Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
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Modi, Putin hold talks in New Delhi on trade, defence
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Iranian president arrives in India for BRICS summit: TV broadcast
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Trump rejects Saudi request for strikes on Houthis: Axios
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Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
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Putin reaches India for BRICS summit coloured by wars
11 September 2026
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US braces for inflation report that may push Fed to hike rates
11 September 2026
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25 years of 9/11 / Trump’s Iran war echoes post-attack ‘forever wars’
11 September 2026
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Makkah pact / Expansion not at this stage: Pakistan
11 September 2026
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Trump airs doubt about Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros.
US President Donald Trump commented Sunday on Netflix's effort to acquire storied Hollywood studio Warner Bros., saying the streaming giant already has "a very large market share" and "it could be a problem.
8 December 2025
Syria transition ‘fragile’, one year on: UN investigators
Syria’s transition is fragile, one year on from the overthrow of ruler Bashar al-Assad, and the country’s cycles of vengeance and reprisal need to end, United Nations investigators said yesterday.
7 December 2025
IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus
The UN nuclear watchdog has said that the protective structure surrounding the exploded reactor at Chernobyl can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, after a Russian drone strike earlier this year.
7 December 2025
Roman slaves ate better than ordinary people
While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than “speaking tools”, some received better food than ordinary people, Italy’s culture ministry said on Friday, citing evidence from recent excavations.
7 December 2025
Insomnia, anxiety stalk Venezuelans
The streets of Caracas are decorated with Christmas lights. The sound of traditional Venezuelan Christmas music can be heard everywhere. Daily routines seem undisturbed: children attending school, adults going to work, vendors opening their businesses.
7 December 2025
Ukraine peace deal is close
US President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was “really close” and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical changes to some of the US proposals.
7 December 2025
Second phase of Gaza plan ‘close’: Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the US president’s Gaza plan was close.
7 December 2025
‘Imran Khan not a security threat’
The PTI emphatically deplored “ridiculous” remarks by the Pakistan military spokesperson against ex-premier Imran Khan, saying he was “not a security threat”, and lamented the weakening of democracy in the country following the passage of recent constitutional amendments.
7 December 2025
Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618
A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has battered Southeast and South Asia
7 December 2025
US envoy Kellogg says Ukraine peace deal is really close
The Ukraine war is the deadliest European conflict since World War Two
7 December 2025
US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say
The shifting of this burden from the US to European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would dramatically change how the United States, a founding member of the post-war alliance, works with its most important military partners.
7 December 2025
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens: local official
Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary RSF have been locked in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly 12 million
7 December 2025
Kremlin welcomes end to 'direct threat' label in US strategy
"We considered this a positive step," spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
7 December 2025
17 found dead in migrant vessel off Crete: coastguard
Greek state television channel ERT said the bodies had been found inside the vessel, which was taking on water and partly deflated.
7 December 2025
Trump's Pentagon chief under fire as scandals mount
Hegseth is no stranger to controversy and was only narrowly confirmed by the Senate earlier this year.
7 December 2025
Venezuela swears in 5,600 new troops amid US military build-up
American forces have carried out deadly strikes on at least 22 vessels, killing at least 83.
7 December 2025
7.0 quake shakes remote area straddling Alaska, Canada
The temblor at 2041 GMT was followed by more than 30 aftershocks ranging from magnitude 5.1 to 3.3 over the next three hours
7 December 2025
India nightclub fire kills 25 in Goa
Several tourists were among the dead in the blaze, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in North Goa district
7 December 2025
S Africa hostel shooting leaves 11 dead: police
Gunmen stormed a hostel in South Africa’s capital Pretoria yesterday, killing 11 people including a three‑year‑old child at a site police said was illegally selling alcohol.
6 December 2025
French town offers birth bonuses to save local clinic
A small French town is to offer expectant mothers 1,000 euros from next year to give birth at the local maternity ward in a bid to save it from closing.
6 December 2025