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Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years: RSF
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Mamdani calls on King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor
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Putin, Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine in phone call
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Israeli strikes kill 4 more in Gaza
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287 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize
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Fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia
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US seeks international help to reopen Strait of Hormuz as crude prices surge
30 April 2026, 15:44 PM
US-Israel war on Iran
S Korea’s Yoon defiant as hearings draw to an end
Suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol said yesterday South Korea had been facing an “existential crisis” when he declared martial law last year, remaining defiant and unapologetic as he faced the final day of impeachment hearings that could formally remove him from office.
25 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Elon Musk gives ‘another chance’ to justify jobs
Elon Musk said US federal workers had “another chance” to justify their work or lose their jobs, as the original deadline passed yesterday with staff at multiple federal agencies told to disregard his request.
25 February 2025, 18:00 PM
India’s ex-Congress MP gets life term
A Delhi court yesterday awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
25 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Musk gives federal workers 'another chance' to justify jobs
He had originally given federal government employees until the end of Monday to explain their work achievements in an email.
25 February 2025, 09:56 AM
Exploration firm restarts search for MH370 11 years on
Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the hunt for the missing plane
25 February 2025, 09:52 AM
Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks
Negotiators meeting at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome this week are tasked with breaking a deadlock on funding between rich and developing countries
25 February 2025, 06:36 AM
Hundreds attend special mass in Pope Francis's home city, Buenos Aires
They gathered on the same square in Buenos Aires where as archbishop, Jorge Bergoglio used to give mass and rail against inequality and injustice.
25 February 2025, 05:40 AM
Firings at US agency foreshadow second wave of mass govt layoffs
The Office of Personnel Management has eliminated its entire 40-strong procurement team
25 February 2025, 04:50 AM
Ukraine rupture grows as US sides with Russia at UN
Washington drafted a rival resolution amid an intensifying feud between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
25 February 2025, 03:36 AM
£2.8m gold toilet stolen from UK show never found: court
It took just five minutes to steal a £2.8-million gold toilet, which has never been found, from an art exhibition at an English country house, a court heard Monday
25 February 2025, 02:17 AM
Nine soldiers killed in Colombia road accident
Nine Colombian soldiers were killed and 20 were injured when their vehicle plunged into a ravine in southwest Colombia, officials said Monday
25 February 2025, 02:15 AM
Putin backs Trump's proposal to halve defence spending
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday backed a suggestion by US counterpart Donald Trump for Russia, the United States and China to all cut their defence budgets in half
25 February 2025, 02:13 AM
Rift on Ukraine: Macron, Trump vow to work together
French President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump sought to smooth over a transatlantic rift on Ukraine yesterday, with the US president eyeing a deal to end Russia’s invasion “within weeks” backed by European peacekeepers.
24 February 2025, 22:00 PM
EU suspends key sanctions on Syria
The European Union yesterday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Deal that suits Moscow can only halt Ukraine war
Russia said yesterday it was ready for talks on the three-year old war in Ukraine but would only stop fighting when a peace settlement “suits” Moscow.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
EU suspends key sanctions on Syria
The European Union yesterday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
British couple arrested by Taliban: family
An elderly British couple have been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, their daughter said yesterday, urging UK diplomats to do “everything in their power” to secure their release.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Era of ‘dictators’ could return
The international system is in upheaval with human rights being “suffocated”, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that an era of “dictators” could return.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Xi hails Russia’s ‘positive efforts to defuse crisis’
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed Moscow’s “positive efforts to defuse” the Ukraine crisis in a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media said.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Far-right surge ‘last warning’ for parties
Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz said yesterday that the surge of the far-right AfD to 20 percent voter support was “the last warning” to the country’s mainstream parties.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM