Study: Tourism polluting Antarctica

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth’s most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Suspended Thai PM defends herself in court

Thailand’s suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra testified on Thursday in a case seeking her removal from office over her handling of the kingdom’s border row with Cambodia.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Judge Frank Caprio, who drew a huge online audience with his compassion, dies at 88

Caprio billed his courtroom as a place “where people and cases are met with kindness and compassion.”
21 August 2025, 03:42 AM

US Navy ship on fire for 12 hours off Japan

The fire broke out on the USS New Orleans on the southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday
21 August 2025, 03:32 AM

US imposes new sanctions on four ICC judges, prosecutors

Marco Rubio called the court "a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare" against the United States and Israel
21 August 2025, 03:20 AM

Talks without Russia ‘a road to nowhere’

Russia yesterday said it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.
20 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Support grows for Palestinian statehood in US

A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long war.
20 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia expects India to keep buying its oil

Russia expects to continue supplying oil to India despite warnings from the United States, Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said yesterday, adding that Moscow hopes trilateral talks will soon take place with India and China.
20 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Nigerian bandits kill at least 50 in mosque attack, village raids

The attack on worshippers' prayers came despite a rash of recent peace deals in Katsina state
20 August 2025, 15:15 PM

China to show off massive troops, high-tech weapons at WW2 parade

The parade will be a show of China's military strength
20 August 2025, 10:03 AM

Iran says will deploy new missiles if Israel attacks again

In mid-June, Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a war in which Iran responded with missile and drone strikes.
20 August 2025, 08:09 AM

Musk quietly puts brakes on plans for new political party, WSJ says

Musk, without commenting further on the report, said in an X post: "Nothing @WSJ says should ever be thought of as true".
20 August 2025, 08:06 AM

Myanmar junta captures key town, expanding election writ

Demoso -- 105 kilometres (65 miles) east of the capital Naypyidaw -- has witnessed intense combat since 2021, when the military deposed the democratic government and sparked a civil war.
20 August 2025, 07:35 AM

US, NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options

In a press briefing, the White House said that the United States could help coordinate a security guarantee for Ukraine.
20 August 2025, 07:22 AM

Venezuela says 66 children 'kidnapped' by the United States

Caracas is demanding the children be handed over to Venezuelan authorities so they can be repatriated.
20 August 2025, 03:59 AM

Bus accident toll in Benin rises to 27

At least 27 people have died in Benin after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River, rescuers said Tuesday, updating the toll from the weekend crash that left dozens missing.
19 August 2025, 19:37 PM

Finnish MP, 30, dies inside parliament building

A MP from Finland’s Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland’s parliament building on Tuesday at the age of 30, the assembly’s communications office said.
19 August 2025, 18:38 PM

Pakistan floods toll nears 400

Rescuers and residents resumed searching yesterday for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential rain rose to almost 400, with authorities warning monsoon downpours would continue until the weekend.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Record number of aid workers killed in 2024: UN

A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, the United Nations said Tuesday, branding the figures and lack of accountability a “shameful indictment” of international apathy -- and warning this year’s toll was equally disturbing.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Macron calls Putin ‘ogre at our gates’

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday warned European allies not to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called “an ogre at our gates”.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM