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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
23 October 2025, 17:44 PM
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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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'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary
6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year
18 August 2025, 04:09 AM
Qantas fined US$59 million for illegal layoffs
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said he wanted the penalty to be a "real deterrence" to firms that might be tempted by the financial rewards of breaching employment law.
18 August 2025, 04:04 AM
Mass rally in Tel Aviv calls for end to Gaza war, hostage deal
The rally was the culmination of a day of nationwide protests and a general strike to pressure the government to halt the military campaign.
18 August 2025, 03:19 AM
Zelensky, European leaders head to US for talks on peace deal terms
He will meet Donald Trump on Monday alongside a cohort of European leaders.
18 August 2025, 03:12 AM
3 Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops to US capital
The Republican governors of three states are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the city as awash in crime.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli military strikes Houthi ‘energy site’ in Yemen
Israel’s military said yesterday it struck an “energy infrastructure site” in Yemen used by the Houthi rebels, the latest action against the Iran-backed group which has launched attacks at Israel throughout the Gaza war.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Hamas rejects Israel’s plan
Palestinian group Hamas said yesterday that Israel’s plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a “new wave of genocide and displacement” for hundreds of thousands of residents in the area.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Iraq uncovers suspected IS burial site near Mosul
Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul city, the project’s director told AFP yesterday.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump defends global war involvement
US President Donald Trump has again brought up the recent India-Pakistan conflict, reiterating his claim that the US helped in averting a nuclear escalation between the two Asian neighbours.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia, official says
There were no immediate reports of deaths
17 August 2025, 10:44 AM
US stops visitor visas for people from Gaza
The department said "a small number" of temporary medical-humanitarian visas had been issued in recent days but did not provide a figure.
17 August 2025, 03:37 AM
Erin strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane, NHC says
The NHC had previously said it expected Erin to strengthen into next week.
17 August 2025, 03:24 AM
Trump, not Putin, budges
Donald Trump wanted to go bold -- a high-pomp, high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin to test whether the Russian leader would compromise on the Ukraine war.
16 August 2025, 18:37 PM
Trump puts peace onus on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump yesterday said Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not,” after hosting a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.
16 August 2025, 18:16 PM
Putin says 'understanding' with Trump on Ukraine
Putin and Trump praised the meeting, with the Russian leader branding it as 'constructive'
16 August 2025, 00:26 AM
Trump says no summit deal reached with Putin over ending war in Ukraine
The anticlimactic end to the closely watched summit was in stark contrast to the pomp and circumstance with which it began
16 August 2025, 00:15 AM
Geneva makes public transport free to combat pollution spike
Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollution in the city.
15 August 2025, 18:54 PM
Trump, Putin in Alaska to end Ukraine war
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin flew to Alaska yesterday for a high-risk summit that promises a stern test of the US president’s promise to end the bloody war in Ukraine.
15 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Russian envoy describes mood ahead of Putin-Trump talks as 'combative'
Putin and Trump will discuss the full spectrum of US-Russia relations, not only Ukraine, and their talks will be aimed at restoring ties, says special envoy
15 August 2025, 15:53 PM
Trump to let Ukraine decide on territorial swaps
Trump made the comments to reporters on Air Force One as he travels to Alaska for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
15 August 2025, 12:58 PM