Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
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Climate crisis
UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims
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Climate crisis
Italy's Meloni throws party to celebrate record tenure
4 September 2026
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Europe
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts
4 September 2026
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South Asia
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Trump's White House releases deportation video games
4 September 2026
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United States
Iran attacks US bases in Kuwait, UAE
4 September 2026
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Middle East
US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
4 September 2026
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United States
Bill Clinton to lawmakers investigating Epstein: 'I saw nothing'
The former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender
28 February 2026
US says it supports Pakistan's 'right to defend itself' against Afghan Taliban
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers had said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities
28 February 2026
Trump directs US agencies to toss Anthropic's AI as Pentagon calls startup a supply risk
Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, affecting defense contractors
28 February 2026
NKorea unveils image of Kim Jong Un's daughter firing rifle
Kim's daughter Ju Ae has long been seen as the next in line to rule the secretive, nuclear-armed state, and took part in a string of recent high-profile outings, including this week's military parade marking the closing stages of North Korea's key party congress
28 February 2026
Pakistan bombs Kabul in 'open war' on Afghanistan's Taliban government
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers and captured several others, while putting the death toll among Afghan troops at 13
28 February 2026
20 killed in cash-packed military plane crash in Bolivia
The Ministry of Defense said it would launch an investigation into the crash
28 February 2026
Israeli fire kills 8 people in Gaza
Israeli attacks killed five people in Gaza on Thursday night, the territory’s health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed a Palestinian who posed a threat to its forces in the south of the enclave.
28 February 2026
Trump, Mamdani meet for 2nd time
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had a productive meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, discussing issues including housing and student detentions by federal immigration authorities.
28 February 2026
US tells its citizens to leave Israel
The United States authorised the departure of non-emergency embassy staff and their families from Israel yesterday, as it threatened strikes on Iran and pressed its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades.
28 February 2026
World must not normalise use of force
The UN rights chief yesterday voiced alarm at the normalisation of the use of force to resolve disputes, saying armed conflicts had almost doubled since 2010.
28 February 2026
‘Now it’s open war’
Pakistan bombed government targets in the Afghan capital Kabul and in Kandahar, where its Taliban leadership is based, officials from both countries said yesterday, with Pakistan’s defence minister calling the conflict “open war”.
28 February 2026
Ukrainian missiles hit energy sites in Russia’s Belgorod
Ukrainian missiles struck the Russian town of Belgorod near the border, inflicting serious damage on energy installations and disrupting power, water and heating, the regional governor said early yesterday.
28 February 2026
Why are Pakistan and Afghanistan at war now?
Airstrikes, retaliation and the TTP factor expose the collapse of a once-calculated relationship between Islamabad and the Taliban
27 February 2026
Indian court acquits Modi opponent Kejriwal in corruption case
Kejriwal accuses Narendra Modi and Amit Shah of using a “political conspiracy”
27 February 2026
Paramount poised to acquire Warner Bros. after Netflix walks away
WB shareholders previously scheduled to vote on Netflix agreement on March 20, which is now essentially moot
27 February 2026
Anthropic says won't give US military unconditional AI use
Washington had given them until Friday to agree to unconditional military use of its technology
27 February 2026
Iran says 'good progress' in US talks, next round within a week
Technical talks at UN's nuclear agency to begin in Vienna on Monday, says Iran Foreign Minister
27 February 2026
US, Iran open to ‘new, creative ideas’
Oman said yesterday that Iran and the United States expressed openness to new solutions as indirect talks between the two foes began in Geneva.
27 February 2026
Afghan military attacks Pakistan after deadly strikes
Islamabad denies claims
27 February 2026
Cuba kills 4 exiles, injures 6 others
Cuban forces killed four exiles and wounded six others who sailed into Cuban waters aboard a Florida-registered speedboat on Wednesday and opened fire on a Cuban patrol, the Cuban government said at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.
27 February 2026