Will Trump’s visa crackdown drive more US work toward India?

H-1B visa restrictions expected to turbocharge India’s global capability centres
30 September 2025, 13:17 PM

Taliban internet cut sparks Afghanistan telecoms blackout

A UN source meanwhile said "operations are severely impacted, falling back to radio communications and limited satellite links".
30 September 2025, 10:22 AM

Dozens missing, three dead in Indonesia school collapse

Tearful families are desperate for news of their loved ones
30 September 2025, 10:03 AM

Madagascar protesters undeterred despite sacking of government

Inspired by "Gen Z" protests in Indonesia and Nepal, the youth-led movement has taken aim at ingrained misgovernance
30 September 2025, 09:58 AM

Hamas yet to respond on Trump's Gaza plan

The plan calls for a ceasefire, release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, disarmament of Hamas and gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
30 September 2025, 08:59 AM

Under-fire Starmer to urge patience as he attacks hard right

Starmer has only been in power for 14 months, but is already facing questions
30 September 2025, 06:40 AM

India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears

Proposed blueprints show India considering the site in Arunachal Pradesh
30 September 2025, 03:09 AM

YouTube to pay $22 million in settlement with Trump

The $22 million will go toward Trump's latest construction project at the White House
30 September 2025, 02:56 AM

Muslim states join European powers in backing Trump Gaza plan

Key Muslim nations on Monday threw their weight behind a plan by US President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, even as some Palestinians decried the proposal as a "farce"
30 September 2025, 02:23 AM

Here’s the full text of Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza

The conditions include many proposals that have long been rejected by Hamas
30 September 2025, 00:28 AM

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: EEA

Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union’s environment agency warned on Monday.
29 September 2025, 19:35 PM

Turkey helps rescue Gaza aid activists after ship breaks down

Turkey helped evacuate activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after one of the vessels broke down and began taking on water, organisers and Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu reported Monday.
29 September 2025, 19:34 PM

Air France, Airbus back on trial over doomed 2009 Rio flight

An appeals trial of Air France and Airbus opened Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in the French flag carrier’s history.
29 September 2025, 19:33 PM

At least 22 killed in Madagascar protests

At least 22 people have been killed in protests in Madagascar that security forces have met with a “violent” response, the office of the UN’s human rights chief said on Sunday.
29 September 2025, 19:32 PM

Trump ‘confident’ of Gaza deal as he hosts Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump was upbeat about the chances of a Gaza deal yesterday as he hosted Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to push the Israeli prime minister to accept his peace plan.
29 September 2025, 19:01 PM

Trump’s Gaza peace plan unveiled

President Donald Trump yesterday said that he had Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing for a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan that would bring an immediate ceasefire.
29 September 2025, 18:36 PM

Communications blackout hits Afghanistan

A huge communications blackout hit Afghanistan yesterday, weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces to prevent “vice”.
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Gunman kills four in attack on US church

A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national “epidemic of violence.”
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Thai ex-PM Thaksin seeks royal pardon

Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for a royal pardon to reduce his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer told reporters yesterday.
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukraine could get nod to ‘hit deep’ into Russia

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg has floated the possibility of long-range strikes by Ukraine against Russia with American weapons, following the administration’s recent pivot on the conflict.
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM