BRICS summit set to begin amid global crises
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Houthi offensive and Makkah Pact / Pakistan in a fix
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Could AI really kill us all?
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NY marks 25th anniv of 9/11
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South Asia / Modi, Putin agree to strengthen ties
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South Asia / Flood reconstruction: Nepal needs $4.78b
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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
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Iran, Saudi Arabia discuss regional ‘insecurity’ as Yemen fighting flares
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Modi, Putin hold talks in New Delhi on trade, defence
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Sri Lanka floods, landslides kill at least 31
Another four were killed in a similar manner in the adjoining Nuwara Eliya district.
27 November 2025
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 75, government says
The death toll from a fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 75, the city's government said late on Thursday
27 November 2025
Trump says South Africa won't get 2026 G20 invite, South Africa calls it punitive
Trump has been critical of South African policies since taking office in January
27 November 2025
Train hits China railway workers, killing 11: local authority
The cause of the crash was under investigation
27 November 2025
Venezuela bans airlines that halted flights per US warning: statement
The Venezuelan Ministry of Transport gave a 48-hour deadline on Monday to resume flights to the six companies
27 November 2025
Magnitude 6.6 quake hits western Indonesia: USGS
The strong quake struck Simeulue island at 11:56 am (0456 GMT)
27 November 2025
Peru sentences ex-president Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption
Vizcarra accepted bribes equivalent to $676,000 from construction firms
27 November 2025
Shooter of National Guard was Afghan committing 'act of terror': Trump
Two soldiers were critically wounded in a targeted shooting near White House
27 November 2025
Hong Kong fire toll rises to 55: fire dept
Police arrested three men in connection with the fire
27 November 2025
Two National guard members shot in Washington, DHS chief says
Police in Washington separately said there was a shooting one block from the White House on Wednesday, but gave no other details
26 November 2025
Iran condemns US ‘bullying approach’ towards Venezuela
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed what he called the United States’ “bullying approach” towards Venezuela, a statement said yesterday, as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on his Venezuelan arch-foe.
26 November 2025
Trump rages at report that he is increasingly frail
US President Donald Trump yesterday raged at a New York Times report that focused on his age and growing signs of fatigue, insisting that he is full of energy and calling the woman author of the article “ugly.”
26 November 2025
Blast at arms depot kills five in northwest Syria
An explosion at a weapons depot in northwest Syria’s Idlib province killed five people and wounded nine others yesterday, security forces said in a statement.
26 November 2025
Floods kill at least 33 in Thailand
Thailand airlifted patients and flew critical supplies, including oxygen tanks, into a submerged southern city yesterday, as the death toll from some of the region’s worst floods in years climbed to 33.
26 November 2025
36 killed in high-rise inferno in HK
At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing yesterday after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in flammable bamboo scaffolding, authorities said.
26 November 2025
Sudan army chief calls on Trump to end country’s war
Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with a rival paramilitary group since April 2023, called on US President Donald Trump yesterday to bring peace.
26 November 2025
Russia backs parts of US plan
Russia has seen the latest copy of a US plan to end the Ukraine war and views some of it positively, but other points require discussion, the Kremlin said yesterday.
26 November 2025
Israel launches new ops in northern West Bank
The Israeli military yesterday announced a new “counterterrorism” operation in the north of the occupied West Bank.
26 November 2025
Turkish firms ink $6.5bn Steel Dome deals
Turkish defence companies signed $6.5 billion worth of contracts to reinforce and develop Turkey’s integrated, multi-layered ‘Steel Dome’ air defence system, the Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) said yesterday.
26 November 2025
Floods toll rises to 33 in southern Thailand: government
The death toll from days of widespread flooding in southern Thailand rose to 33 on Wednesday
26 November 2025