Fossil fuel CO2 emissions to hit all-time high: Scientists at COP27
11 November 2022, 09:27 AM
Climate crisis
Twitter losing $4m a day, Musk warns of bankruptcy
11 November 2022, 05:15 AM
Tech & Startup
2021 Sriwijaya air crash: Faulty automatic engine throttle system, poor pilot monitoring blamed
10 November 2022, 08:48 AM
World
Facebook parent Meta to cut off 11,000 staff
9 November 2022, 12:06 PM
Business
US midterm: Control of Congress unclear in close battle
9 November 2022, 09:28 AM
USA
Work together or face "collective suicide": UN chief at COP27
7 November 2022, 12:00 PM
Climate action
Delhi air pollution: Primary schools to remain closed from tomorrow
4 November 2022, 12:00 PM
India
Protests erupt across Pakistan after assassination attempt on ex-PM Imran
3 November 2022, 15:34 PM
South Asia
Car bombs in Somalia leave at least 100 dead, 300 injured
30 October 2022, 05:53 AM
Africa & rest of the world
India successfully launches 36 OneWeb satellites
23 October 2022, 07:00 AM
India
Lavrov blames EU for demise of its Russia ties
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday blamed the European Union for its deteriorating relations with Russia and accused the bloc of systematically destroying mechanisms for cooperation.
15 February 2021, 15:25 PM
Suspected Islamists kill 16 in eastern Congo attack
Suspected Islamists killed three soldiers and 13 civilians and burnt down a church in a raid on a village in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, the army and a rights group said on Monday.
15 February 2021, 10:26 AM
Amit Shah shared plans for BJP expansion in Nepal, Sri Lanka: Tripura chief minister
Sparking a fresh row, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said Home Minister Amit Shah, as party's national president, had once shared plans for expansion of Bharatiya Janata Party’s base in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
15 February 2021, 09:43 AM
Major Australian media company strikes Google news pay deal
Australia’s Seven West Media Ltd became the country’s first major news outlet to strike a licensing deal with Google, as the government pushes ahead with a law that would force the internet giant to pay media companies for content.
15 February 2021, 05:28 AM
Myanmar's Suu Kyi detained on remand until February 17, lawyer says
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be remanded in detention until Wednesday for a court hearing and will not appear on Monday as initially expected, her lawyer told journalists in the capital Naypyitaw.
15 February 2021, 05:11 AM
Fresh protests in Myanmar after junta cuts off internet, deploys tanks
Fresh protests erupted in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon on Monday following an overnight internet blackout and the deployment of troops on the streets, according to an AFP photographer.
15 February 2021, 04:56 AM
Viber polls: Bangladeshi users value privacy the most
Bangladeshi users of Viber, one of the world’s leading communication apps, place the highest priority on privacy among all users surveyed by the company.
14 February 2021, 14:04 PM
UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of Mars
The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
14 February 2021, 12:17 PM
Himalayan rescuers recover more bodies as flash flood death toll rises to 50
Rescuers pulled out nine more bodies from the site of a flash flood in a Himalayan region of northern India today, a week after the disaster struck, bringing the death toll to 50 with more than 150 people still missing, officials said.
14 February 2021, 11:40 AM
Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics
It is still Donald Trump’s Republican Party - at least for now.
14 February 2021, 11:39 AM
Kerala Chief Minister says won’t implement CAA
The Chief Minister of the southern Indian state of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has said his government will not implement the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
14 February 2021, 09:08 AM
Minibus-lorry collision in India's Andhra Pradesh leaves 14 dead
Fourteen people, including eight women and a child, were killed and four others injured as a minibus collided with a lorry in Kurnool district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh early today, police said.
14 February 2021, 05:52 AM
White House aide resigns after threatening reporter
White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned, the day after he was suspended for issuing a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter.
14 February 2021, 05:26 AM
Thousands protest Myanmar coup after night of fear, security patrols
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmar’s major cities for a ninth straight day of anti-coup demonstrations on Sunday, after a fearful night as residents formed patrols and the army rolled back laws protecting freedoms.
14 February 2021, 05:14 AM
EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel
The European Union on Saturday called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television channel imposed in apparent retaliation for Britain’s pulling of the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN.
13 February 2021, 11:58 AM
UK lawyer elected chief prosecutor at International Criminal Court
British human rights lawyer Karim Khan was elected on Friday as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a politically daunting position whose incumbent was slapped with US sanctions.
13 February 2021, 05:50 AM
Biden wants to close prison at Guantanamo Bay: White House
US President Joe Biden wants to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects before the end of his term, the White House said Friday, echoing an unfulfilled campaign promise from Barack Obama's administration.
13 February 2021, 04:49 AM
UN rights body adopts watered-down text on Myanmar coup
The UN’s top human rights body passed a consensus resolution Friday urging military leaders in Myanmar to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian government leaders detained after a military coup, while watering down an initial draft text amid pressure led by China and Russia.
13 February 2021, 04:43 AM
Three wounded in Myanmar as hundreds of thousands of protesters defy junta
Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings.
12 February 2021, 13:31 PM
EU provided crowd control training to Myanmar police units: Guardian report
The European Union provided crowd control training to specialist Myanmar police units which were allegedly involved in the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, according to a report published by The Guardian.
12 February 2021, 08:18 AM