EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments
20 January 2026, 18:43 PM
World
Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Avoid Iranian airspace
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
UK govt retreats on mandatory digital ID to work
15 January 2026, 04:34 AM
kill two near Russian border
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Trump says US will deal with Greenland 'easy way' or 'hard way'
10 January 2026, 09:17 AM
Foreign troops in Ukraine to be targets: Russia
9 January 2026, 06:00 AM
Tanker seizure: Russia accuses US of raising ‘military-political tension’
9 January 2026, 04:00 AM
Europe backs Greenland in face of US threat
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Europe
West risking global conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused the West of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
9 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia agrees to remove some troops from Armenia
Russia has agreed to remove some of its troops and border guards from Armenia, the Kremlin said yesterday, after months of spiralling tensions between the two ex-Soviet allies.
9 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Pro-Palestinian Protest: Dozens detained at Sorbonne Univ in Paris
French police detained 86 people following an operation to remove students staging a pro-Palestinian occupation at the Sorbonne university in Paris, prosecutors said yesterday.
8 May 2024, 18:00 PM
French bakers make world’s longest baguette
French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres (461 ft), reclaiming a record for one of the nation’s best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.
6 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Putin orders nuke drills near Ukraine to deter the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered nuclear weapons drills near Ukraine, Moscow said yesterday, in response to “threats” from Western officials to deploy Nato troops to Ukraine.
6 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Denmark’s former prime minister joins AUW as patron
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark’s first female prime minister and leader of the Danish Social Democrat Party, has joined the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh as a patron.
6 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins third term as London mayor
London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday won a record third term after easily defeating Conservative challenger Susan Hall, UK media said after all the capital’s districts reported their results, reports AFP.
4 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Labour urges UK polls after Tory losses
Britain’s Labour yesterday urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election after the opposition party made significant gains in English polls that included a seat in parliament.
3 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger: US official
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces.
3 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
Canadian police charged three people yesterday with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents.
3 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Putin likely didn’t kill Alexei Navalny
US intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Mona Lisa could get a room of her own
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum’s president said on Saturday.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia hits energy sites in Ukraine
Russia launched a “massive” missile strike at Ukraine overnight, damaging four power plants in the latest barrage targeting the country’s energy supply, officials in Kyiv said yesterday.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
French national library quarantines ‘poisonous’ books
France’s national library said yesterday it had removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers were likely laced with highly poisonous arsenic.
25 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Macron warns 'mortal' Europe needs credible defence
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faced an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defence strategy less dependent on the United States
25 April 2024, 12:05 PM
282 million people faced acute hunger last year
Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with some 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, UN agencies and development groups said yesterday.
24 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia orders jail term for Meta spokesman in absentia
A Russian military court yesterday sentenced in absentia Meta spokesman Andy Stone to six years behind bars for “justifying terrorism,” as part of efforts to restrict Western social media platforms in the country.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Queen bumblebees survive underwater for days: study
Queen bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published yesterday, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.
17 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Astronomers find largest black hole in Milky Way
Astronomers identified the largest stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun, according to a study published yesterday.
16 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia orders fresh evacuations in Siberia amid flood fears
Russian authorities yesterday began fresh evacuations from towns and villages in western Siberia threatened by devastating floods that have swept the region and neighbouring Kazakhstan.
16 April 2024, 18:00 PM