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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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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Gunmen kill 25 in restive central Nigeria state
Gunmen killed 25 people in two attacks across north-central Nigeria’s Benue state over the weekend, local authorities told AFP yesterday, the latest violence in a region known for deadly land disputes and reprisals.
2 June 2025, 18:05 PM
Hajj pilgrims gather in Makkah under desert sun
More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Makkah ahead of the annual hajj, with authorities vowing to hold a safer pilgrimage amid searing desert heat and a massive crackdown on illegal visitors.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Adani under new scrutiny from US prosecutors
US prosecutors are investigating whether Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s companies imported Iranian liquefied petroleum gas into India through their Mundra port, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Macron’s figure stolen from Paris waxwork museum
President Emmanuel Macron’s wax figure was stolen yesterday from a Paris waxwork museum by several people claiming to be Greenpeace environmental activists, a police source told AFP.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia, Ukraine swap peace roadmaps
Russia and Ukraine yesterday swapped plans for ending their three-year war during talks in Istanbul aiming to find a way out of Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
No nuclear deal if deprived of ‘peaceful activities’
Iran said yesterday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it calls “peaceful activities”, a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it will drop sanctions.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Hospital in southern Gaza overwhelmed
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders yesterday said the staff at Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis are working in dire conditions, facing severe shortages of medical supplies.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
New hope for patients with less common breast cancer
A new treatment nearly halves the risk of disease progression or death from a less common form of breast cancer that hasn't seen major drug advances in over a decade, researchers reported Monday
2 June 2025, 12:43 PM
Russia and Ukraine to talk about peace but are still far apart
The first round of talks on May 16 yielded the biggest prisoner swap of the war but no sign of peace - or even a ceasefire as both sides merely set out their own opening negotiating positions.
2 June 2025, 06:54 AM
China says 'firmly rejects' US claim of violating tariff deal
Beijing and Washington last month agreed to temporarily slash staggeringly high levies on each other for 90 days after talks between top officials in Geneva.
2 June 2025, 06:42 AM
Europe bristles at US proposals at Asian gathering, India-Pakistan hostility on show
Even as he warned in a speech on Saturday that China posed an "imminent" threat, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made clear he wanted Europeans to concentrate on European security as they boosted military budgets.
2 June 2025, 05:38 AM
Man attacks Colorado crowd with firebombs, 8 people injured
Authorities had earlier put the count of the injured at six and saidat least one of them was in a critical condition
2 June 2025, 05:29 AM
South Korea's presidential candidates rally in final campaign stretch
Both candidates have framed the campaign as a fight for the soul of the nation
2 June 2025, 05:19 AM
Workers' rights in 'free fall' globally: report
87% of countries violated the right to strike, according to ITUC
2 June 2025, 04:28 AM
N Korea deploys mystery balloon-like objects
New satellite images show North Korea has deployed what appear to be balloons alongside its damaged 5,000-tonne warship that has been laying on its side and partially submerged since a botched launch last week.
1 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Over 1,100 crossed Channel on Saturday: UK data
Some 1,194 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats on Saturday, a record for this year according to AFP counting from government data.
1 June 2025, 18:00 PM
India’s Covid cases rise over 1,200pc in a week
The number of active Covid-19 cases in India has crossed 3,000, with Kerala, Maharashtra and Delhi being the worst-hit states in the latest wave.
1 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran warns of retaliation if Europe misuses UN nuke report
Iran yesterday warned it would retaliate if European powers that have threatened to reimpose nuclear sanctions “exploit” a UN report showing Tehran has stepped up production of highly enriched uranium.
1 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump pulls Musk ally’s Nasa nomination
The White House withdrew on Saturday its nominee for Nasa administrator, Jared Isaacman, abruptly yanking a close ally of Elon Musk from consideration to lead the space agency.
1 June 2025, 18:00 PM
2 bridges in Russia collapse in ‘blasts’
The overnight collapse of two bridges in Russian regions bordering Ukraine that killed seven people were caused by explosions, Russian officials said yesterday, treating them as “acts of terrorism”.
1 June 2025, 18:00 PM