1 November 2025

Fire breaks out at Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Tower 3

The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors
1 November 2025

Finland's crackdown on undocumented migrants sparks fear

As of last year, undocumented migrants are unable to apply for work in Finland
1 November 2025

Trump says ready to maintain US food aid funding despite shutdown

US President Donald Trump appeared to issue a lifeline Friday for low-income Americans reliant on food aid, saying he does not want them to "go hungry" a day before some 42 million people could lose their monthly assistance
1 November 2025

Trump White House restricts reporters' access to press office

Journalists are now barred if they do not have prior approval to access the area in Upper Press
1 November 2025

Hornless rhino roamed Canadian Arctic 23m yrs ago

About 23 million years ago, a species of rhinoceros - similar in size to the modern Indian rhino but lacking a horn - made its home in the challenging environment of the Canadian High Arctic, which at the time was warmer than it is now but still experienced snow and months of wintertime darkness.
31 October 2025

Israel launches more strikes on Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes and artillery continued to strike Khan Younis in southern Gaza yesterday, killing three people despite Israel’s claim that it rejoined the ceasefire two days earlier.
31 October 2025

Trump sets refugee ceiling at record-low 7,500

US President Donald Trump set the refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, the lowest cap on record, a White House document published on Thursday said, part of a broader effort to reshape refugee policies in the US and worldwide.
31 October 2025

Stop strikes on alleged drug boats in Caribbean

The United Nations yesterday urged the United States to halt strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific allegedly carrying drug traffickers, and to prevent “extrajudicial killings”.
31 October 2025

Hundreds killed in Tanzania vote protests: opposition

Tanzania’s main opposition party said yesterday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections across the country this week, as the government said it was restoring order after “isolated incidents”.
31 October 2025

ICRC warns of violence against aid workers in Gaza, Sudan

The International Committee of the Red Cross’s director-general told AFP yesterday that humanitarian workers were being increasingly targeted in Gaza and in Sudan, where five Red Crescent volunteers were killed this week.
31 October 2025

King Charles strips brother Andrew of titles, his mansion

Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
31 October 2025

Hundreds may have been executed in capture of Sudanese city: UN rights office

The RSF has dismissed past accusations of abuses, and have made counter-accusations against the Sudanese army
31 October 2025

Thai ex-PM Thaksin's party elects new leader after daughter's exit

Pheu Thai members elected Julapun Amornvivat, a former deputy finance minister
31 October 2025

China, Canada leaders hold first formal talks since 2017

China and Canada’s leaders opened on Friday their first formal talks since 2017, with Xi Jinping meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea, Chinese state media reported..Canada’s relations with China are among the worst of any Western nation but both are at the sharp end of Donald
31 October 2025

'In a nuclear war, there are no winners or losers; all of humanity becomes loser'

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors warn Trump after his directive to Pentagon on nuclear testing
31 October 2025

Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean

Floods may persist in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and neighbouring Dominican Republic
31 October 2025

Xi to meet Japan, Canada leaders after trade truce with Trump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was expected to meet Canada and Japan's new prime ministers for the first time on Friday, a day after agreeing to a trade war ceasefire with US President Donald Trump..The meeting in Busan, South Korea saw Trump announce a cut in US tariffs and Xi agree to maintai
31 October 2025
31 October 2025