Iran hangs two anti-government protesters in public
18 MIN(s) ago
Iran
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
49 MIN(s) ago
Southeast Asia
Trump says 'good chance' of progress in Iran talks as foes hold fire
4 hour(s) ago
US-Israel war on Iran
Netanyahu heads to US for first Trump meeting since Iran war
4 hour(s) ago
USA
Study shows sharp decline in language numbers
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
US ‘stuck’ in war it launched
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
FOOD FESTIVAL / 3 killed, 4 hurt in Seattle shooting
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Myanmar military escalates civilian killings: monitor
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
China backs Brazil govt in opposing ‘interference’
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Musk quietly puts brakes on plans for new political party, WSJ says
Musk, without commenting further on the report, said in an X post: "Nothing @WSJ says should ever be thought of as true".
20 August 2025, 08:06 AM
Myanmar junta captures key town, expanding election writ
Demoso -- 105 kilometres (65 miles) east of the capital Naypyidaw -- has witnessed intense combat since 2021, when the military deposed the democratic government and sparked a civil war.
20 August 2025, 07:35 AM
Israel defence minister approves plan for new Gaza city offensive
Israel will call up around 60,000 reservists
20 August 2025, 07:28 AM
US, NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options
In a press briefing, the White House said that the United States could help coordinate a security guarantee for Ukraine.
20 August 2025, 07:22 AM
Torrential Pakistan monsoon rains kill more than 20
Week-long downpours leave 400+ dead, villages swept away
20 August 2025, 05:32 AM
Venezuela says 66 children 'kidnapped' by the United States
Caracas is demanding the children be handed over to Venezuelan authorities so they can be repatriated.
20 August 2025, 03:59 AM
Afghanistan bus crash death toll rises to 76: provincial official
The bus collided with a motorcycle and a truck carrying fuel, sparking a fire
20 August 2025, 03:09 AM
Trump says Ukraine deal would help him 'get to heaven'
He previously said he wants to end Russia's war in Ukraine as part of his bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize
20 August 2025, 02:24 AM
White House starts TikTok account as platform in US legal limbo
The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the United States despite a law requiring its sale
20 August 2025, 02:21 AM
Bus accident toll in Benin rises to 27
At least 27 people have died in Benin after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River, rescuers said Tuesday, updating the toll from the weekend crash that left dozens missing.
19 August 2025, 19:37 PM
Hurricane Erin douses Caribbean, menaces US coast
Hurricane Erin’s massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours Monday, as it threatened rip currents and flooding along the US East Coast later this week even without a predicted landfall.
19 August 2025, 19:36 PM
Spanish PM says ‘difficult hours remain’ in wildfire fight
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned Tuesday that “difficult hours remain” in the fight against wildfires that have ravaged a record area of land, despite temperatures dropping.
19 August 2025, 18:40 PM
Finnish MP, 30, dies inside parliament building
A MP from Finland’s Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland’s parliament building on Tuesday at the age of 30, the assembly’s communications office said.
19 August 2025, 18:38 PM
Russia returns bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian troops
Russia on Tuesday returned the bodies of what it said were 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in captivity, a Ukrainian government agency said.
19 August 2025, 18:31 PM
Landmark Swedish church sets off on road trip to survive
Sweden’s landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home yesterday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
19 August 2025, 18:28 PM
Mediators await Israeli response to new truce offer
Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response yesterday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war.
19 August 2025, 18:27 PM
Path to peace in Ukraine remains uncertain
US President Donald Trump yesterday said he hoped Russia’s Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine, but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a “rough situation” for Putin.
19 August 2025, 18:27 PM
Record number of aid workers killed in 2024: UN
A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, the United Nations said Tuesday, branding the figures and lack of accountability a “shameful indictment” of international apathy -- and warning this year’s toll was equally disturbing.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Macron calls Putin ‘ogre at our gates’
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday warned European allies not to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called “an ogre at our gates”.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Modi to attend SCO summit in China
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later in August, his security chief said yesterday during talks with Beijing’s foreign minister in New Delhi.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM