1 in 5 youths targeted by online sexual abuse, UNICEF finds
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Nepal flood toll rises to 1,252 as at least 4,216 remain unaccounted for
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US judge blocks Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship
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Nepal’s deadly floods halt electricity exports to Bangladesh
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Boeing paid $3.1 million fine to FAA over widespread safety violations
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Insight / US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
3 September 2026
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US-Iran strikes raise fears of renewed war across the Middle East
3 September 2026
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Deadly flash floods: Nepal demands compensation from US, China, India
3 September 2026
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Cargo ship with 10 crew sinks off Istanbul
3 September 2026
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Sri Lanka-US agents bust Pakistan drug network
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British journo, Brazilian indigenous expert found dead in Amazon
The bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who had been missing for more than a week in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, were found on Monday, news outlet G1 reported on Monday, quoting Phillips' wife.
13 June 2022
Russia earned €93 billion from fuel exports in first 100 days of Ukraine war, most sent to EU
Russia earned 93 billion euros ($98 billion) from fossil fuel exports during the first 100 days of its war in Ukraine, with most sent to the European Union, according to research published Monday.
13 June 2022
US senators agree on gun safety bill in potential breakthrough
In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new US gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement on a framework for a firearms safety bill with enough Republican support to advance in the narrowly divided Senate.
13 June 2022
Russia strikes weapons depot
Russian forces fired cruise missiles to destroy a large depot containing US and European weapons in western Ukraine’s Ternopil region, Interfax reported yesterday, as street fighting raged in the eastern city of Severodonetsk.
12 June 2022
Russia opens rebranded McDonald’s restaurants
It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia.
12 June 2022
Offshore leak spotted from space for the first times
Scientists have for the first time used satellite data to detect a major offshore leak of the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to peer-reviewed research.
12 June 2022
Kuwait to deport migrants protesting Prophet remarks
Expats in Kuwait City from the Fahaheel neighbourhood who organised a demonstration in support of Prophet Muhammad after Friday prayers were ordered to be arrested and brought in, reports Arab Times.
12 June 2022
"Blasphemous": Morocco bans British film on Prophet's daughter Fatimah
Morocco announced Saturday it had banned a British film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which Muslims in a number of countries have denounced as blasphemous.
12 June 2022
1,200 Palestinians face risk of forced removal in West Bank
Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel's highest court.
12 June 2022
Thousands rally in US for stricter gun laws
Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, that activists say should compel Congress to act.
12 June 2022
Australia agrees payout, ending France submarine spat
Australia unveiled a substantial compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group yesterday, ending a contract dispute that soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year.
11 June 2022
Ukraine running out of ammo
Ukraine is running out of ammunition, officials said yesterday appealing for more arms, as fighting raged in the east and south of the country.
11 June 2022
Syria says runways unusable after Israel hits airport
Syria has confirmed major damage including to runways at Damascus International Airport, which was closed for a second day yesterday for repairs after Israeli air strikes.
11 June 2022
‘Appalling’
Britain’s Prince Charles has called the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda “appalling”, a report said yesterday as opponents readied a last-gasp legal bid to stop the first flight.
11 June 2022
ILO adds health, safety to workers’ fundamental rights
The International Labour Organization has elevated occupational health and safety to the status of a “fundamental right” for the world’s workers, a “historic” decision that will mean new obligations for member states.
11 June 2022
China threatening stability around Asia
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin yesterday called out China for a series of coercive, aggressive and dangerous actions that threaten stability around Asia and vowed the United States would stand by partners to resist any pressure.
11 June 2022
At least 7 bodies recovered from Italy helicopter crash
Rescuers have found the bodies of seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Italy, local authorities said on Saturday, two days after the aircraft disappeared from radar screens.
11 June 2022
First highway bridge connecting Russia, China opens as ties deepen
Russia and China opened a new cross-border bridge in the far east on Friday which they hope will further boost trade as Moscow reels from sweeping Western sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine.
11 June 2022
Canada 1st country to require warning printed on every cigarette
Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette.
11 June 2022
Putin hails Peter the Great, admits his own war on Ukraine is land grab
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute on Thursday to Tsar Peter the Great on the 350th anniversary of his birth, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands.
11 June 2022