US aircraft carrier departs Thailand after port call
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Indonesia's Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools, fishing
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'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
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Trump envoys in Moscow, with ‘an idea of peace’
6 September 2026
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Retaliation for missile attacks
6 September 2026
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Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
6 September 2026
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India
Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
5 September 2026
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World
Rescuers continue grim search for Nepal flood survivors
5 September 2026
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World
Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
US-Iran meeting likely to take place in Turkey on Feb. 6: Arab official to AFP
A meeting between the United States and Iran is likely to take place in Turkey on February 6
3 February 2026
Clintons agree to testify in Epstein congressional probe ahead of contempt vote
House Oversight Committee recommended last week that Clintons be held in contempt
3 February 2026
Sheriff says mother of top US news anchor likely 'abducted' from home
He also said there were no suspects yet in the case, and that there was nothing to indicate that Savannah Guthrie's job as a prominent broadcast reporter had anything to do with the crime
3 February 2026
US, India reach trade agreement
US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India yesterday, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil over the war in Ukraine.
3 February 2026
Trump cuts India tariffs, says Modi will stop buying Russian oil
Tariff on Indian goods to be cut to 18%, he says
3 February 2026
Pakistan security forces hunt militants
Pakistani soldiers were yesterday hunting down separatist militants who stormed schools, banks, and security installations, killing nearly 50 people, in a series of coordinated attacks across southwestern Balochistan province, the military said.
3 February 2026
Turmoil offers reset opportunity
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that the dramatic cuts of 2025 as the United States headed for the exit created the chance to build a leaner, re-focused WHO.
3 February 2026
Latest Epstein file dump rocks UK royals, politics
Britain’s former prince Andrew, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and a career Labour politician were yesterday thrust back into the eye of the Jeffrey Epstein storm, as shocking, often intimate emails with the late sex offender rocked political and royal circles.
3 February 2026
Right-winger elected Costa Rica president
Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
3 February 2026
Iran president orders start of talks with US
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, the news agency Fars reported yesterday.
3 February 2026
Rafah crossing to allow 50 people in each way
Gaza’s key Rafah border crossing was reopened to Palestinians yesterday, an Israeli security official said, but Egyptian state-linked media said only 50 people would be allowed to cross in each direction in the early days.
3 February 2026
World should be alarmed if New START treaty expires
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said that if the New START treaty expired with no replacement then the world should be alarmed that the biggest nuclear powers had no limits for probably the first time since early 1970s.
3 February 2026
Iran arrests four foreigners for ‘participation in riots’: state TV
Accuses Israel and the US of having had a hand in riots
2 February 2026
WHO chief says turmoil creates chance for reset
Says 2025 was one of the most difficult years in the organisation’s history
2 February 2026
EU must push for 'Made in Europe' strategy, EU industry chief says
The proposal is an attempt to boost European industries in the face of cheaper imports from China, but has split EU countries
2 February 2026
Snapchat blocks 415,000 underage accounts in Australia
Platforms including Snapchat, Meta, TikTok and YouTube must stop underage users from holding accounts under the legislation, which came into effect on December 10
2 February 2026
200 feared dead in DR Congo landslide: government
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east
2 February 2026
Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission
Japan says the mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such a depth.
2 February 2026
Trump says closing Kennedy Center arts complex for two years
The Washington National Opera recently announced it would leave the Kennedy Center
2 February 2026
Apologies, demission, royal glare: Fallout from latest Epstein file dump
Here are the consequences prompted by the latest release so far
2 February 2026