Trump says to speak to Xi about TikTok

US President Donald Trump confirmed he would speak to Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday about a deal to change ownership of the hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok
18 September 2025, 18:34 PM

Putin has let me down, says Trump at end of UK state visit

Donald Trump warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "really let me down" after he met Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, the final day of the US president's historic UK state visit
18 September 2025, 18:31 PM

‘God, send a missile to relieve us’

Israeli tanks and warplanes pounded Gaza City yesterday, prompting long lines of Palestinian civilians to flee as the military intensified its assault on the territory’s largest urban hub.
18 September 2025, 18:17 PM

New Picasso portrait unveiled at Paris auction house

A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 million).
18 September 2025, 18:09 PM

Global trust in UN slips to just 58%

A new poll of over 36,300 people worldwide showed huge support for more international cooperation on issues including trade, global health, climate and poverty, but gave largely failing grades to institutions like the United Nations, IMF and others.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Syria, Israel security deals by end-2025

Syria expects to finalise security and military agreements with Israel by end-2025, an official said yesterday, in what would be a breakthrough less than a year after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Pakistan, S Arabia ink defence pact

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a new strategic defence pact yesterday, with the two sides saying an attack on one country would be considered “an aggression against both”.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

China urges greater unity to avoid ‘law of the jungle’

China’s defence minister trumpeted Beijing’s efforts to reshape global governance, warning yesterday against an increasingly divided world “defined by the rule of the jungle”, while saying his country’s strong military would be a force for peace.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

ABC scraps Jimmy Kimmel show

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was pulled from the air Wednesday hours after the US government threatened to cancel broadcasting licenses because of comments the host made about the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Putin has let me down

Donald Trump warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “really let me down” after he met Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday, the final day of the US president’s historic UK state visit.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

‘It always seems impossible until it’s done’

The UN investigator who this week accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza said she sees parallels with the butchery in Rwanda, and that she hopes one day Israeli leaders will be put behind bars.
18 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Maldives journalists to seek repeal of new media law

See new law as a threat to press freedom
18 September 2025, 13:54 PM

'I'm not here to replace people': Albania's AI minister speaks to parliament

The world's first AI government minister was appointed last week
18 September 2025, 12:15 PM

Cambodian PM accuses Thai forces of evicting civilians on border

The Thai army said the Cambodian residents had "illegally occupied" Thai territory.
18 September 2025, 08:52 AM

US judge orders pro-Palestinian protest leader Khalil deported to Algeria or Syria

"Their latest attempt, through a kangaroo immigration court, exposes their true colors once again."
18 September 2025, 05:02 AM

Nepal plans ordinance to enrol Gen Z voters

Tens of thousands of young voters may be barred from the March polls under the current law.
18 September 2025, 04:09 AM

Top UN Gaza investigator hopeful Israeli leaders will be prosecuted

Israel categorically rejected the UN findings and slammed the report as "distorted and false".
18 September 2025, 04:04 AM

Trump's UK state visit gets political after royal welcome

Starmer will greet Trump on the second day of the visit at his country residence
18 September 2025, 03:32 AM

US faces pressure in UN Security Council vote on Gaza

The United States has already rejected that approach multiple times, most recently in June when they used a veto to back their ally Israel.
18 September 2025, 03:24 AM

ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' off air after remarks about Kirk

"‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said, without elaborating.
18 September 2025, 03:10 AM