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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Methane threat grows as global action stalls: UN
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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Asian markets on course to end week on a positive note
Dozens of countries yet to cut deals with US 2 weeks before the August 1 deadline
18 July 2025, 04:51 AM
Stephen Colbert's late-night show on CBS to end in May 2026
The show will be retired and Colbert will not be replaced. New episodes will air until the end of the broadcast TV season in May 2026, a network statement said.
18 July 2025, 04:15 AM
Trump diagnosed with vein issue after leg swelling and hand bruising
The 79-year-old, who in January became the oldest person ever to assume the presidency, was found to have "chronic venous insufficiency,"
18 July 2025, 01:14 AM
Israel creating discord
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa promised to protect the rights of Druze citizens yesterday as a ceasefire appeared to be holding in the country’s south following US intervention to end fighting between government forces and Druze fighters.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia, Ukraine trade deadly drone attacks
Russia and Ukraine traded another wave of drone strikes overnight, both sides said yesterday, in attacks that killed and wounded people on either side of the front line.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Fire at mall in Iraq leaves 69 people dead
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 69 people, authorities said yesterday, as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
UK to lower voting age to 16
The British government said yesterday it plans to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in general elections, a landmark change giving the UK one of the lowest voting ages worldwide.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Probe focuses on actions of plane’s captain: WSJ
A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
69pc Americans believe Trump admin hiding info: poll
Most Americans think President Donald Trump’s administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epsteinand give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza church hit by Israeli strikes
The Roman Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip was damaged by a military strike yesterday, killing two people and injuring several others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
After days of bloodshed, residents of Syria's Sweida confront devastation
More than 500 people from all sides were killed in the violence
17 July 2025, 15:48 PM
US Senate passes aid, public broadcasting cuts in victory for Trump
The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of Trump's request to cut $9 billion in spending already approved by Congress.
17 July 2025, 07:22 AM
Three-person IVF technique spared children from inherited diseases
Scientists from Newcastle University reports
17 July 2025, 07:13 AM
Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues
India's aviation regulator earlier this week ordered the country's airlines to investigate the locking feature on the switches of several Boeing models.
17 July 2025, 05:42 AM
More than 350 dead in south Syria violence: monitor
More than 350 people have been killed since the weekend in violent clashes in Syria's southern Sweida province
17 July 2025, 03:34 AM
South Korea's top court clears Samsung Chairman Lee in 2015 merger fraud case
The Supreme Court's verdict permanently removes a long-running legal distraction for Lee as Samsung plays catch-up in a global race to develop cutting-edge AI chips.
17 July 2025, 03:28 AM
Syria's interim president says protecting Druze a 'priority'
He added that the Syrian people are not afraid of war and are ready to fight if their dignity is threatened.
17 July 2025, 03:22 AM
Cyberscam crackdown: Cambodia arrests over 200 Vietnam citizens
Cambodian authorities have arrested more than 200 Vietnamese nationals in internet scam centre raids, police said yesterday, as Prime Minister Hun Manet ordered a crackdown on cybercrime sweatshops.
16 July 2025, 19:27 PM
Russia defies Trump’s warning over Ukraine
Russia fired hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late Tuesday and early yesterday, Ukraine said, defying calls by Donald Trump to reach a peace deal.
16 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Global health aid sinks to 15-yr low in ‘era of austerity’
Sweeping foreign aid cuts led by the United States will cause international health funding to plummet to the lowest level in 15 years, a study said yesterday, warning the world has entered a new “era of global health austerity.”
16 July 2025, 18:00 PM