Sudan says army destroys Emirati aircraft, killing 40 mercenaries

Sudan’s air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday.
7 August 2025, 18:43 PM

Hezbollah rejects cabinet decision to disarm it

Hezbollah said Wednesday that it would treat a Lebanese government decision to disarm the militant group “as if it did not exist”, accusing the cabinet of committing a “grave sin”.
7 August 2025, 18:43 PM

Israel wants to take control of all of Gaza: Netanyahu

The Israel PM says Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza and will eventually hand it over to armed forces
7 August 2025, 15:31 PM

Nearly 12,000 children under five in Gaza have acute malnutrition: WHO

Between June and July, the number of admissions for malnutrition almost doubled -- from 6,344 to 11,877 -- according to UNICEF
7 August 2025, 14:52 PM

Trump calls on Intel CEO to resign over China ties

Says Lip-Bu Tan is “highly conflicted”, casting doubt over the company’s future
7 August 2025, 13:45 PM

Trump says likely to meet Putin 'very soon'

"There's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon," Trump told reporters
7 August 2025, 08:37 AM

Toyota cuts profit forecast due to US tariffs

The auto industry had a pre-existing 2.5 percent tariff, meaning the levy currently stands at 27.5 percent
7 August 2025, 05:46 AM

Fresh US tariffs shake up Asian chip stocks

Precision tools maker Disco Corporation gave up 1.3 percent and Sumco, which makes silicon wafers, lost 1.2 percent
7 August 2025, 03:45 AM

Japanese population sees record drop in 2024

The number of Japanese fell by 908,574, or 0.75 percent, to 120.65 million
7 August 2025, 03:33 AM

Ghana defence minister among eight killed in helicopter crash

Authorities did not immediately give an explanation for what might have caused the crash
7 August 2025, 03:15 AM

India-US spat over trade and oil threatens wider fallout

India is already making some moves with Russia and China. Modi is set to visit China soon for the first time since 2018.
7 August 2025, 01:34 AM

Russian oil purchase: Trump raises India tariffs to 50%

US President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil in a move that sharply escalated tensions between the two nations after trade talks reached a deadlock.
6 August 2025, 20:32 PM

Putin decree allows Russia to increase greenhouse gas emissions

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree that would allow Russia to increase its greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2035 compared with 2021 levels.
6 August 2025, 19:44 PM

Two killed in Russian attack on holiday camp: Kyiv

A Russian attack that set ablaze a holiday camp in central Ukraine yesterday killed two people and wounded another dozen, local authorities said.
6 August 2025, 19:22 PM

Shooter opens fire at US military base, wounding five

A shooter opened fire at a US military base in the southern state of Georgia on Wednesday, wounding five soldiers before being apprehended
6 August 2025, 18:45 PM

US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1

OpenAI on Wednesday said it was letting the US government use a version of ChatGPT designed for businesses for a year, charging just $1 for the service
6 August 2025, 18:42 PM

Israeli military chief opposes Gaza expansion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced pushback from the head of the military over his proposal to seize remaining areas of Gaza it doesn’t already control during a tense three-hour meeting, three Israeli officials said.
6 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Heavy rains, landslides hamper rescue efforts

Heavy rain and blocked roads hampered rescue efforts in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand yesterday, a day after sudden flooding and landslides killed four people and left dozens missing.
6 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel

Iranian authorities yesterday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel by passing on information about a nuclear scientist killed during the 12-day war with Israel in June, the judiciary said.
6 August 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Don’t know anything about it’: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stated that he had no knowledge that the United States imports Russian Chemicals and fertilisers. The rebuttal came after India claimed that US continues to import from Russia uranium hexafluoride for its nuclear industry, fertilisers, as well as chemicals.
6 August 2025, 18:00 PM