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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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Salman Rushdie loses sight in eye, use of hand in attack: Agent
Author Salman Rushdie lost vision in one eye and was left "incapacitated" in a hand after he was stabbed in the United States in August, his agent said in an interview published this weekend.
23 October 2022, 17:45 PM
2 pilots dead as Russian fighter jet crashes in Siberia
A Russian military jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday and the two pilots were killed, officials said, the second such fatal incident in six days involving a Sukhoi fighter plane.
23 October 2022, 13:29 PM
Fresh violence kills at least 200
At least 200 people were killed in two days of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, official media said yesterday, up from an earlier toll of 150.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Five centuries old Swiss graffiti found in Jerusalem
Graffiti with the name of a 15th-century Swiss knight has been discovered in Jerusalem, carved into the walls of a building where pilgrims stayed, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM
At least 150 killed in two days of fighting in Sudan’s south
At least 150 people including children have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, a medic said Thursday.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Turkey calls for end to embargoes on Iran, Venezuela
Turkey yesterday said the lifting of Western sanctions on countries including Iran and Venezuela would alleviate the global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM
World's female foreign ministers to meet on Iran: Canada
Many of the world's female foreign ministers will discuss the "brutal" crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday.
20 October 2022, 04:11 AM
Iran pledges more drones, missiles to Russia
Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.
18 October 2022, 19:39 PM
UN says Somalia famine risk worst in half a century
Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said yesterday as it set a new target of more than $2 billion in funding needs.
18 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Blast kills two UN peacekeepers in Mali
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and four injured in northern Mali yesterday by a highway bomb, the UN mission said on Twitter.
17 October 2022, 18:00 PM
92 refugees found on Greek-Turkish border
Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river from Turkey into Greece, Athens said yesterday.
16 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Greek police rescue 92 migrants at border with Turkey
Greek police have rescued a group of 92 migrants close to its northern border with Turkey.
16 October 2022, 11:36 AM
Anti-hijab protests: Fury in Iran as cop sex assault video goes viral
Angry demonstrators took to streets across Iran again yesterday as a video of anti-riot forces sexually assaulting a female protester provoked fury on social media.
15 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Syria unearths stunning Roman-era mosaic
Syria has revealed a remarkably intact 1,600-year-old Roman-era mosaic including depictions of warriors in the Trojan War, with authorities hailing it as one of the “rarest” found.
13 October 2022, 18:00 PM
North Korea says it tested two cruise missiles
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of long-range cruise missiles, which he described as a successful demonstration of his military’s expanding nuclear strike capabilities and readiness for “actual war,” state media said Thursday.
13 October 2022, 06:16 AM
'Burnt Hair': Elon Musk sells $1 mn worth of quirky new perfume
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has scented a new opportunity to capitalise on quirky products, launching a perfume called "Burnt Hair" that he said sold 10,000 bottles to earn a million dollars in just a few hours.
12 October 2022, 13:05 PM
‘All I saw was death’
Astronauts have for decades described their trips to space as “breathtaking” and humbling, a reminder of the Earth’s fragility and humanity’s need to serve as stewards of our home planet.
11 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Winners of 2022 Nobel prizes
Following is a list of the Nobel prize winners in 2022:
10 October 2022, 13:35 PM
Bernanke, Diamond, Dybvig win Nobel prize in Economics
This year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded to the former chair of the US Federal Reserve, Ben S Bernanke, and two US-based economists, Douglas W Diamond and Philip H Dybvig, “for research on banks and financial crises.”
10 October 2022, 10:08 AM
22 dead after landslide sweeps through Venezuela town
A landslide fueled by flooding and days of torrential rain swept through a town in central Venezuela, leaving at least 22 people dead as it dragged mud, rocks and trees through neighborhoods, authorities said Sunday. Dozens of people are missing.
10 October 2022, 03:20 AM