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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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China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Man lynched for ‘blasphemy’
A man was beaten to death by a mob after being accused of blasphemy at a rally for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party, officials said yesterday.
7 May 2023, 18:00 PM
‘My heart aches’
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday that his “heart aches” over South Korea’s colonial-era suffering, as he hailed fresh efforts to mend Tokyo’s long-strained ties with Seoul at a landmark summit.
7 May 2023, 18:00 PM
At least 27 dead in Peru gold mine fire
At least 27 workers have died in a fire at a gold mine in a remote area of southern Peru, authorities said yesterday.
7 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Vietnam posts record-high temperature
Vietnam has reported a record-high temperature, with climate experts warning such extreme weather events would continue.
7 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Blast hurts 7 peacekeepers in Mali
Seven United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in central Mali yesterday when a roadside bomb exploded under their convoy, said the UN force in the West African country (MINUSMA).
6 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Britons’ support for monarchy declined: CNN polls
Britons are more likely to say their views of the monarchy have worsened than improved over the past decade, according to a CNN poll, suggesting that King Charles III is facing serious challenges.
6 May 2023, 18:00 PM
54 Killed in ethnic clashes
The death toll after ethnic clashes in India’s remote northeast rose to 54 yesterday, with fresh violence overnight despite authorities rushing in troops to restore order.
6 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Why is Camilla crowned and is she ‘Queen’?
Camilla in technically queen. That’s because if a male sovereign is married when they accede the throne, his wife is traditionally anointed and crowned in a short ceremony that takes place after the king is crowned and the homages are paid.
6 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Sudan warring parties in Jeddah for talks
Envoys of Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces were in Jeddah for talks yesterday, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said.
6 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Raging bull chases players from the ground
A Rugby Super League game in France has descended into chaos and near-tragedy when a raging bull charged down the Stade Gilbert Brutus field while players were warming up on the ground on Friday
6 May 2023, 09:55 AM
In a coronation brimming with history, King Charles and Britain look to future
Charles III will be crowned king on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years
6 May 2023, 05:51 AM
China assures India, Russia of deepening 'cooperation'
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang assured his Russian and Indian counterparts of deepening bilateral ties, promising that "coordination and cooperation" will only grow stronger, in a show of solidarity with two of China's biggest neighbours..Qin met in India yesterday with other foreign mi
5 May 2023, 08:37 AM
US Capitol attack: 4 members of Proud Boys convicted of sedition
A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory
4 May 2023, 15:25 PM
Israel says killed 3 suspects in murders of UK-Israeli women
Israel said its security forces shot dead three Palestinians blamed for killing a British-Israeli woman and two of her daughters last month, in a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.
4 May 2023, 11:26 AM
Press freedom shrinks, journalists targeted
Press freedom is under attack in every corner of the globe, with journalists continually harassed, jailed and killed, UN officials and media outlets have warned.
3 May 2023, 18:00 PM
School Shooting: Boy kills 9 in planned attack in Belgrade
A boy gunned down fellow pupils in a Belgrade school yesterday morning in a pre-planned attack, shooting dead eight plus a security guard and wounding seven others, Serbian officials said.
3 May 2023, 18:00 PM
New El Nino could set heat records: WMO
The United Nations yesterday warned of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon El Nino will develop in coming months, fuelling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records.
3 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Number of child marriages falling too slowly: Unicef
According to Unicef estimates, 640 million girls and women today were married when they were under 18. At present, an estimated 12 million girls are becoming child brides each year
3 May 2023, 01:48 AM
US to end Covid-19 vaccination requirements for int’l visitors on May 11
The White House on Monday announced a May 11 end to Covid-19 vaccine requirements for travellers to the United States and for government employees across the world's biggest economy
2 May 2023, 07:30 AM
Suspected Islamic State group chief killed in Syria: Erdogan
The suspected leader of the Islamic State group has been killed in Syria in an operation carried out by Turkey's MIT intelligence agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday
1 May 2023, 04:55 AM