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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
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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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Maldives votes in shadow of India-China power play
The Maldives voted yesterday to decide its next president in an election seen as a referendum on whether to hitch its fortunes to China or India, both vying for influence in the tropical paradise.
30 September 2023, 18:00 PM
US imposes visa restrictions on more Nicaraguan officials over human rights
The United States is imposing visa restrictions on dozens of Nicaraguan municipal officials for their role in alleged attacks on human rights, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement
30 September 2023, 13:19 PM
One year on: Life in Russian annexed eastern Ukraine
Russia is celebrating the first anniversary of the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regionson September 30. The Kremlin is flaunting its land grab using entirely different language, referring to it as the "accession of new regions"
30 September 2023, 09:19 AM
Swiss glaciers melt at record rate: report
Glaciers in Central Europe have been melting faster than ever before, reaching their highest rates of disappearance since records began, according to a report published by the Swiss Commission for Cryospheric Observation (SCC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences on Thursday
30 September 2023, 03:25 AM
Hamas volunteer killed by Israeli troops in West Bank
A Palestinian activist and member of the Islamist Hamas movement was killed on Friday evening during a clash with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, according to multiple sources
30 September 2023, 03:11 AM
Blinken raised Sikh separatist murder with India's Jaishankar
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged India to cooperate with a Canadian investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist during a meeting with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday, a US official said..Speaking in Quebec earlier on Thursday, Canadian Prime Min
29 September 2023, 07:04 AM
US statement after Blinken-Jaishankar meet doesn't mention murder in Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was sure US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would raise the murder of a Sikh separatist leader when he met his Indian counterpart on Thursday but a US statement after the meeting made no mention of the issue
29 September 2023, 03:44 AM
Over 2,500 migrants lost to Mediterranean in 2023: UN
Over 2,500 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean so far in 2023 while trying to cross into Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday in New York
29 September 2023, 02:15 AM
Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162
One person was killed and 162 injured by a powerful explosion on Thursday at a warehouse near Tashkent's airport that sparked a fire and shattered windows in apartment blocks nearby, authorities in Uzbekistan said
28 September 2023, 06:45 AM
China launches first cross-sea bullet train line near Taiwan Strait
China launched its first high-speed rail line that will travel across several bays and skim along the coast of the southeastern province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, state media reported on Thursday
28 September 2023, 06:31 AM
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that aren't yet fully understood
28 September 2023, 04:35 AM
3 astronauts land in Kazakh steppe after a year on ISS
US astronaut Frank Rubio, who broke the record for the longest continuous space flight by an American, and two Russian cosmonauts landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Wednesday after more than a year on the International Space Station (ISS)
28 September 2023, 04:31 AM
Tree-hugging AI to the rescue of Brazilian Amazon
Small, artificially intelligent boxes tied to tree trunks in the Brazilian Amazon are the latest weapon in the arsenal of scientists and environmentalists battling destructive jungle invaders.
27 September 2023, 18:00 PM
6 youths take 32 nations to Europe court
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) yesterday began hearing a case brought by six Portuguese youths against 32 nations for not doing enough to stop global warming, the latest bid to secure climate justice through the courts.
27 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Bankrupt Sri Lanka's recovery 'not yet assured': IMF
Bankrupt Sri Lanka's economic recovery was "not yet assured", the International Monetary Fund warned today, after the first review of its $2.9 billion bailout aimed at repairing the island nation's ruined finances
27 September 2023, 12:43 PM
At least 113 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno
At least 113 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah
27 September 2023, 02:32 AM
Karabakh exodus grows after offensive
Thousands more Armenian refugees fled Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday as officials in Azerbaijan’s war-scarred separatist statelet raised the death toll from a fuel blast to 20.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi envoy seeks to reassure Palestinians
Saudi Arabia yesterday sent its first delegation in three decades to the occupied West Bank to reassure Palestinians that it will defend their cause even as it forges closer ties with Israel.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Political convenience’ can’t determine response to terror
India yesterday told the United Nations “political convenience” cannot be the basis for a response to terrorism or extremism, and called on the global community to respect the rules-based order and the UN Charter.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
US army chief, allies discuss Asia-Pacific in India
Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India yesterday to discuss threats facing the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of concern at an increasingly assertive China.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM