Sri Lanka floods, landslides kill at least 31

Another four were killed in a similar manner in the adjoining Nuwara Eliya district.
27 November 2025, 07:02 AM

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 75, government says

The death toll from a fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 75, the city's government said late on Thursday
27 November 2025, 06:46 AM

Trump says South Africa won't get 2026 G20 invite, South Africa calls it punitive

Trump has been critical of South African policies since taking office in January
27 November 2025, 06:40 AM

Train hits China railway workers, killing 11: local authority

The cause of the crash was under investigation
27 November 2025, 06:25 AM

Venezuela bans airlines that halted flights per US warning: statement

The Venezuelan Ministry of Transport gave a 48-hour deadline on Monday to resume flights to the six companies
27 November 2025, 06:20 AM

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits western Indonesia: USGS

The strong quake struck Simeulue island at 11:56 am (0456 GMT)
27 November 2025, 05:44 AM

Peru sentences ex-president Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption

Vizcarra accepted bribes equivalent to $676,000 from construction firms
27 November 2025, 03:13 AM

Shooter of National Guard was Afghan committing 'act of terror': Trump

Two soldiers were critically wounded in a targeted shooting near White House
27 November 2025, 02:56 AM

Hong Kong fire toll rises to 55: fire dept

Police arrested three men in connection with the fire
27 November 2025, 02:46 AM

Two National guard members shot in Washington, DHS chief says

Police in Washington separately said there was a shooting one block from the White House on Wednesday, but gave no other details
26 November 2025, 20:10 PM

Iran condemns US ‘bullying approach’ towards Venezuela

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed what he called the United States’ “bullying approach” towards Venezuela, a statement said yesterday, as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on his Venezuelan arch-foe.
26 November 2025, 18:50 PM

Trump rages at report that he is increasingly frail

US President Donald Trump yesterday raged at a New York Times report that focused on his age and growing signs of fatigue, insisting that he is full of energy and calling the woman author of the article “ugly.”
26 November 2025, 18:41 PM

Blast at arms depot kills five in northwest Syria

An explosion at a weapons depot in northwest Syria’s Idlib province killed five people and wounded nine others yesterday, security forces said in a statement.
26 November 2025, 18:41 PM

Floods kill at least 33 in Thailand

Thailand airlifted patients and flew critical supplies, including oxygen tanks, into a submerged southern city yesterday, as the death toll from some of the region’s worst floods in years climbed to 33.
26 November 2025, 18:41 PM

36 killed in high-rise inferno in HK

At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing yesterday after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in flammable bamboo scaffolding, authorities said.
26 November 2025, 18:40 PM

Sudan army chief calls on Trump to end country’s war

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with a rival paramilitary group since April 2023, called on US President Donald Trump yesterday to bring peace.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia backs parts of US plan

Russia has seen the latest copy of a US plan to end the Ukraine war and views some of it positively, but other points require discussion, the Kremlin said yesterday.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel launches new ops in northern West Bank

The Israeli military yesterday announced a new “counterterrorism” operation in the north of the occupied West Bank.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Turkish firms ink $6.5bn Steel Dome deals

Turkish defence companies signed $6.5 billion worth of contracts to reinforce and develop Turkey’s integrated, multi-layered ‘Steel Dome’ air defence system, the Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) said yesterday.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Floods toll rises to 33 in southern Thailand: government

The death toll from days of widespread flooding in southern Thailand rose to 33 on Wednesday
26 November 2025, 06:35 AM