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Study shows sharp decline in language numbers
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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US ‘stuck’ in war it launched
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Myanmar military escalates civilian killings: monitor
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Ukraine cadet kills two in training centre shooting
A Ukrainian military recruit shot dead two instructors at a training centre in the north of the country, police said yesterday.
17 July 2025, 19:41 PM
World’s first IVF trial cuts genetic disease risk
Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday.
17 July 2025, 19:21 PM
Gaza church hit by Israeli strikes
The Roman Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip was damaged by a military strike yesterday, killing two people and injuring several others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel creating discord
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa promised to protect the rights of Druze citizens yesterday as a ceasefire appeared to be holding in the country’s south following US intervention to end fighting between government forces and Druze fighters.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia, Ukraine trade deadly drone attacks
Russia and Ukraine traded another wave of drone strikes overnight, both sides said yesterday, in attacks that killed and wounded people on either side of the front line.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Fire at mall in Iraq leaves 69 people dead
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 69 people, authorities said yesterday, as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
UK to lower voting age to 16
The British government said yesterday it plans to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in general elections, a landmark change giving the UK one of the lowest voting ages worldwide.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Probe focuses on actions of plane’s captain: WSJ
A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
69pc Americans believe Trump admin hiding info: poll
Most Americans think President Donald Trump’s administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epsteinand give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM
After days of bloodshed, residents of Syria's Sweida confront devastation
More than 500 people from all sides were killed in the violence
17 July 2025, 15:48 PM
US Senate passes aid, public broadcasting cuts in victory for Trump
The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of Trump's request to cut $9 billion in spending already approved by Congress.
17 July 2025, 07:22 AM
Three-person IVF technique spared children from inherited diseases
Scientists from Newcastle University reports
17 July 2025, 07:13 AM
Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues
India's aviation regulator earlier this week ordered the country's airlines to investigate the locking feature on the switches of several Boeing models.
17 July 2025, 05:42 AM
50 killed and injured in Iraq shopping mall fire: governor
Around 50 people were killed and injured when a fire broke out at a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, state media said Thursday
17 July 2025, 05:22 AM
More than 350 dead in south Syria violence: monitor
More than 350 people have been killed since the weekend in violent clashes in Syria's southern Sweida province
17 July 2025, 03:34 AM
South Korea's top court clears Samsung Chairman Lee in 2015 merger fraud case
The Supreme Court's verdict permanently removes a long-running legal distraction for Lee as Samsung plays catch-up in a global race to develop cutting-edge AI chips.
17 July 2025, 03:28 AM
Syria's interim president says protecting Druze a 'priority'
He added that the Syrian people are not afraid of war and are ready to fight if their dignity is threatened.
17 July 2025, 03:22 AM
Couche-Tard drops 7-Eleven takeover bid
The two companies signed a non-disclosure agreement in April in a bid to advance talks.
17 July 2025, 03:17 AM
Cyberscam crackdown: Cambodia arrests over 200 Vietnam citizens
Cambodian authorities have arrested more than 200 Vietnamese nationals in internet scam centre raids, police said yesterday, as Prime Minister Hun Manet ordered a crackdown on cybercrime sweatshops.
16 July 2025, 19:27 PM
Iran seizes foreign tanker over fuel smuggling
Iran has seized a foreign tanker in the Sea of Oman on charges of fuel smuggling, the judiciary said yesterday.
16 July 2025, 18:35 PM