Trump issues more letters to 7 more countries including Sri Lanka in push for tariff deals

Analysts have noted that Asian countries have been a key target so far
9 July 2025, 18:20 PM

Israeli blockade in Gaza hits ‘critical point’: UN

The United Nations humanitarian office, OCHA, has warned that the fuel crisis in Gaza due to the Israeli blockade has reached a “critical point” and will cause further deaths and suffering in the besieged Palestinian territory.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia strikes Ukraine with 728 drones

Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, shortlyafter US President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually direct criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Probe focuses on engine fuel control switches

A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by tomorrow, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, with one adding the probe had narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane’s fuel control switches.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

EU unveils ‘stockpiling strategy’

The EU yesterday announced its first ever plan to help stockpile essential goods such as food, water, fuel and medicines in case of crises, amid fears over potential war with Russia.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Over two dozen critics of Pak govt face YouTube ban

YouTube has told more than two dozen critics of the Pakistani government that it is considering blocking their channels after a local court sought to ban them for being “anti-state”.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Ship attacked by Houthi rebels in Red Sea sinks

A mission was under way yesterday to rescue crew from the Eternity C cargo ship which sank in the Red Sea following an attack that killed at least four crew members.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran holds talks with KSA after truce with Israel

Iran’s foreign minister has held talks with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, the Saudi foreign ministry said, two weeks after a ceasefire between regional rivals Iran and Israel began.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Poorer countries granted access to HIV prevention drug

Lower-income countries will gain access to a “game-changing” HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead and the Global Fund, the health financing group said yesterday.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Toll of Air India disaster rests at 260 as focus turns to crash report

Only one passenger miraculously survived, a British citizen who was seen walking out of the wreckage of the crash
9 July 2025, 10:47 AM

Israel’s Rafah camp – ‘humanitarian city’ or crime against humanity?

The forced displacement and containment of any civilian population in an occupied territory is a violation of international humanitarian law.
9 July 2025, 09:26 AM

Ukraine says Russia launched largest drone, missile attack of war

The latest strike beat a previous Russian record of 550 drones and missiles set earlier this month
9 July 2025, 08:01 AM

Mattel launches Barbie doll with diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin
9 July 2025, 07:56 AM

Gaza civil defence says 20 killed in Israeli air strikes

The first strike on Wednesday killed 10 members of the same family sheltering in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis while the second, on the Al-Shati camp near Gaza City, also left more than 30 wounded
9 July 2025, 07:51 AM

Trump says pharmaceutical tariffs could reach 200%

"We're going to give people about a year, a year and a half to come in and, after that, they're going to be tariffed," Trump told reporters
9 July 2025, 04:12 AM

Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs

Tuesday's ruling stemmed from an executive order Trump issued in February ordering agencies to prepare for mass layoffs.
9 July 2025, 04:03 AM

Malaysia's Anwar slams tariffs as regional meet starts

Anwar's remarks came as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Malaysia for talks overshadowed by fears of a trade war.
9 July 2025, 03:55 AM

How US buyers of critical minerals bypass China's export ban

China dominates the supply of antimony as well as gallium and germanium, used in telecommunications, semiconductors and military technology.
9 July 2025, 03:47 AM

Trump says steep copper tariffs in store as he broadens his trade war

Trump said countries have been clamoring to negotiate.
9 July 2025, 03:41 AM

US scraps shoe removal at airport screening

Passengers have been required to take off shoes during screenings since 2006
9 July 2025, 03:08 AM