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Gunmen kill Pak militia chief, 5 others
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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‘We won’t just sit in defence’
Ukraine’s top military commander vowed to increase the “scale and depth” of strikes on Russia in remarks made public yesterday, saying Kyiv would not sit idly by while Moscow prolonged its three-year invasion.
22 June 2025, 18:00 PM
World reacts to US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites
The United States has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, further escalating the war between Israel and Iran.
22 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Cambodia PM orders halt to fuel imports from Thailand
All fuel and gas imports from Thailand will be halted, he says
22 June 2025, 14:40 PM
Israel leading Middle East to ‘total disaster’
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan yesterday accused Israel of leading the Middle East towards “total disaster” by attacking Iran on June 13.
21 June 2025, 18:24 PM
Western firms giving Russia tools to make weapons: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday accused Western firms of supplying Russia with “machine tools” used to make weapons.
21 June 2025, 18:22 PM
Pakistan to nominate Trump
Pakistan said on Saturday it would recommend U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves, for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.
21 June 2025, 18:01 PM
Myanmar junta battles guerrillas for control of jade hub
Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country’s jade mining hub yesterday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone.
20 June 2025, 19:59 PM
Violence against kids hit ‘unprecedented levels’ in 2024: UN
From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached “unprecedented levels” in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday.
20 June 2025, 19:58 PM
Israeli gunfire, strikes kill 72 across Gaza
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 72 people yesterday, including 21 who had gathered near aid distribution sites as famine looms after more than 20 months of war.
19 June 2025, 18:09 PM
Nato rearmament not a ‘threat’ to Russia: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Nato’s push to ramp up defence spending was not a “threat” to Russia, days before the alliance was set to sign-off on a plan to boost its military capacity across Europe.
19 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel’s assumption is being put to test
Along the Ayalon highway, in Tel Aviv, two illuminated signs have appeared, portraying Donald Trump against a billowing stars-and-stripes backdrop and bearing the blunt appeal: “Mr President, finish the job!”
19 June 2025, 18:00 PM
India has ‘clear intent’ to target Sikh movement in N America
India has a “clear intent” to target members of a Sikh separatist movement in North America, a Canadian intelligence report said Wednesday after leaders of the two nations agreed to turn the page on a bitter spat over an assassination.
19 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump hosts Pak army chief
US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday in an unprecedented meeting that risked worsening a disagreement with India over the president’s claim that he stopped last month’s conflict between the nuclear-armed South Asian foes.
19 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Oil tankers near Iran appear to be in rural Russia
The Front Tyne oil tanker was sailing through the Gulf between Iran and the United Arab Emirates when just past 9:40 am shiptracking data appeared to show the massive vessel in Russia, in fields better known for barley and sugar beets.
19 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump admin tightens social media vetting
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered the resumption of student visa appointments but will significantly tighten its social media vetting in a bid to identify any applicants who may be hostile towards the United States, according to an internal State Department cable.
19 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Vance joins X rival Bluesky, urges followers to do the same
But shortly after, the vice president's Bluesky account was briefly suspended
19 June 2025, 11:38 AM
Air India cuts 15% of international flights on wide-body aircraft
The reduction will be implemented between "now and 20 June"
19 June 2025, 07:23 AM
US resumes visas for foreign students but demands access to social media accounts
Trump admin last month temporarily halted new visa interviews for foreign students
19 June 2025, 03:03 AM
There was no US mediation in truce with Pakistan
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump late on Tuesday that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the two militaries and not US mediation, India's senior-most diplomat said.
18 June 2025, 21:00 PM
US added over 1,000 new millionaires a day last year
Wealth grew disproportionately quickly last year in the United States, where over 379,000 people became new US dollar millionaires, more than a 1,000 a day, a report published yesterday showed.
18 June 2025, 18:00 PM