Samsung plans $310b investment to power AI expansion

South Korean conglomerate Samsung unveiled on Sunday a plan to invest $310 billion over the next five years mostly in technology powering artificial intelligence, aiming to meet growing demand driven by a global boom.
17 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Britain reviews human rights laws

Britain will overhaul its approach to human rights laws to make it easier to deport migrants who arrive in the country illegally as part of a major shake-up of asylum policy to be set out yesterday.
17 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump reverses stance on Epstein files

US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move.
17 November 2025, 18:00 PM

US flights to return to normal after restrictions lifted

Thousands of flights were cancelled due to understaffing during the shutdown, which stretched into a record 43 days
17 November 2025, 07:20 AM

At least 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims feared dead in Saudi bus-tanker crash

Many victims reportedly women and children as India sets up emergency helpline support
17 November 2025, 06:41 AM

Landslides in Indonesia kill at least 18; dozens missing

Excavators were deployed to dig through dirt in Cilacap, footage from news channel KompasTV showed on Monday.
17 November 2025, 06:32 AM

India ships first jet fuel cargo to US West Coast

Castleton Commodities chartered the ship, which is expected to arrive in Los Angeles in the first half of December, multiple shipbrokers said.
17 November 2025, 06:28 AM

Australia rejects offer to co-host UN climate summit with Turkey

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday was firmly opposed to the suggestion of co-hosting
17 November 2025, 03:23 AM

UN Security Council set to vote on international force for Gaza

Unlike previous drafts, the latest version mentions a possible future Palestinian state
17 November 2025, 03:13 AM

Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases

The rejection effectively blocks the US military from returning to an airbase at Manta on the Pacific coast
17 November 2025, 03:13 AM

Lawmaker Greene blames Trump for threats against her

Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene accused US President Donald Trump on Saturday of putting her life in danger, saying his online criticism has triggered a wave of threats against her.
16 November 2025, 18:26 PM

‘Nothing to hide’ in Epstein files

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday said he believed the approaching vote on releasing Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein should help put to rest allegations that President Donald Trump had any connection to the late sex offender’s abuse and trafficking of underage girls.
16 November 2025, 18:25 PM

3 killed as Israel strikes southern Gaza

At least three Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza yesterday, a source at the Nasser Medical Complex said.
16 November 2025, 18:19 PM

Anger over mayor’s death: Gen Z-style protests spread in Mexico

Thousands protested across Mexico on Saturday under the banner of “Generation Z,” denouncing rising violence after the public killing of an anti-crime mayor earlier this month.
16 November 2025, 18:15 PM

Libya’s coast: Four Bangladeshi migrants dead as 2 boats capsize

At least four Bangladeshi nationals died after two boats carrying 95 irregular migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Khums on Thursday, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday.
16 November 2025, 18:13 PM

China finds bigger role as US sidesteps COP30 climate summit

With the United States absent from the UN annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is stepping into the limelight as a leader in the fight against global warming.
16 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukraine strikes Russia’s oil refinery

Ukraine’s military said on Saturday it had struck Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery, adding that multiple explosions and a large fire had been observed at the site.
16 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Britain to make refugee status temporary

Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country’s most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times.
16 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces open fire on UN peacekeepers

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said yesterday that Israeli soldiers had shot at its peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in the country’s south.
16 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Istanbul hotel evacuated after tourists die of suspected poisoning

All guests staying at the unnamed hotel in the Fatih neighbourhood near Istanbul's historic peninsula were relocated to other hotels
16 November 2025, 06:06 AM