US withdraws from WHO
24 January 2026, 02:38 AM
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
Russia buries Gorbachev, with a shrug
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader beloved of the West who lived long enough to see all the reforms he had championed in his homeland undone, was buried yesterday without state honours or the presence of the current Kremlin incumbent.
3 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Putin to miss Gorbachev’s funeral
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling issues, his spokesman said yesterday.
1 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Borrell hopeful on Iran nuclear deal in ‘days’
The EU’s foreign policy chief has voiced hope at reviving the Iran nuclear deal within days as Israel’s leader, a strong opponent, made his case with US President Joe Biden.
1 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Gorbachev denied state funeral, Putin decides not to attend
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.
1 September 2022, 13:47 PM
Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dies at 91
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev triggered an outpouring of tributes from Western leaders yesterday but reaction was muted in Russia, where many blamed the last Soviet leader for the loss of the country’s status as a global superpower.
31 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Xinjiang abuses: UN rights chief to publish report
The UN rights chief was set to release a long-awaited report on alleged violations in China’s Xinjiang region before leaving office later yesterday, despite strong
31 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Last Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Tuesday.
30 August 2022, 21:07 PM
Austrian held in Iran gets 5-day release from prison
A 75-year-old Austrian citizen of Iranian origin, jailed in Iran on charges of espionage, has been given a five-day release from prison, his daughter told AFP yesterday.
29 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Scholz eyes ‘sovereign, enlarged EU’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday pledged emphatic backing for Ukraine and other hopefuls to join the European Union, underlining however that enlarging the bloc to “30 or 36” would require reforms.
29 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia to hold joint military drills with China, others
Russia said Monday it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China — a show of increasingly close defense ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine.
29 August 2022, 16:14 PM
Shell CEO says Europe could face several winters of gas shortage
Europe could face several winters of gas shortage as a result of the cuts to Russian supplies, Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said.
29 August 2022, 11:45 AM
6 dead as truck hits Dutch barbecue party
Dutch police yesterday said six people were killed and seven other people hurt after a truck ran off the top of a dike road and ploughed into revellers at a neighbourhood barbecue.
28 August 2022, 18:00 PM
6 dead as truck hits community event in Netherlands
The death toll from an accident when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue in a village south of Rotterdam rose to six Sunday and police said a further seven people are in hospital, including one in critical condition.
28 August 2022, 10:32 AM
Nuke disarmament: Russia blocks final draft of treaty at UN
Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration on the United Nations’ nuclear disarmament treaty, which criticised Moscow’s military takeover of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine.
27 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Pope creates new cardinals who may choose successor
Pope Francis will create 20 new cardinals picked from the four corners of the world, most of whom could one day end up choosing the pontiff’s successor.
27 August 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Ball in Iran’s court’: Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said the fate of a revived nuclear deal is up to Iran, and that an agreement would be “useful” even if it doesn’t settle everything.
26 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement
Moderna yesterday sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.
26 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Facing ‘pressure’ from all sides
The UN human rights chief said yesterday that she is still aiming to release a long-anticipated report on China’s treatment of its Uyghur minority in Xinjiang by the end of her four-year mandate next week amid “tremendous pressure” from all sides.
25 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Finnish PM defends work record after party controversy
Finland’s prime minister yesterday gave a forceful defence of her work record and her right to a private life after criticism sparked by a video of the 36-year-old partying.
24 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Swiss glaciers shrink in half since 1931: study
Swiss glaciers have shed half their volume since 1931, Swiss researchers said yesterday, following the first reconstruction of the country’s ice loss in the 20th century.
22 August 2022, 18:00 PM