Trump defends global war involvement

US President Donald Trump has again brought up the recent India-Pakistan conflict, reiterating his claim that the US helped in averting a nuclear escalation between the two Asian neighbours.
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
17 August 2025, 10:44 AM

US cancels India trade talks scheduled for August

The current round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement is now likely to be deferred to another date
17 August 2025, 05:41 AM

US stops visitor visas for people from Gaza

The department said "a small number" of temporary medical-humanitarian visas had been issued in recent days but did not provide a figure.
17 August 2025, 03:37 AM

Erin strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane, NHC says

The NHC had previously said it expected Erin to strengthen into next week.
17 August 2025, 03:24 AM

Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, spokesperson says

A spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed concern over Israel's plans to relocate people to southern Gaza saying it would only increase suffering.
17 August 2025, 03:17 AM

‘Netanyahu has become a ‘problem’

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday said that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem”, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war as her country currently holds the EU presidency.
16 August 2025, 22:32 PM

Trump, not Putin, budges

Donald Trump wanted to go bold -- a high-pomp, high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin to test whether the Russian leader would compromise on the Ukraine war.
16 August 2025, 18:37 PM

China’s Wang to visit India on Monday

China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said yesterday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt.
16 August 2025, 18:33 PM

Trump says Xi won’t invade Taiwan while he is in office

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office.
16 August 2025, 18:32 PM

No imminent plans to penalise China: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil, but might have to “in two or three weeks.”
16 August 2025, 18:32 PM

Pakistan floods toll rises to 340

Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said yesterday.
16 August 2025, 18:31 PM

Blast at Russian gunpowder factory kills 11

At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in a factory blast in a Russian region outside Moscow, Russian authorities said yesterday.
16 August 2025, 18:28 PM

Meta probed over AI chatbot talk with children

A US senator on Friday announced an investigation into whether Meta AI chatbots were allowed to engage in potentially harmful online exchanges with children.
16 August 2025, 18:16 PM

Trump puts peace onus on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump yesterday said Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not,” after hosting a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.
16 August 2025, 18:16 PM

1,760 aid seekers killed in Gaza since late May

The UN human rights office said that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August.
16 August 2025, 18:05 PM

Air Canada set to shut down over flight attendants strike

Air Canada's flight attendants were poised to strike on Saturday as the carrier cancelled hundreds of flights impacting more than 100,000 passengers ahead of a threatened work stoppage that could shut down service
16 August 2025, 04:51 AM

Putin says 'understanding' with Trump on Ukraine

Putin and Trump praised the meeting, with the Russian leader branding it as 'constructive'
16 August 2025, 00:26 AM

Trump says no summit deal reached with Putin over ending war in Ukraine

The anticlimactic end to the closely watched summit was in stark contrast to the pomp and circumstance with which it began
16 August 2025, 00:15 AM

Ukraine targets Russian oil refinery, apartment block

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil refinery and an apartment block in an overnight attack just hours before US President Donald Trump hosts his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit in Alaska.
15 August 2025, 22:40 PM