France condemns outside interference in Greenland

France considers recent outside interference in Greenland “disrespectful and unacceptable”, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said yesterday, on a visit to the autonomous Danish territory.
31 August 2025, 19:27 PM

Sea power turned into energy at LA port

Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity.
31 August 2025, 19:23 PM

Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg sets sail for Gaza

A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona yesterday vowing to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.
31 August 2025, 18:26 PM

SCO bears ‘greater responsibilities’

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security forum now bears “greater responsibility” for safeguarding regional peace and stability, as well as promoting the development and prosperity of its member states, Chinese President Xi Jinping told about 20 world leaders he hosted yesterday evening.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump officials move to fire most of journos

The Trump administration has moved to terminate more than 500 employees at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the federal body that oversees government funded broadcasters.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Indonesia protests force U-turn on MPs’ pay

Indonesian political parties have agreed to revoke a number of perks and privileges for parliamentarians, President Prabowo Subianto said yesterday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have left five people dead and caused the worst violence in decades in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukraine plans new strikes deep into Russia

Ukraine plans new strikes deep into Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday, after weeks of intensified attacks on Russian energy assets.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces pound Gaza City suburbs

Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet was set to discuss a plan to seize the city.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Hamas confirms death of Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar

Pictures released by the Palestinian Islamist group on Saturday showed him alongside other political and military leaders described as "martyrs of the military council".
31 August 2025, 08:25 AM

New $250 visa fee risks deepening US travel slump

Overseas travel to the U.S. fell 3.1% year-on-year in July to 19.2 million visitors, according to US government data. 
31 August 2025, 07:23 AM

North Korea leader Kim promises 'beautiful life' for families of 'martyrs' killed in Russia

Kim on Friday hosted the families of soldiers and expressed "grief at having failed to save the precious lives" of the fallen men
31 August 2025, 07:13 AM

India and China are partners, not rivals, Modi and Xi say

Modi was speaking to Xi on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation regional security bloc.
31 August 2025, 05:18 AM

China's Xi meets India's Modi in Tianjin

Modi is in China for the first time in seven years to attend a two-day meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
31 August 2025, 04:53 AM

Yemen's Houthi-run govt's PM killed in Israeli strike

A number of others were wounded in Thursday's strike, Mahdi al-Mashat added, without providing details.
31 August 2025, 04:11 AM

Trump pushes forward on mass layoffs at Voice of America

Termination notices were sent to 639 employees on Friday
31 August 2025, 03:40 AM

World's first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo

While Argentina, regarded as the global capital of polo, has long welcomed reproductive technologies, the sport's national body and breeding association are putting up hurdles to prevent genetically edited horses from joining the game.
31 August 2025, 03:35 AM

Trump says he will order voter ID requirement for every vote

"Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!," Trump said on Truth Social.
31 August 2025, 03:24 AM

70 killed as migrant boat capsizes off West Africa

At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia’s foreign affairs ministry said late on Friday, in one of the deadliest accidents in recent years along a popular migration route to Europe.
30 August 2025, 20:44 PM

Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace prospects flounder

Russia launched “massive” strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said yesterday, a new blow to peace efforts that drew a fresh appeal from President Volodymyr Zelensky for US and European help.
30 August 2025, 20:43 PM

Gaza atrocities: EU ministers split over sanctions on Israel

European Union foreign ministers were deeply split yesterday over the war in Gaza, with some calling for the EU to apply strong economic pressure on Israel while others made clear they were unwilling to go that far.
30 August 2025, 20:39 PM