UK to cut protections for refugees under asylum 'overhaul'

Britain will drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers
16 November 2025

Trump buys at least $82m in bonds since late August, disclosures show

The maximum total value of the bond purchases exceeded $337 million, according to the filings.
16 November 2025

COP30: Climate protesters rally in Brazil

Thousands of people yesterday marched through the streets of Belem to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the UN’s COP30 climate conference in the Amazonian city.
15 November 2025

US justice dept to probe Epstein ties with Democrats

The US Justice Department said on Friday it will fulfil President Donald Trump’s request to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to former Democratic President Bill Clinton and JPMorgan JPM.N, as Trump sought to shift the focus from his relationship with the convicted sex offender.
15 November 2025

UNSC to vote on Trump Gaza plan tomorrow

The UN Security Council will vote tomorrow on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, diplomats said.
15 November 2025

9 killed in blast at J&K police station

Nine people were killed and 31 injured when confiscated explosives accidentally blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said yesterday, just days after a car blast in Delhi killed a dozen people.
15 November 2025

Trump to sue BBC

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would sue the BBC for up to $5 billion, after the British broadcaster apologised but said it would not pay damages for a misleading speech edit.
15 November 2025

Indonesia landslide kills 6 in Central Java, 17 missing, state media says

The landslide on Thursday in the city of Cilacap buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village
15 November 2025

South Korea cancels 140 flights amid 9-hr national university exam day

More than half a million people sat for the entrance exam
15 November 2025

Trump says will sue BBC for up to $5 billion over video edit

Trump's lawyers sent the BBC a letter Monday accusing it of defaming the president
15 November 2025

Trump lowers tariffs on beef, coffee, other goods

These products are now exempted from his "reciprocal" tariffs
15 November 2025

Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, missiles

Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv early yesterday, killing eight people and wounding dozens in strikes on energy facilities, apartment buildings and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.
14 November 2025

BBC apologises to Trump over speech edit

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.
14 November 2025

US pushes UN Council to adopt Gaza plan

Russia on Thursday proposed its own draft of a UN resolution on Gaza in a challenge to a US effort to pass its own text at the Security Council that would endorse President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, according to a copy of the draft seen by Reuters.
14 November 2025

COP30 Summit in Brazil: Heat prompts $300m for climate health research

With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing life-saving solutions as global temperatures continue to rise.
14 November 2025

Modi’s alliance wins Bihar assembly polls

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition comfortably retained power in Bihar, one of India’s poorest and most populous states, a vote count showed yesterday. The result gives him a boost after last year’s disappointing national vote.
14 November 2025

New US strike kills four in Caribbean

Washington began carrying out such strikes -- which experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers -- in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
14 November 2025

Pakistan top court meets after judges quit

Pakistan’s top court called a meeting of all judges yesterday, after parliament passed a constitutional amendment this week that curbed its remit, prompting two judges to quit, saying the reform “stands as a grave assault on the constitution”.
14 November 2025

India puts new privacy rules into force

India put new privacy rules into force yesterday that will make Meta, Google, OpenAI and other companies minimize collection of personal data and give people more control over their information.
14 November 2025

Israeli army builds walls inside south Lebanon

United Nations peacekeepers said yesterday that Israel’s army has built walls in south Lebanon near the UN-demarcated Blue Line, the de facto border, nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
14 November 2025