Iran ‘terminates’ all mechanisms

Iran yesterday said that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its “commitment to diplomacy”.
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Doha talks to go ahead

Pakistan and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar yesterday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border.
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Just a wasteland’

The United Nations’ aid chief took stock of the monumental task of restoring basic necessities in the devastated Gaza Strip yesterday, as Israel and Hamas exchanged more human remains.
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Pakistan and Afghanistan hold peace talks in Doha after fierce clashes

On Friday, a suicide attack near the border killed seven Pakistani soldiers, security officials say
18 October 2025, 14:45 PM

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang dies at 103, Xinhua says

He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
18 October 2025, 12:27 PM

Gaza civil defence says 9 killed Friday when Israeli forces fired at bus

Ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas now in its second week
18 October 2025, 10:50 AM

At least 10 Afghans dead as Kabul accuses Pakistan of breaking truce

The 48-hour truce paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes
18 October 2025, 04:02 AM

China and US agree to fresh trade talks

Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry
18 October 2025, 03:54 AM

US permits Boeing to boost production on 737 MAX

US officials said Friday they granted approval to Boeing to increase production on 737 MAX aircraft in the latest sign of the aviation giant's improving standing with safety regulators
18 October 2025, 03:22 AM

Trump refiles $15b lawsuit against NYT

US President Donald Trump has refiled a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, court documents show, weeks after it was thrown out by a federal judge.
17 October 2025, 18:55 PM

Around 900m poor exposed to climate shocks

Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a “double and deeply unequal burden,” the United Nations warned yesterday.
17 October 2025, 18:54 PM

Advance to the next step of Gaza peace deal

Hamas yesterday called on mediators to push for the next steps under the ceasefire in Gaza, including reopening the border, letting in aid, beginning reconstruction, setting up an administration and completing Israel’s withdrawal.
17 October 2025, 18:53 PM

Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said yesterday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM

EU: Asean must seek change in Myanmar

The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election, its top human rights official said yesterday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging Southeast Asian nations to “push for change”.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Mishandling of classified info: Trump critic John Bolton indicted

John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, was indicted on Thursday -- the third foe of Trump to be hit with criminal charges in recent weeks.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump to meet Zelensky ahead of Putin summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House yesterday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president readies for a fresh summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM

India already cutting Russian oil imports by 50% after US talks

Said White House official describing trade talks between two countries 'productive'
17 October 2025, 05:08 AM

Peru to impose state of emergency in capital after wave of violence

Peru's new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organized crime
17 October 2025, 04:54 AM

Japan ex-PM Murayama, famous for WW2 apology, dies aged 101

Murayama, in office from 1994-1996, issued the 1995 statement on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II
17 October 2025, 04:44 AM

Police say Cambodia will deport 59 South Koreans linked to scam centres

Cambodia will deport on Friday 59 South Koreans who worked in cyberscam schemes, police said, after Seoul sent a team to investigate the fate of dozens of its nationals.
16 October 2025, 19:57 PM