India's 'Cockroach' movement vows to protest until education minister resigns

India's "Cockroach" party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead with their campaign until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns
21 July 2026

Nine dead, 15 trapped after India tunnel collapse

The collapse was likely triggered by a blast, the cause of which was yet to be ascertained
21 July 2026

'All these rashes': chickenpox surges in Gaza camps

Doctors and displaced families in Gaza say the highly contagious disease has surged in recent months as war has forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into cramped tent camps with no clean water for hygiene
21 July 2026

Houthis announce Saudi naval blockade, threatening new front in US-Iran war

Yemen's Houthis declare 'maritime embargo' on Saudi Arabia
21 July 2026

27 dead, 83 missing from capsized ferry off Guyana coast

Sixty-nine people aboard the MV Barima have been rescued since the vessel flipped over on Saturday night, Phillips told reporters, adding that 83 more remained missing
21 July 2026

Severe heat kills five Afghan migrants

Authorities in southwestern Afghanistan were yesterday searching for 14 people missing in the desert after five other migrants trying to reach neighbouring Iran died in the heat, police said.
21 July 2026

Indian Kashmir: Hundreds led by CM protest in New Delhi

Hundreds of people led by the chief minister of Indian Kashmir shouted slogans and staged a protest in the capital Delhi yesterday, demanding statehood for the region, seven years after it was turned into a federal territory.
21 July 2026

Russian attack on corn ship off Odesa kills 10

A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said yesterday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long flare-up of violence in the Black Sea.
21 July 2026

New front opens in US-Iran war

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said yesterday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.
21 July 2026

Burnham becomes UK PM

Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade yesterday, pledging to break with the politics of the past to deliver a new economic model to benefit a nation “fed up” with a revolving door of leaders.
21 July 2026

New Air Force One to be ‘maxed out’

US President Donald Trump said Sunday his new Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet needed to be sent off for a month to be “maxed out,” after reports of security concerns on a trip to Turkey.
21 July 2026

Northern India: Landslides, floods kill at least 25

At least 25 people died in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain across northern and northeastern India over the weekend, officials said yesterday, with more rain predicted over the next few days.
21 July 2026

China injured sailor in sea clash

The Philippine military yesterday accused the China Coast Guard of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton as they approached a grounded vessel that has long served as a Philippine garrison in the disputed South China Sea.
21 July 2026

Cuba infiltrated highest levels of US govt: State Dept

The United States yesterday accused Cuba of infiltrating the highest levels of government in Washington, as President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign to force an end to communist rule of the island.
21 July 2026

UK finance minister Rachel Reeves leaves government

Reeves says she will support Burnham’s Labour government
20 July 2026

Bahrain, Kuwait report Iranian attacks

Bahrain accuses Iran of targeting civilians
20 July 2026

Burnham becomes new UK PM after meeting king

The 56-year-old is the sixth prime minister to enter Downing Street in the last 10 years
20 July 2026

Cockroach Janta Party protest met with tear gas and baton charge in New Delhi

The months-old movement and the planned protest is seen as the biggest public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term in office, ganering millions of supporters on social media and mobilising support on ground as well.
20 July 2026

More than 400 drones target Moscow region, most 'neutralised': mayor

Kyiv has in recent months intensified its strikes on Russian territory, describing them as retribution for more than four years of bombardments against its territory
20 July 2026

Rubio says Iran using Hormuz as leverage, calls on other countries to 'step up'

A fragile truce between Iran and the United States broke down after reported attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical international waterway through which a fifth of the global oil and gas supply transited prior to the war
20 July 2026