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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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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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White House National Security Council slashes staff in dramatic restructuring
Staff dealing with most major geopolitical issues, from Ukraine to Kashmir, were terminated in the afternoon
24 May 2025, 03:07 AM
Israeli air strike hits building in Lebanon
Lebanese state media said an Israeli air strike hit a building in southern Lebanon on Thursday after Israel’s military warned residents to evacuate an area linked to Hezbollah militants.
23 May 2025, 19:38 PM
Napoleon’s sword sold at auction for 4.7m euros
A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 million euros at auction in Paris, many times the asking price and coming close to a new record price for a Napoleonic artefact, the auction house said.
23 May 2025, 19:37 PM
UK newspaper The Telegraph set for US ownership
British right-wing newspaper The Telegraph has agreed a takeover by US investment group RedBird Capital Partners, ending a two-year saga marked by UK government intervention over press freedoms.
23 May 2025, 19:36 PM
Iran, US hold new round of nuclear talks in Rome
Iranian and US negotiators met in Rome yesterday for a fifth round of nuclear talks, after a public disagreement over Tehran’s uranium enrichment.
23 May 2025, 19:21 PM
Iran, US to hold new round of nuclear talks in Rome
Iranian and US negotiators meet in Rome on Friday for a fifth round of nuclear talks, after a public disagreement over Tehran's uranium enrichment.
23 May 2025, 05:52 AM
Record floods devastate eastern Australia
Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help.
23 May 2025, 03:54 AM
Polls setback: Philippines’ Marcos tells cabinet to resign
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday called on his entire cabinet to resign after disappointing results for his party at mid-term elections, a move that analysts say is aimed at reviving his waning popularity.
22 May 2025, 18:15 PM
UN warns of risk of renewed fighting in Syria
The UN envoy for Syria warned Wednesday of the risk of renewed conflict amid attacks on minorities as the country tries to rebuild from decades of dictatorship under Bashar al-Assad.
22 May 2025, 18:13 PM
False claims of genocide: Trump confronts S African president
US President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
22 May 2025, 18:08 PM
UK net migration halves in 2024
Long-term net migration to Britain fell by 50 percent in 2024, official data showed yesterday, as fewer people arrived on work and study visas following rule changes to cut the number of arrivals.
22 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli military intercepts Houthi fired missile
Air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem, where AFP journalists reported loud booms overhead, as the Israeli military announced it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen yesterday for the second time in less than 12 hours.
22 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan won’t get water over which India has rights
Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday, a month after a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir led New Delhi to suspend a key river water-sharing treaty between the neighbours.
22 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Thai court orders ex-PM to pay for rice scheme
A top Thai court yesterday ruled that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra must pay more than $300 million compensation over a controversial rice subsidy scheme during her time in office.
22 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Ex-general slain in attack claimed by anti-coup fighters
A retired Myanmar general who formerly served as ambassador to Cambodia was shot dead yesterday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by anti-coup fighters.
22 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia downs 105 Ukrainian drones, fires Iskander missile
Russia said yesterday it had shot down 105 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, including dozens heading towards Moscow, as the war in Ukraine heats up even as major powers talk about ways to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two.
22 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Young Mongolians demand PM resign over corruption claims
Under PM Luvsannamsrain -- in power since 2021 -- Mongolia has plummeted in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index
22 May 2025, 04:22 AM
Two Israeli embassy staffers killed in Washington shooting
FBI Director Kash Patel said he and his team had been briefed on the shooting.
22 May 2025, 03:53 AM
AI poses a bigger threat to women's work, than men's, says ILO report
It found 9.6% of traditionally female jobs were set to be transformed
22 May 2025, 03:15 AM
Six killed in school bus bombing
A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults yesterday, in an attack the government accused India of backing.
21 May 2025, 18:23 PM