5 Pakistani cops killed in ‘gun, bomb’ attack

Five Pakistani police personnel were killed yesterday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack in the country’s northwest, provincial police said, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgence of militant violence.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Russian air strikes cut power across Ukraine

Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones in a new air attack yesterday, authorities said, killing at least three people including a child and triggering emergency power cuts across the country as Ukrainians gear up to celebrate Christmas.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

China implies US hypocrisy over nuke disarmament

China yesterday urged the United States to fulfil its nuclear disarmament responsibilities after a draft Pentagon report said China was likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles in sites near the Mongolian border and showed no desire for arms control talks.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Germany deports man to Syria for first time since 2011

Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in that country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said yesterday.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Myanmar nationals caught with 10 drones in Bangkok: police

Four Myanmar nationals caught in Bangkok yesterday with 10 heavy-lift cargo drones they allegedly planned to smuggle home will be deported to Myanmar, Thai police said.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

US needs Greenland ‘for national security’

President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for “national security” after his appointment of a special envoy to the Danish Arctic island triggered a new spat with Copenhagen.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel vows to remain in Gaza

Defence Minister Israel Katz yesterday vowed Israel will remain in Gaza and pledged to establish outposts in the north of the Palestinian territory, according to a video of a speech published by Israeli media.
23 December 2025, 18:00 PM

New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over chatbot training

Accused the AI companies of pirating books and feeding them into LLMs
23 December 2025, 15:04 PM

Trump says would be 'smart' for Venezuela's Maduro to step down

Venezuela's key ally Moscow, however, expressed its "full support" for Maduro's government, as Washington has dialed up military operations and threats against Caracas
23 December 2025, 05:38 AM

Amazon says blocked 1,800 North Koreans from applying for jobs

The North Koreans typically use 'laptop farms'-- a computer in the United States operated remotely from outside the country, mazon's Chief Security Officer Stephen Schmidt says
23 December 2025, 05:15 AM

Five killed after Mexican Navy plane crashes off US coast

Eight people were traveling aboard the aircraft
23 December 2025, 04:39 AM

Cambodia asks Thailand to move border talks to Malaysia

The two countries set to negotiate truce terms after two weeks of deadly border clashes
23 December 2025, 03:43 AM

Trump announces new US warship class named after himself

Two of the Trump-class ships will be built initially, but that number could grow substantially
23 December 2025, 02:49 AM

Ex-junta prisoner runs for Suu Kyi's seat in Myanmar election

Myanmar parliamentary candidate Kyaw Kyaw Htwe was once jailed by the junta for pro-democracy activism
23 December 2025, 02:33 AM

Nigerian govt frees 130 kidnapped school kids

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month.
22 December 2025, 18:00 PM

US pursuing 3rd oil tanker near Venezuela: official

The US Coast Guard was pursuing another allegedly sanctioned tanker on Sunday, a US official told AFP, as Washington ramps up its pressure campaign targeting Venezuela’s vital oil sector.
22 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump names envoy for Greenland

Denmark said yesterday it would summon the US ambassador after President Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland, the Danish autonomous territory he has threatened to annex.
22 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli strike kills 3 in south Lebanon

Lebanese state media reported three people killed in an air strike near Sidon that Israel said had “targeted Hezbollah operatives” yesterday, days ahead of a deadline for Lebanon’s army to disarm the group near the border.
22 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Homemade bombs hurled but failed to explode

Australian police say homemade pipe and tennis ball bombs were thrown at a crowd at Bondi Beach before a mass shooting but failed to detonate, according to court documents released yesterday.
22 December 2025, 18:00 PM