Syria announces truce with Kurds after clashes

Syria yesterday announced a comprehensive ceasefire with Kurdish forces after a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi that followed deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukraine strike on Kherson kills four

A Ukrainian strike on the Russia-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region killed four people, the Moscow-installed governor said yesterday, as Kyiv stepped up retaliatory strikes against Russia.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Spain PM urges end to Gaza ‘genocide’

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday condemned “terrorism in all its forms” on the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and urged an end to “the genocide” in Gaza.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Denmark to ban social media for under-15s

Denmark yesterday said it planned to introduce a social media ban for children under the age of 15.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Macron should resign: ex-PM

Emmanuel Macron’s first prime minister and one-time ally on Tuesday urged the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

How the US funded Israel

Israel would not have been able to sustain its wars across the Middle East without the United States’s significant financial backing of more than $21bn since October 2023, according to a pair of new reports.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Denmark to ban social media for under-15s

Danish PM did not specify which social media networks would fall under ban
7 October 2025, 16:08 PM

Israeli forces shell Gaza on war anniversary, Hamas and Israel discuss Trump plan

Heavy bombardment continues amid US-backed talks in Egypt on ending two-year war
7 October 2025, 11:54 AM

Clarke, Devoret and Martinis win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has provided opportunities for developing the next generation of quantum technology
7 October 2025, 09:45 AM

France PM in final effort to salvage cabinet

Lecornu resigned on Monday morning
7 October 2025, 08:04 AM

Trump calls off diplomatic outreach to Venezuela, US official says

Trump delivered the message to Grenell during a meeting in the Oval Office
7 October 2025, 05:18 AM

Remaining trekkers stranded near Mount Everest in Tibet being evacuated, source says

The evacuation began on Monday and should be completed by Tuesday, said the source
7 October 2025, 05:13 AM

Death toll hits 63; 6 missing

The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 63 yesterday, officials said, as workers pulled more remains from the rubble of the building that collapsed last week.
6 October 2025, 21:34 PM

Cambodian ex-PM rails against ‘immoral’ Thai shooting video

Cambodia’s powerful former leader Hun Sen on Monday blasted a social media video of a man shooting at his image during a carnival in Thailand, amid simmering tensions over the nations’ disputed border.
6 October 2025, 19:43 PM

Medicine Nobel goes to trio for immune system research

A US-Japanese trio yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its “security guards”, the Nobel jury said.
6 October 2025, 18:06 PM

Netanyahu faces far-right fury amid Gaza peace push

A rift within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is emerging as a flashpoint in efforts to end the war in Gaza, threatening to derail a US push to reshape the political landscape of the Middle East.
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel deports 171 more activists including Thunberg

Israel yesterday said it deported 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Rescuers scramble to deliver aid; more than 70 killed

Rescuers in Nepal and India yesterday scrambled to deliver emergency aid after days of torrential rain triggered landslides and floods that have killed more than 70 people, officials said.
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Man on trial in Albania shoots judge dead in court

The other party to the trial, a father and son, were also shot
6 October 2025, 16:41 PM

Surging numbers of children using e-cigarettes: WHO

UN health agency says e-cigarettes are fueling a new wave of nicotine addiction
6 October 2025, 15:21 PM