200 pro-Palestinian activists detained

Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Palestinian activists in Cairo ahead of a planned international march with the stated aim of breaking Israel’s blockade on Gaza, the organisers said yesterday.
12 June 2025, 19:09 PM

Trump unveils website for $5m US residency visa

President Donald Trump touted a new website for his planned $5 million US residency permit on Wednesday, saying the waiting list for the golden visa has opened on TrumpCard.gov.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran in breach of nuclear obligations

The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations yesterday and Tehran announced counter-measures, as tensions rose in the Middle East before further US-Iranian nuclear talks.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Wars now displace over 122m as aid funding falls

The number of people displaced by war and persecution around the world climbed above 122 million this year due to a failure to resolve multi-year conflicts such as those in Sudan and Ukraine, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, noting that funding to help the refugees has fallen to 2015 levels.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Japan, China trade barbs over fighter jet manoeuvres

Beijing yesterday condemned what it called “dangerous behaviour” by a Japanese military plane over the Pacific after Tokyo said Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to its aircraft at the weekend.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Immigration raids: Protests spread across US despite Trump threats

Protests over hardline immigration tactics ignited across the United States after days of demonstrations in Los Angeles, as California yesterday prepared for a legal showdown over President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military.
12 June 2025, 17:31 PM

Six Gaza aid boat detainees on plane departing from Israel

An Israeli police patrol boat moves near the aid sailboat Madleen as it is moored at the southern port of Ashdod on June 10, 2025 after being intercepted the previous day by Israeli forces
12 June 2025, 16:00 PM

Global forced displacement hits record 122.1 million: UNHCR

Sudan became the world's largest displacement crisis with 14.3 million refugees
12 June 2025, 15:44 PM

Deadly civilian plane crashes in India over the decades

An Air India plane with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off today
12 June 2025, 11:51 AM

Air India plane crash in pictures

Air India's flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff, officials said.
12 June 2025, 11:39 AM

Austrian school shooter was likely fan of online shooting games

The 21-year-old man suspected of this week carrying out Austria's worst school shooting was likely an introverted fan of online shooting games, criminal investigators said on Thursday
12 June 2025, 11:06 AM

China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

China has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths into magnets
12 June 2025, 08:47 AM

Palestinian Authority says internet down in Gaza after attack on fibre optic cable

All internet and fixed-line communication services in the Gaza Strip have been cut following the targeting of the last remaining main fibre optic line in Gaza
12 June 2025, 08:46 AM

UK posts record drop in exports to US in April after tariffs

British exports of goods to the United States fell by a record £2 billion ($2.7 billion) in April, official data showed Thursday, following President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught
12 June 2025, 07:15 AM

122 million forcibly displaced worldwide 'untenably high': UN

Nearly two million Syrians have been able to return home from abroad or from displacement within the war-ravaged country
12 June 2025, 05:30 AM

US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 5 members killed in Hamas attack

The UN and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the foundation over concerns it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives
12 June 2025, 03:17 AM

'Our city is not on fire': LA residents reject Trump rhetoric

The demonstrations began Friday as immigration authorities carried out raids on undocumented migrants in the sprawling metropolis
12 June 2025, 03:09 AM

Protests spread across US despite Trump threat

Over 1,000 people massed in America's second biggest city for a sixth day of protests, with the crowd peaceful as they marched through the streets
12 June 2025, 03:05 AM

World Bank lifts ban on nuclear energy financing

The World Bank is re-entering the nuclear energy space "for the first time in decades," its President Ajay Banga said Wednesday, as it works towards meeting growing electricity demand in developing countries
12 June 2025, 02:19 AM

Israel kills 120 in Gaza

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 120 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday, many of them near an aid site operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the enclave, local health officials said.
11 June 2025, 21:00 PM