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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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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Trump says US colleges would struggle without Chinese students
China's foreign ministry hoped the US would follow through on Trump's statement welcoming Chinese students
27 August 2025, 07:39 AM
Thai woman jailed for 43 years for lese-majeste freed
Anchan Preelert, 69, was jailed for 43 years in 2021 after sharing online audio clips on YouTube of an underground podcast host known as "DJ Banpodj", a fierce critic of the monarchy.
27 August 2025, 07:29 AM
How floundering India-US talks led to high tariffs
It escalated tensions between the world's two largest democracies and strategic partners
27 August 2025, 04:11 AM
1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water: UN
More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere near quickly enough.
26 August 2025, 18:16 PM
Families leave Gaza City after night of bombardment
More Palestinian families left Gaza City on Tuesday after a night of Israeli shelling on its outskirts, as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling for hostages to be released and the war in Gaza to end.
26 August 2025, 18:06 PM
Xi to welcome Putin, Modi next week
President Xi Jinping will gather more than 20 world leaders at a regional security forum in China next week in a powerful show of Global South solidarity in the age of Donald Trump while also helping sanctions-hit Russia pull off another diplomatic coup.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump wants to meet N Korea’s Kim this year
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan evacuates 150,000 people
Pakistan evacuated at least 150,000 people in areas along three rivers in its agricultural heartland under threat of flooding after neighbouring India warned it plans to release excess water from a dam, officials said on Tuesday.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
China-Russia ties ‘most stable’ in turbulent world
President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China’s ties with Russia are the “most stable, mature and strategically significant” among major world powers, state media reported.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Two Australian cops shot dead in Victoria State
A gunman opened fire on police Tuesday at a rural Australian property in a “horrific” confrontation that killed two officers and wounded a third.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Aid to Gaza still ‘drop in the ocean’: WFP
The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a “drop in the ocean”, days after famine was formally declared in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Ambani son’s wildlife centre faces probe
India’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into a wildlife rescue centre run by the philanthropic arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s group, although it said the evidence did not support allegations of unlawful animal acquisitions and mistreatment.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
UN says Israeli probes into Gaza killings must 'yield results'
"There needs to be justice. We haven't seen results or accountability measures yet."
26 August 2025, 09:17 AM
Two police killed in eastern Australia shooting
Police said they were hunting for a man who had fled after the violent confrontation at a remote property in Porepunkah
26 August 2025, 09:08 AM
Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record
Kokichi Akuzawa, who was born in 1923, summited Japan's highest peak after climbing a mountain on an almost weekly basis as part of his training.
26 August 2025, 09:04 AM
Iran vows reciprocal action after Australia expels envoy
Iran says Australia's decision to expel ambassador driven by internal affairs
26 August 2025, 09:00 AM
India to probe giant zoo run by Mukesh Ambani's son
Vantara, which bills itself as the "world's biggest wild animal rescue centre", is run by Anant Ambani
26 August 2025, 07:07 AM
Trump orders removal of a Fed governor over mortgage fraud allegations
"I have determined that there is sufficient cause to remove you from your position," Trump wrote in a letter addressed to Cook
26 August 2025, 05:43 AM
Australia expels Iran ambassador over antisemitic attacks
It is the first time Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II.
26 August 2025, 04:05 AM
Trump orders crackdown on US flag burning and desecration, raising free speech concern
"If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail, no early exits, no nothing," Trump said as he signed the order in the Oval Office.
26 August 2025, 03:47 AM