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Middle East
‘Just a wasteland’
The United Nations’ aid chief took stock of the monumental task of restoring basic necessities in the devastated Gaza Strip yesterday, as Israel and Hamas exchanged more human remains.
18 October 2025
Pakistan and Afghanistan hold peace talks in Doha after fierce clashes
On Friday, a suicide attack near the border killed seven Pakistani soldiers, security officials say
18 October 2025
Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang dies at 103, Xinhua says
He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
18 October 2025
Gaza civil defence says 9 killed Friday when Israeli forces fired at bus
Ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas now in its second week
18 October 2025
At least 10 Afghans dead as Kabul accuses Pakistan of breaking truce
The 48-hour truce paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes
18 October 2025
China and US agree to fresh trade talks
Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry
18 October 2025
US permits Boeing to boost production on 737 MAX
US officials said Friday they granted approval to Boeing to increase production on 737 MAX aircraft in the latest sign of the aviation giant's improving standing with safety regulators
18 October 2025
Trump refiles $15b lawsuit against NYT
US President Donald Trump has refiled a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, court documents show, weeks after it was thrown out by a federal judge.
17 October 2025
Around 900m poor exposed to climate shocks
Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a “double and deeply unequal burden,” the United Nations warned yesterday.
17 October 2025
Advance to the next step of Gaza peace deal
Hamas yesterday called on mediators to push for the next steps under the ceasefire in Gaza, including reopening the border, letting in aid, beginning reconstruction, setting up an administration and completing Israel’s withdrawal.
17 October 2025
Mishandling of classified info: Trump critic John Bolton indicted
John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, was indicted on Thursday -- the third foe of Trump to be hit with criminal charges in recent weeks.
17 October 2025
Trump to meet Zelensky ahead of Putin summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House yesterday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president readies for a fresh summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
17 October 2025
Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank
Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said yesterday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.
17 October 2025
EU: Asean must seek change in Myanmar
The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election, its top human rights official said yesterday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging Southeast Asian nations to “push for change”.
17 October 2025
India already cutting Russian oil imports by 50% after US talks
Said White House official describing trade talks between two countries 'productive'
17 October 2025
Peru to impose state of emergency in capital after wave of violence
Peru's new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organized crime
17 October 2025
Japan ex-PM Murayama, famous for WW2 apology, dies aged 101
Murayama, in office from 1994-1996, issued the 1995 statement on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II
17 October 2025
Police say Cambodia will deport 59 South Koreans linked to scam centres
Cambodia will deport on Friday 59 South Koreans who worked in cyberscam schemes, police said, after Seoul sent a team to investigate the fate of dozens of its nationals.
16 October 2025
Madagascar’s military ruler to be sworn in as president today
Madagascar’s new military ruler, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, said he will be sworn in as president on Friday and was open to talks with the African Union, after it suspended the country’s membership following a coup to oust President Andry Rajoelina.
16 October 2025
French PM survives two confidence votes days after reappointment
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two confidence motions Thursday, just days after appointing his new government and making a key political concession to stay in power.
16 October 2025