US withdraws from WHO
24 January 2026, 02:38 AM
EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments
20 January 2026, 18:43 PM
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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
Drop hunt for Julian Assange
Five of the Western world’s leading newspapers yesterday issued a joint call for the United States to drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
28 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Canada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy
Canada launched a new Indo-Pacific strategy yesterday, vowing more resources to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with the world’s second-biggest economy on climate change and trade issues.
27 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Landslide kills 8 on Italian island
At least eight people died yesterday after heavy rains caused a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, media reports said. A wave of mud swept
26 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Amazon workers call worldwide Black Friday strike
Workers at Amazon AMZN.O sites across the globe, including in the United States, Germany and France, were expected to go on strike on Black Friday, targeting the online retailer on one of the busiest shopping days of the year with calls for better pay.
25 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Weapons industry booming
Eastern Europe’s arms industry is churning out guns, artillery shells and other military supplies at a pace not seen since the Cold War as governments in the region lead efforts to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
25 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Germany moves to ease citizenship rules
The German government today said it was working on plans to "simplify" the path to citizenship, by speeding up the naturalisation of immigrants and allowing dual nationality.
25 November 2022, 15:33 PM
Halt violence on protesters
The UN rights chief yesterday urged Iran to immediately halt violence against protesters, as countries debated whether to launch an investigation into Tehran’s deadly crackdown.
24 November 2022, 18:00 PM
S African president ready to face crunch probe finding
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed domestic corruption claims that have prompted questions over his future during a visit to the UK yesterday, but rejected suggestions they could cut short his presidency.
24 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian resignation unblocks key Unesco committee
The resignation of Russia’s ambassador to Unesco will end the deadlock in a key group he chaired that is charged with preserving cultural sites around the world, a diplomatic source told AFP.
24 November 2022, 18:00 PM
‘IS bride’ would face death penalty in Bangladesh, lawyer tells UK hearing
‘IS bride’ Shamima Begum is now stateless and would face death penalty if sent to Bangladesh, her lawyer told the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) in UK.
24 November 2022, 07:20 AM
Climate change will fuel diseases, warns Global Fund
Climate change will end up killing people by fuelling infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Tuesday.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Portugal arrests 35 over migrant trafficking
Portuguese authorities have arrested 35 people in the south of the country for alleged human trafficking, money laundering and falsifying documents, police announced yesterday.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Global deaths in 2019: Bacterial infections second leading cause
Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Prankster fools Polish president
The Polish president spoke to a hoax caller pretending to be France's Emmanuel Macron on the night that a missile hit a village near the Ukrainian border, his office said on Tuesday, an admission likely to raise questions about its operations..In a 7-1/2 minute recording of the call posted
22 November 2022, 12:56 PM
UK court told ‘IS bride’ was child trafficking victim
Lawyers for a woman who was stripped of her British citizenship after travelling to join the Islamic State group in Syria challenged the decision yesterday, arguing she was a victim of child trafficking.
21 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Timekeepers vote to scrap leap second
Scientists and government representatives meeting at a conference in France voted on Friday to scrap leap seconds by 2035, the organisation responsible for global timekeeping said.
19 November 2022, 18:00 PM
9 killed in suspected gas blast in far eastern Russia
A suspected gas explosion early yesterday in a five-storey residential building killed nine people in Russia’s southeastern Sakhalin island, the local governor said.
19 November 2022, 18:00 PM
47 children among 378 killed in Iran crackdown
Iranian security forces have killed at least 378 people -- including 47 children -- in a crackdown on protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, a rights group said in an updated toll yesterday.
19 November 2022, 18:00 PM
9 dead in Russia apartment block collapse
Nine people have been found dead in the rubble of a five-storey apartment block that partially collapsed on the Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin, the regional governor said on Saturday, and emergency services were searching for one still missing..Russian news agencies said the collapse a
19 November 2022, 10:34 AM
Khomeini’s home set on fire
Protesters in Iran have set on fire the ancestral home of the Islamic republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini two months into the anti-regime protest movement, images showed yesterday.
18 November 2022, 18:00 PM