Madagascar army unit claims control, president says power-grab underway

Soldiers from the unit clashed with gendarmes outside a barracks on Saturday
12 October 2025, 10:18 AM

Hamas will not govern post-war Gaza: Hamas source close to negotiating committee

The source's comments come days after an Israel-Hamas ceasefire came into effect
12 October 2025, 10:04 AM

Afghanistan claims 58 Pakistani soldiers killed in clashes; border closed

Afghan troops opened fire on Pakistani border posts late on Saturday
12 October 2025, 09:50 AM

Australian airline Qantas says millions of customers' data leaked online

Qantas said in July that hackers had targeted one of its customer contact centres, breaching a computer system used by a third party.
12 October 2025, 04:19 AM

Qatar says 3 diplomats killed, 2 injured in Egypt crash

Diplomats and official delegations had descended on the Red Sea resort town in recent days to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
12 October 2025, 04:04 AM

Intense fighting along Pak-Afghan border; friendly countries urge restraint

The exchange of fire took place at more than six locations along the border
12 October 2025, 03:54 AM

UK universities told to crack down on antisemitism after synagogue attack

"One instance of antisemitic abuse is one too many," education minister Bridget Phillipson said in a statement.
12 October 2025, 03:43 AM

16 dead after blast at US explosives factory

The blast destroyed an entire building at the plant's large campus
12 October 2025, 03:35 AM

US government shutdown means hard times for civil servants

Hundreds of thousands are furloughed -- forced to take unpaid leave
12 October 2025, 03:31 AM

Beijing blames US for raising trade tensions, defends rare earth curbs

Beijing cited the addition of Chinese companies to a US trade blacklist and Washington's imposition of port fees on Chinese vessels as examples.
12 October 2025, 03:30 AM

Iran says does not believe Israel will respect Gaza ceasefire

Iran on Saturday said it did not have confidence that Israel would respect the terms of a Gaza ceasefire that began a day earlier, following two years of war
11 October 2025, 19:00 PM

Zelensky urges Trump to broker Ukraine peace

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like in “the Middle East” during a phone call Saturday, saying if Trump could stop one war, “others can be stopped as well”.
11 October 2025, 18:49 PM

Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes

Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight.
11 October 2025, 18:46 PM

Trump slaps 100% more tariff on China

US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals.
11 October 2025, 18:34 PM

Palestinians return to devastated Gaza City

Hundreds of thousands of war-weary Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City yesterday, with families picking their way through rubble-strewn streets only to find many of their homes in ruins.
11 October 2025, 18:16 PM

RSF attack kills 60 in Sudan

A drone and artillery attack killed at least 60 people at a displacement camp in Sudan’s El-Fasher yesterday, activists said, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensifies its assault on the western city.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Crisis in France: Lecornu again appointed PM

Pressure mounted yesterday on France’s newly reappointed premier Sebastien Lecornu to get an austerity budget approved, as more parties threatened to topple a man whose first term lasted a mere 27 days.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Survival of bees, butterflies at risk in Europe: IUCN

The survival of Europe’s wild pollinators is increasingly at risk, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Saturday as it declared dozens of bee and butterfly species as threatened.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump wins, but will it stand test of time?

US President Donald Trump has undeniably scored a diplomatic victory by helping to broker a truce for Gaza, but the path to the lasting peace he says he wants for the Middle East is littered with obstacles.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Eighteen presumed dead after blast at US explosives factory

Eighteen people are presumed dead after a huge blast at an explosives factory in Tennessee, officials said Saturday
11 October 2025, 17:29 PM