Hamas kill 32 members of Gaza ‘gang’

Hamas forces have killed 32 members of “a gang” in Gaza City in a security campaign launched after a ceasefire came into effect on Friday, while six of its personnel were also killed in the violence, a Palestinian security source said yesterday.
13 October 2025

‘My heart is broken’

Ghali Khadr spent two days pleading with his parents to flee with him to southern Gaza, warning them that it was too dangerous to stay. His father, known for being stubborn, refused. Their argument was never finished -- an Israeli airstrike hit his father’s home, burying his parents beneath the rubble.
13 October 2025

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached

The world’s tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday.
13 October 2025

Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests

Rajoelina flown out on French military plane -- military source
13 October 2025

US, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey sign Gaza declaration

'The document is going to spell out rules and regulations,' said Trump
13 October 2025

Trump meets Palestinian president Abbas at Egypt summit

Both met at a summit on Gaza in Egypt
13 October 2025

Yunus holds meeting with Brazil's Lula

Both met at the FAO HQ in Rome
13 October 2025
13 October 2025

'While we couldn’t raise a few billion dollars to end hunger, world spent $2.7tn on weapons'

Chief Adviser Yunus calls for breaking the hunger–conflict cycle
13 October 2025

CA receives warm welcome at FAO Headquarters in Rome

Will deliver keynote speech at World Food Forum event
13 October 2025

300,000 South Sudanese fled country in 2025, largely due to conflict: UN

South Sudan has been beset by political instability and ethnic violence since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011
13 October 2025

Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win 2025 Nobel economics prize

For "having explained innovation-driven economic growth"
13 October 2025

Tears, joy in Israel as Hamas hands over first hostages

Many had come at sunrise, carrying pictures of the hostages and waving Israeli flags
13 October 2025

US President Trump lands in Israel ahead of parliament speech

He is scheduled to travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war
13 October 2025

At least 40 killed in South Africa bus crash

South Africa has a sophisticated and busy road network with a high rate of road deaths, blamed mostly on speeding, reckless driving and unroadworthy vehicles
13 October 2025

Trump's reignited trade war with China clouds IMF, World Bank meetings

Finance chiefs gathering in Washington this week were ready to discuss the global economy's surprising resilience
13 October 2025

In minutes, Mexico's rains swept away homes and people

At least 47 people have died since Thursday as floods have wreaked a trail of destruction
13 October 2025

Hamas hands over 20 Israeli hostages; Buses leave Ofer prison with Palestinian prisoners

A key step in ending two years of ruinous war in Gaza under a ceasefire deal engineered by Donald Trump, who landed in Israel to address its parliament
13 October 2025

Israel to present highest civilian honour to Trump

'It will be a great honour for me to present him with the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour," Herzog said
13 October 2025

Israel declares victory over Hamas in Gaza

Israel declared victory yesterday in its war with Hamas as the Palestinian group prepared to release its surviving hostages, a key step in Donald Trump’s Gaza plan hours before he hosts a peace summit in Egypt.
12 October 2025