US keeps eye on India-Pak situation ‘every single day’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday claimed that the States monitors the India-Pakistan situation “every single day”, after repeated claims by Donald Trump of having brokered a ceasefire between the two nations.
18 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump tells Ukraine to give up on NATO and Crimea ahead of Zelensky meeting

Trump will meet first Zelensky and then the leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and NATO, the White House says
18 August 2025, 10:47 AM

Hamas receives new Gaza truce plan: Palestinian official to AFP

Efforts by mediators Egypt and Qatar, along with the United States, have so far failed to secure a lasting ceasefire in the ongoing war
18 August 2025, 10:44 AM

Australia cancels far-right Israeli lawmaker's visa

Simcha Rothman was scheduled to visit Sydney and Melbourne this month
18 August 2025, 10:40 AM

China calls for 'all parties' to agree in Ukraine peace talks in Washington

Zelensky, who has repeatedly rejected territorial concessions, is expected to meet Trump one-on-one before being joined by a cohort of European leaders
18 August 2025, 07:39 AM

Amnesty says Israel deliberately starving Gaza's Palestinians

Israel, while heavily restricting aid allowed into the Gaza Strip, has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation in the 22-month-old war
18 August 2025, 07:11 AM

Myanmar junta sets December 28 poll date despite raging civil war

Myanmar's civil war has killed thousands, left more than half the nation in poverty, and more than 3.5 million people living displaced
18 August 2025, 07:06 AM

Singapore key exports slip in July as US shipments tumble 42.7%

Southeast Asia's second-largest economy is heavily reliant on international trade
18 August 2025, 05:17 AM

'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary

6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year
18 August 2025, 04:09 AM

Qantas fined US$59 million for illegal layoffs

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said he wanted the penalty to be a "real deterrence" to firms that might be tempted by the financial rewards of breaching employment law.
18 August 2025, 04:04 AM

Mass rally in Tel Aviv calls for end to Gaza war, hostage deal

The rally was the culmination of a day of nationwide protests and a general strike to pressure the government to halt the military campaign.
18 August 2025, 03:19 AM

Zelensky, European leaders head to US for talks on peace deal terms

He will meet Donald Trump on Monday alongside a cohort of European leaders.
18 August 2025, 03:12 AM

Trump gives Putin ‘peace letter’ from wife Melania

US President Donald Trump handed Vladimir Putin a special item at their Alaska summit: a letter written by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, pleading for the Russian leader to make peace in the name of children.
17 August 2025, 19:32 PM

Raid in Southeast: Iran forces kill seven militants

Iranian security forces yesterday killed seven members of a jihadist group in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported.
17 August 2025, 19:31 PM

New type of supernova found after star explosion

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner.
17 August 2025, 18:23 PM

European leaders to join Zelensky at Trump talks

European leaders including from Germany, France and Britain will accompany Volodymyr Zelensky to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said yesterday, seeking to bolster him as the US president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace agreement.
17 August 2025, 18:21 PM

3 Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops to US capital

The Republican governors of three states are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the city as awash in crime.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli military strikes Houthi ‘energy site’ in Yemen

Israel’s military said yesterday it struck an “energy infrastructure site” in Yemen used by the Houthi rebels, the latest action against the Iran-backed group which has launched attacks at Israel throughout the Gaza war.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Hamas rejects Israel’s plan

Palestinian group Hamas said yesterday that Israel’s plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a “new wave of genocide and displacement” for hundreds of thousands of residents in the area.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Iraq uncovers suspected IS burial site near Mosul

Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul city, the project’s director told AFP yesterday.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM