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Cuba releases last of 553 prisoners under Biden-era deal
Most had been rounded up in a crackdown on rare mass protests against the Cuban government in July 2021.
11 March 2025, 03:01 AM
Tanker hired by US military ablaze off UK after hit by container ship
Two maritime security sources said there was no indication of any malicious activity or other actors involved in the incident.
11 March 2025, 02:25 AM
White House pushes back against recession talk as household worries grow, stocks tank
Trump and his team have repeatedly bashed the economy that they inherited from Biden
11 March 2025, 02:15 AM
Musk says X hit by major cyberattack
Reports of problems with X started early Monday, with users in Asia, Europe, and North America saying they could not access the platform, according to the Downdetector
10 March 2025, 20:27 PM
North Sea tanker, cargo ship collision injures 32
A major rescue operation was under way after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea yesterday which sparked a huge blaze and left 32 people injured.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Aid halt endangers Gaza civilians
Israel’s suspension of goods entering Gaza has begun to take a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing and officials warning of growing risks to the environment including possible discharges of raw sewage into the sea.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Canada’s next PM Carney vows to ‘win’ US trade war
Canada’s incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note as the former central banker vowed to win US President Donald Trump’s trade war, saying his country will “never” be part of the United States.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
US cancelling 83pc of USAID programmes: Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday the United States was cancelling 83 percent of programmes at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
US President Donald Trump ‘unpredictable’
US President Donald Trump, who wants to take over Greenland, is very erratic, the island’s premier said yesterday, the eve of the self-governing Danish territory’s legislative elections.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine always striving for peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday ahead of talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine wants peace and Russia is the “only reason” that the war has dragged on.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Migrant rescue NGO saves 25 off Libyan coast
French migrant rescue group SOS Mediterranee brought 25 people stranded off the Libyan coast aboard its Ocean Viking vessel on Sunday, the NGO said.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran protests over Swedish minister’s ‘rogue state’ remark
Iran has summoned the Swedish ambassador to protest against “interventionist accusations” made by his country’s education minister, the foreign ministry in Tehran announced yesterday.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran says 'no justification' for attacks on Alawites and other minorities in Syria
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said this during a weekly press briefing
10 March 2025, 08:07 AM
China-US trade war heats up as Beijing's tariffs take effect
After imposing a blanket 10 percent tariff on all Chinese goods in early February, Trump hiked the rate to 20 percent last week.
10 March 2025, 07:18 AM
Mark Carney wins vote to replace Trudeau as Canada PM
Canada's Liberal Party overwhelmingly elected Mark Carney as the country's next prime minister Sunday
10 March 2025, 04:29 AM
Floods hit eastern Australia, 200,000 properties blacked out
Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses
10 March 2025, 03:17 AM
Israeli negotiators head to Qatar for Gaza truce talks
Israel is due to send a delegation to Doha on Monday for a fresh round of talks on extending a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, after cutting off the electricity supply to ramp up pressure on Hamas
10 March 2025, 03:13 AM
China to use AI in elder care as population ages
China said yesterday it will accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and big data in elderly and social care as it bets on new technologies to drive economic growth despite an ageing population.
9 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Pak Taliban attack kills 4 paramilitary troops: police
At least four Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed when local Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in a northwestern border region, a police official said yesterday.
9 March 2025, 18:00 PM
US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House
US Secret Service agents shot an armed man near the White House during the night, an agency spokesman said early yesterday, while President Donald Trump was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
9 March 2025, 18:00 PM