Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
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Asia
August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor
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Environment
Trump promises each American $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress in midterms
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United States
15 tankers, ships attacked near Hormuz strait
10 September 2026
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World
US war on Iran: Oil tops $100 a barrel for first time since July
10 September 2026
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Europe
US strikes five Iranian oil tankers
10 September 2026
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Middle East
RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA PORT CITY / Ukraine strikes oil terminal, naval base
10 September 2026
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World
OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Close Jerusalem consulate within 30 days, Israel tells UK
10 September 2026
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World
AIR TRAFFIC GLITCH / Cyberattack ruled out as more UK flights axed
10 September 2026
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World
Israeli army to knock down 25 buildings
The Israeli army is to demolish 25 residential buildings in the north West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp later this week, local authorities told AFP yesterday.
15 December 2025
Security trial: Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty
Hong Kong’s High Court yesterday found tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces in the city’s highest-profile trial under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
15 December 2025
Chile elects Kast as president in rightward shift
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to steer the country in its sharpest rightward shift since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990.
15 December 2025
'For all I know, she could be dead,' says son of Suu Kyi
'Nobody has seen her in over two years. She hasn't been allowed contact with her legal team, never mind her family,' he says
15 December 2025
Who is Ahmed al-Ahmed, the unarmed bystander who disarmed a Sydney shooter
Australian PM says his actions may have saved lives during deadly Bondi Beach attack
15 December 2025
Person held over Brown University shooting to be released: US officials
A person who was detained over the shooting that killed two students was to be released
15 December 2025
Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in national security trial
The case has drawn international scrutiny of Hong Kong's judicial independence amid a years-long crackdown on rights and freedoms in the global financial hub.
15 December 2025
Father and son behind Bondi Jewish festival shooting: Police
Police did not release the shooters' names, but said the father had held a firearms license since 2015 and had six licensed weapons.
15 December 2025
Australian PM proposes 'tougher gun laws' after Bondi mass shooting
Australia's prime minister proposed "tougher gun laws" on Monday a day after gunmen killed 15 people in a mass shooting targeting a Jewish festival at a Sydney beach
15 December 2025
Far-right Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile election in landslide
For Kast, a 59-year-old father of nine, it was third time lucky, after two failed attempts at the presidency
15 December 2025
Bus plunges into ravine in Colombia, killing 17
At least 16 high school students celebrating their graduation and a driver were killed
15 December 2025
What we know about Australia's Bondi Beach attack
An attack by a father and son on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach killed 15 people
15 December 2025
Australia hails 'hero' who stopped gunman in his tracks
He even earns a shout-out from US President Donald Trump
14 December 2025
Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting
40 people remain in hospital, say police
14 December 2025
Trump condemns deadly Sydney shooting as 'purely antisemitic attack'
That was a terrible attack, he says
14 December 2025
2 killed, 9 hurt in Brown Univ shooting
Providence police have detained a “person of interest” in connection with the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the US Ivy League school.
14 December 2025
Jewish holiday event: 12 killed, 29 hurt in Australia beach shooting
At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach yesterday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack.
14 December 2025
Viability of Gaza truce under threat
Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said yesterday that a targeted assassination by Israel on Saturday of one of the group’s senior commanders threatens the “viability of the truce” in the enclave.
14 December 2025
Remains of a rare sun temple found in Egypt
An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said on Friday.
14 December 2025
Small boat migrant crossings resume in English Channel
Migrants resumed attempts to cross the English Channel to reach Britain on Saturday, four weeks after the last small boat arrived.
14 December 2025