Russia takes 2 Ukrainian villages

Russia’s defence ministry said yesterday its forces had captured the villages of Mykolaivka and Myrne in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
13 July 2025, 19:44 PM

Malnutrition in Gaza rises since March

UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said yesterday the malnutrition cases have increased in Gaza since March when Israel banned the UN agency from the Strip and imposed an aid blockade on the besieged enclave.
13 July 2025, 19:41 PM

Political body ‘ARNC’ formed to advance Rohingya rights

The council emerged from nearly two years of strategic consultations involving leading Rohingya political figures, activists, community representatives, representatives from the camps and diaspora organisations
13 July 2025, 18:32 PM

Iranian president lightly hurt during war last month

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sustained minor leg injuries during an Israeli strike that targeted a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council during the war between both countries last month, the Fars News Agency reported.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

French prisoner escapes in fellow inmate’s luggage

France’s prison service said Saturday it had launched an investigation after a man escaped by smuggling himself into his cellmate’s bag as he left jail, having served his sentence.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel increased Rafah demolition

Demolition operations being conducted by Israel in Gaza’s southern Rafah Governorate have been stepped up sharply, an investigation by Al Jazeera’s Sanad investigations unit has found.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Farm worker dies after immigration raid

A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California, his family said on Saturday.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row

France’s defence relations with Australia have recovered after their 2021 bust-up over a major submarine contract, the country’s ambassador said yesterday.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Several hurt in anti-migrant unrest in Spanish town

Several people were hurt in a second night of anti-migrant unrest in the Spanish town of Torre Pacheco after a pensioner was beaten up, authorities said yesterday.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Succession issue a ‘thorn’ in ties with India: China

The succession of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is a thorn in China-India relations, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi said yesterday, as India’s foreign minister prepares to visit China for the first time since deadly border clashes in 2020.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Indian army killed leaders in Myanmar strikes

Separatist militants in northeastern India said the Indian army carried out cross-border drone strikes on the group’s camps in neighbouring Myanmar yesterday, killing three of its leaders.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Gaza truce talks in the balance as Israel and Hamas trade blame

A Palestinian source with knowledge of the indirect talks in Qatar told AFP that Israel's proposals to keep its troops in the war-torn territory were holding up a deal for a 60-day pause.
13 July 2025, 05:45 AM

Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California

The farm worker's family had started a page on the fundraising platform GoFundMe to help support his relatives in Mexico. On Saturday, the page posted an update to say he had "passed away."
13 July 2025, 05:40 AM

Trump intensifies trade war with threat of 30% tariffs on EU, Mexico

Trump announced the latest tariffs in separate letters to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
13 July 2025, 03:32 AM

SpaceX to invest $2 billion in Musk's xAI startup, WSJ reports

SpaceX and xAI did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment
13 July 2025, 03:25 AM

US slaps 30% tariff on EU, Mexico

President Donald Trump yesterday said major US trading partners Mexico and the European Union would face a 30 percent tariff starting next month, ramping up pressure for deals in his trade wars.
12 July 2025, 20:48 PM

US sanctions Cuban president

The United States announced its first sanctions on Friday against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role “in the Cuban regime’s brutality toward the Cuban people.”
12 July 2025, 19:05 PM

Gaza truce talks faltering over troop withdrawal

Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha said yesterday, as the continued Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave killed 79 more.
12 July 2025, 18:39 PM

Trump visits Texas flood zone

Donald Trump defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas on Friday as he visited the stricken Hill Country region, where at least 120 people, including dozens of children, perished a week ago.
12 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take 'new form'

Iran's 12-day war with Israel rattled its already shaky relationship with IAEA
12 July 2025, 15:42 PM