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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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US nuke proposal against national interest: Iran
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday a US proposal for a nuclear agreement was against the national interest, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April: Islamabad
Millions of Afghans have poured into Pakistan over the past several decades, fleeing successive wars.
4 June 2025, 05:53 AM
US-backed Gaza aid centres to close temporarily after 27 killed
Twenty-seven people were killed in southern Gaza on Tuesday when Israeli troops opened fire near one of the centres operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
4 June 2025, 05:42 AM
Vietnam scraps two-child limit: state media
The decision on the number of children is now a decision for each individual couple, Vietnam News Agency said.
4 June 2025, 04:15 AM
Global alarm rises as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold
German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies
4 June 2025, 03:54 AM
South Korea's new President Lee vows to revive democracy from 'near demise'
Lee's decisive victory in Tuesday's snap election stands to usher in a sea change in Asia's fourth-largest economy, after backlash against a botched attempt at military rule brought down Yoon Suk Yeol just three years into his troubled presidency.
4 June 2025, 03:37 AM
Mongolia PM resigns after anti-corruption protests
Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned yesterday following weeks of anti-corruption protests in the country’s capital.
3 June 2025, 18:33 PM
200 prisoners break out of Pak jail after quake panic
More than 200 inmates escaped from a jail in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi late on Monday when they overpowered prison guards after being allowed to leave their cells following a series of earthquakes, local officials and police said.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
More than 4m refugees fled Sudan civil war
The number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023 has surpassed four million, UN refugee agency officials said yesterday, adding that many survivors faced inadequate shelter due to funding shortages.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran deal won’t allow ‘any’ uranium enrichment: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out allowing Iran to enrich uranium under any nuclear deal between the foes -- as Tehran defended what it said was its “peaceful” pursuit of fuel for power generation.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
HIV cases soar in Philippines
Philippine medical authorities yesterday warned of a looming “public health emergency” as HIV infections have soared this year, with young males especially hard-hit.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Harvard seeks end to US funding cuts
Harvard University asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $2.5 billion in funding blocked by President Donald Trump’s administration, which Harvard said was illegal.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump, Xi will likely speak this week
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will likely speak this week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, days after Trump accused China of violating an agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Death toll in Nigeria jumps past 200
Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said yesterday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
New rare wild orchid seen in UK for first time in 100 years
A new lady’s-slipper orchid, once believed to be extinct in the UK, has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 100 years following a decades-long conservation drive, experts said yesterday.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine peace efforts are complex: Kremlin
The Kremlin warned yesterday that work on trying to reach a settlement to end the war in Ukraine was extraordinarily complex and that it would be wrong to expect any imminent decisions.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump, Xi will 'likely' talk this week: White House
Asked about the statement, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry said Beijing had "no information to provide"
3 June 2025, 08:47 AM
Polish nationalist Nawrocki wins presidency in setback for pro-EU government
Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland's presidential election, results showed on Monday, delivering a big blow to the centrist government's efforts to cement Warsaw's pro-European orientation
3 June 2025, 03:38 AM
Cambodia to file complaint with ICJ over Thai border dispute
Cambodia will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over border disputes with Thailand, Prime Minister Hun Manet said yesterday, after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a recent frontier clash.
2 June 2025, 18:08 PM
Massive plume of ash, gas spews from Italy’s Mt Etna
A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth yesterday from Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, but authorities said there was no current danger to the population.
2 June 2025, 18:08 PM