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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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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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New Zealand chooses 'Chippy' Hipkins to replace charismatic Ardern
New Zealand's ruling Labour Party chose former Covid minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday to replace the charismatic Jacinda Ardern as its new leader, and become the next prime minister of the country.
22 January 2023, 05:12 AM
Gang war in Haitian capital leaves 3 police dead
Clashes between police and gangs killed at least three officers in the Haitian capital city of Port-Au-Prince, police said on Saturday.
22 January 2023, 01:37 AM
Drone attack hits US-led coalition base in Syria: US military
A drone attack hit a US-led coalition base in southern Syria yesterday, the US military’s Central Command said, with a war monitor saying it was launched by Iran-backed groups.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM
5 killed as man opens fire in Georgian town
A former serviceman opened fire in a Georgian town, killing five people before turning the weapon on himself, the Caucasus country's interior ministry said today.
20 January 2023, 08:58 AM
BRAZIL RIOTS: Lula’s govt fires 13 from his security team
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government has fired 13 soldiers from his security detail following violent anti-government riots for which he pointed the finger again Wednesday at his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Spanish woman tipped to be ‘world’s oldest person’ at 115
A Spanish great-grandmother who was born in the United States has likely become the world’s oldest living person at 115, a Guinness World Records consultant said Wednesday.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Man lost at sea says he survived on ketchup for 24 days
A man from the Caribbean island of Dominica says he survived 24 days lost at sea in a sailboat by eating ketchup before being rescued in Colombian waters, the country's naval authority said.
19 January 2023, 15:04 PM
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion
Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted yesterday of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has long maintained are politically motivated, calling the verdict a victory for “truth”.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Ukraine's interior minister among 18 dead in helicopter crash
Eighteen people including Ukraine's interior minister, other senior ministry officials and three children were killed this morning morning when a helicopter crashed near a nursery outside Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said.
18 January 2023, 08:36 AM
World's oldest known person dies aged 118
The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.
18 January 2023, 01:26 AM
40 nations urge Israel to lift 'punitive' sanctions on Palestinians
Some 40 countries have called on Israel to lift sanctions it imposed on the Palestinian Authority earlier this month over its push to get the UN's top court to issue an advisory opinion on the Israeli occupation.
17 January 2023, 06:39 AM
2022 brought surge in killings of journalists: UN
Killings of journalists and media workers surged 50 percent in 2022 to reach 86 worldwide, marking one death every four days, UN cultural body Unesco said Monday.
16 January 2023, 13:03 PM
19 dead in Senegal road crash
Nineteen people were killed on Monday when a bus and a truck collided in northern Senegal, firefighters said, eight days after a smashup between two buses left 40 dead.
16 January 2023, 10:16 AM
Peru declares emergency in Lima over protests
Peru’s government late Saturday declared a state of emergency in the capital Lima and three other regions due to protests against President Dina Boluarte that have claimed at least 42 lives in recent weeks.
15 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Bolsonaro faces probe
Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will be included in an investigation into the origins of the January 8 sacking of government buildings in Brasilia, a Supreme Court judge announced Friday.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Japan, US and Europe must act together
Japan, the US and Europe must act in unison on China, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida said in Washington, DC, during a visit aimed at enhancing Tokyo’s alliance with the US in the face of growing challenges from Beijing.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Firm removes CO2 permanently from air for clients
A Swiss company says it has certifiably extracted CO2 from the air and permanently stored it in the ground -- for the first time on behalf of paying customers, including Microsoft.
14 January 2023, 13:15 PM
2022 among 8 hottest years on record: UN
The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.
13 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Cuba takes reins of UN ‘Group of 77 and China’
Cuba on Thursday took over the rotating presidency of the Group of 77 and China, which advocates for developing countries’ interests at the United Nations.
13 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Hollywood glorifies Pablo Escobar
The son of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar says a glorified Hollywood image of gangster life has wrongfully inspired young people to seek a life of crime.
13 January 2023, 14:34 PM