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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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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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Turkey finds new natural gas reserve in Black Sea
Turkey has discovered a new natural gas reserve in the Black Sea that will meet its residential energy needs for more than three years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
17 May 2025, 18:34 PM
India and US at odds on Kashmir truce: analysts
A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict
17 May 2025, 10:06 AM
Trump reshapes US Mideast policy. Can deals work instead?
Trump then lambasted what he called the "neo-cons" that oversaw bloody US military interventions in the region and beyond.
17 May 2025, 03:07 AM
UN ‘alarmed’ by new Tripoli violence
The United Nations expressed deep concern Thursday over new unrest in Libya’s capital, warning the clashes risk mass displacement and endangered civilians.
16 May 2025, 18:47 PM
UN rights office in ‘very serious’ financial situation
The UN rights office based in Geneva says it is facing a dire financial situation amid deep US funding cuts, but its chief insisted there is no “panic”.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Repeal ‘draconian decree’ dissolving political parties
The UN rights chief yesterday called on Mali to immediately repeal a decree dissolving political parties and to “fully restore political rights in the country”.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Concerned’ over challenges to global trade: APEC
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said yesterday that it was “concerned” over the challenges to global trade, as ministers from APEC countries met in South Korea in the shadow of growing woes from US tariffs.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
World Press Photo suspends credit for ‘Napalm Girl’ picture
World Press Photo yesterday suspended the credit for who took one of the most iconic pictures in history, the Vietnam War image “Napalm Girl”, after doubts were raised over the photograph’s authorship.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Make a quick decision on American proposal
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran should make a quick decision on an American proposal for a nuclear deal or “something bad will happen”.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Pull back troops before truce
Russian negotiators at peace talks in Istanbul demanded Ukraine pull its troops out of all the Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow before they would agree to a ceasefire, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the talks told Reuters.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Salman Rushdie assailant sentenced to 25 years in prison
Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted in February of attempted murder and assault for the stabbing, which left Rushdie blind in one eye
16 May 2025, 15:16 PM
Gaza rescuers say 50 killed in Israeli strikes since midnight
"There is a massive wave of displacement among civilians"
16 May 2025, 10:43 AM
Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks in Turkey
Trump said the United States was "getting close" to a deal with Iran
16 May 2025, 10:40 AM
Japan's quarterly GDP shrinks for first time in a year
Japan's economy contracted 0.2 percent between January and March, the first quarterly drop in a year, according to cabinet office data released Friday.
16 May 2025, 06:12 AM
Putin 'must pay the price for avoiding peace' in Ukraine: Britain's Starmer
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Russian President Vladimir Putin "must pay the price for avoiding peace" ahead of a European Political Community meeting in Albania on Friday
16 May 2025, 04:19 AM
Tariff cuts ease mass China layoffs threat, but job market pain persists
Chinese worker Liu Shengzun lost two jobs in just one month as US import tariffs shot up to triple digits in April, forcing a Guangdong lighting products factory, and then a footwear maker, to reduce output
16 May 2025, 04:07 AM
US close to a nuclear deal with Iran
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had “sort of” agreed to the terms.
15 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Indian army ops kills 10 insurgents
The Indian Army said at least 10 militants were killed in an operation still underway in the troubled northeastern state of Manipur, bordering Myanmar.
15 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Putin’s no-show throws talks into confusion
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a second-tier team of aides and deputy ministers to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey yesterday, spurning Kyiv’s challenge to go there in person to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky.
15 May 2025, 18:00 PM
EU accuses TikTok of violating digital rules over ads
The EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform was not transparent enough about advertisements
15 May 2025, 15:22 PM