Romanian journos back outlet behind graft protests

Dozens of Romanian journalists and several NGOs signed an open letter yesterday backing an under-pressure media outlet whose investigation sparked nationwide anti-corruption protests.
17 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump’s Gaza plan: Pak military chief Munir in spotlight

Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilisation force, a move analysts say could spark domestic backlash.
17 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump orders ‘blockade’ of sanctioned vessels

US President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government, targeting its main source of income.
17 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Alleged killer charged with 15 murders

A man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach has been charged with 59 offences, including murder and terrorism, police said yesterday.
17 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Nobel Peace laureate Machado doing well despite injured back, no longer in Oslo

Fractured a vertebra while fleeing to Oslo to receive award
17 December 2025, 15:11 PM
17 December 2025, 15:01 PM

UK will rejoin EU's Erasmus+ student exchange scheme

Britain previously left the programme following Brexit
17 December 2025, 10:07 AM

Which countries are affected by Trump's travel bans to the US?

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Tuesday further restricting the entry of foreign nationals to the United States.
17 December 2025, 06:46 AM

Bhutan pledges $1 bn cryptocurrency for 'mindfulness' city

Buddhist-majority Bhutan, squeezed between giants India and China, champions a policy of prioritising "Gross National Happiness" over growth.
17 December 2025, 06:31 AM

Bondi Beach gunman charged with 59 offences, including terror

Meanwhile, mourners collapsed in grief Wednesday as they honoured a rabbi slain in the attack
17 December 2025, 06:14 AM

Amazon in talks to invest $10 billion in OpenAI

The deal could value the artificial intelligence company at over $500 billion
17 December 2025, 04:26 AM

Trump has 'alcoholic's personality'

Wiles called Vice President JD Vance "conspiracy theorist," tech tycoon Elon Musk "odd duck
17 December 2025, 03:26 AM

Australia holds first funeral for Bondi Beach attack victims

Crowds spilled out of Sydney's Chabad of Bondi Synagogue to grieve rabbi Eli Schlanger, a father of five killed Sunday evening when gunmen opened fire on a Jewish festival.
17 December 2025, 03:17 AM

Trump imposes full travel bans on citizens from Syria, Palestine and 5 more countries

The latest move brings to nearly 40 the number of countries whose citizens face restrictions in coming to the US
17 December 2025, 03:05 AM

Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela

It is unclear how Trump will impose the move against the sanctioned vessels
17 December 2025, 02:58 AM

What we know about Trump's $10 billion BBC lawsuit

Although the BBC has previously apologised, it said it would fight the lawsuit.
17 December 2025, 02:57 AM

EU to deploy observers for national polls

The European Union has announced that it will deploy an EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) to monitor Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections scheduled for February 12, 2026.
16 December 2025, 21:30 PM

Suicide bomber kills five soldiers in northeast Nigeria

A suicide bomber struck a military position in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, killing at least five soldiers, security and local defence sources said.
16 December 2025, 18:41 PM

‘IS ideology’ drove Bondi Beach gunmen

A father and son were driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they fired on crowds at Bondi Beach in one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday.
16 December 2025, 18:40 PM

Stabilisation force already running in Gaza: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Monday said the International Stabilization Force for Gaza is already running and that more countries would be added.
16 December 2025, 18:37 PM