023, 14:52 PM
Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel literature prize
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the award-giving body said today
5 October 2023, 11:18 AM
Second round of Fukushima wastewater release begins: operator
Japan began releasing a second batch of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, its operator said
5 October 2023, 03:24 AM
Trio win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots
Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of clusters of atoms known as quantum dots, now used to create colour in flat screens, light emitting diode (LED) lamps and devices that help surgeons see blood vessels in tumours.
4 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Canada wants pvt talks with India: FM
Canada wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Tuesday, after a report said India had asked the country to withdraw 41 diplomats.
4 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Global Youth Climate Summit 2023 kicks off in Dar es Salaam
The second Global Youth Climate Summit 2023 kicked off in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam yesterday.
4 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Nobel Prize jury 'deeply regrets' leak of laureates' names
The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, which awards the Nobel Chemistry Prize, apologised Wednesday for a mistake that saw the laureates' names released to Swedish media hours before the formal announcement
4 October 2023, 10:34 AM
Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights
Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED-lights and TV-screens and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue.
4 October 2023, 09:55 AM
21 killed after bus falls from Venice bridge and catches fire
At least 21 people, including two children and foreign tourists, were killed Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire
4 October 2023, 04:14 AM
CBI granted 5-day custody of 4 accused
A special court in India’s Guwahati has granted the CBI five-day custody of the four accused arrested in connection with a probe into the cases of two missing Manipuri students believed to have been killed, officials said on Monday.
3 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Armenia ratifies ICC founding treaty
Armenian lawmakers approved a key step towards joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday, a move that is set to escalate tensions with the ex-Soviet country’s traditional ally Moscow.
3 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Pope Francis hints at blessings for same-sex couples
Pope Francis has appeared to leave open the possibility of priests blessing same-sex couples, if they are limited, decided on a case-by-case basis and not confused with wedding ceremonies of heterosexuals.
3 October 2023, 10:09 AM
Agostini, Krausz and L'Huillier win physics Nobel for work on electrons
France's Pierre Agostini, Hungarian-Austrian Ferenc Krausz and French-Swedish Anne L'Huillier on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for research into tools for exploring electrons inside atoms and molecules
3 October 2023, 10:07 AM
India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats: FT
India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday
3 October 2023, 05:31 AM
From Mallorca to Bhutan: Making tourism sustainable
From Thailand to Mallorca, local ecosystems have suffered under the weight of mass tourism. Can visitor number limits and sustainable practices help restore the balance?
3 October 2023, 04:33 AM
29 Niger soldiers killed by suspected jihadists: defence ministry
Twenty-nine soldiers were killed in western Niger in an attack by suspected jihadists, the defence ministry said on Monday night, declaring a three-day national mourning period
3 October 2023, 03:25 AM
3 suspected IS terrorists arrested by Delhi police
Three suspected IS terrorists, one of them on the most wanted list of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), have been arrested in Delhi during a big crackdown by the anti-terror agency. The three have been identified as Shahnawaz, Mohammed Rizwan and Mohammed Arshad Warsi.
2 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Thousands flee southern Sudan town as war spreads
Sudan’s months-long war has spread to a town in the country’ south, forcing thousands to flee, residents said yesterday after attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces battling the army.
2 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Western fatigue over Ukraine ‘will grow’
The Kremlin said yesterday that Western fatigue over Ukraine “will grow”, as the future of United States aid for Kyiv hung in the balance.
2 October 2023, 18:00 PM