Palestinians vote in first elections since Gaza war
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Middle East
US hopes for progress, but Iran says not direct talks
10 hour(s) ago
US-Israel war on Iran
Hope rekindles for US-Iran peace talks
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
US-Israel war on Iran
India denounces ‘hellhole’ remark shared by Trump
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
War, drought, aid shortfall to fuel hunger in 2026
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
World
US threat to oust Spain / Nato ‘must remain united’: Italy PM
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Only 5 ships pass through Strait of Hormuz in 24 hrs
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
US-Israel war on Iran
El Nino set to return as early as May: WMO
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Free Suu Kyi, more prisoners
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Americans blame Trump for gas price surge: poll
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Taiwan jails 4 soldiers for spying for China
Four Taiwanese soldiers, including three from a unit in charge of security for the president’s office, have been sentenced to prison for photographing and leaking confidential information to China, a court said.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
US drops bounties on top Taliban officials
The United States has removed multimillion-dollar bounties on leaders of Afghanistan’s feared Haqqani militant network, including the current Taliban interior minister, the State Department and Taliban government said.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
6 killed as tourist submarine carrying Russians sinks
Six foreigners were killed yesterday when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, the local governor’s office told Reuters, without confirming the nationalities of the victims.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta preparing for Dec election
The chief of Myanmar’s ruling junta yesterday vowed to hold a free and fair election in December, as he urged armed opponents in a widening civil war to renounce violence and pursue dialogue.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Turkey court orders release of AFP journo, 2 others
A Turkish court yesterday ordered the release of three journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, held after covering the country’s worst unrest in over a decade, his lawyer and an NGO said.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
14m children face hunger, malnutrition
At least 14 million children face hunger and a heightened risk of malnutrition or death this year, Unicef warned Wednesday, as major international donors like the United States slash aid budgets.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Yemen’s Houthis say two killed in US strikes
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said yesterday that two people were killed in overnight air strikes near Sanaa that they blamed on the United States.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kill 8 in ‘coordinated’ attacks: police
Gunmen killed at least eight people in “coordinated” attacks in southwestern Pakistan that largely targeted bus passengers based on their ethnicity, police said yesterday, the latest in a spike in violence in the region.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
UNICEF warns 14 million children face malnutrition
The United Nations children's agency urged governments and philanthropic institutions to contribute to its Child Nutrition Fund to head off a wave of starvation.
27 March 2025, 06:38 AM
Japan warns of 'significant impact' from US tariffs
Tokyo is a close economic and strategic US ally, with its firms the biggest investors in the United States and one in 10 Japanese jobs connected to the auto sector.
27 March 2025, 04:01 AM
France FM urges closer ties with China in the face of 'crises'
Barrot met top Chinese diplomat Wang at Beijing's ornate Diaoyutai guesthouse on Thursday morning
27 March 2025, 03:23 AM
Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-built vehicles
The duties take effect at 12:01 am (0401 GMT) on April 3
27 March 2025, 03:08 AM
Hostages to return ‘in coffins’
Palestinian group Hamas warned yesterday that hostages may be killed if Israel attempts to retrieve them by force and air strikes continue in the Gaza Strip.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
China, Beijing’s ties with Russia main threats to US
China remains the main threat to the United States globally but of increasing concern is its closer cooperation with Russia, Iran and North Korea, said an annual US intelligence report released Tuesday.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
South Korea’s wildfires kill 24 people
One of South Korea’s worst-ever wildfire outbreaks has killed at least 24 people, officials said yesterday, with multiple raging blazes causing “unprecedented damage” and threatening two Unesco-listed sites.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Turkey protesters defiant despite mass arrests
Protesters were defiant yesterday despite a growing crackdown and nearly 1,500 arrests as they marked a week since the start of Turkey’s biggest street demonstrations since 2013.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Moscow not ‘pursuing real peace’: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday denounced the latest attacks from Russia, which launched over a hundred drones overnight, hours after agreeing to outlines of a Black Sea ceasefire.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Sudan army retakes Khartoum airport from paramilitaries
The Sudanese army yesterday recaptured Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces, an army source told AFP, while troops surrounded the paramilitaries’ last major holdout position south of the city.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Russian TV reporter killed by mine on Ukraine border
A military correspondent from Russia’s main state TV channel, Channel One, was killed by a mine on the border with Ukraine earlier, her employer said yesterday.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows
Once employed by the network, federal employees could then be asked to share increasingly sensitive information about government operations
26 March 2025, 04:40 AM