Trump says 'good chance' of progress in Iran talks as foes hold fire
AFP, Tehran, Iran
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Netanyahu heads to US for first Trump meeting since Iran war
AFP, Jerusalem, Undefined
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Study shows sharp decline in language numbers
Reuters, Washington
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires
AFP, Bordeaux
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
US ‘stuck’ in war it launched
Agencies
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM World

US slaps 30% tariff on EU, Mexico

President Donald Trump yesterday said major US trading partners Mexico and the European Union would face a 30 percent tariff starting next month, ramping up pressure for deals in his trade wars.
12 July 2025, 20:48 PM

US sanctions Cuban president

The United States announced its first sanctions on Friday against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role “in the Cuban regime’s brutality toward the Cuban people.”
12 July 2025, 19:05 PM

Gaza truce talks faltering over troop withdrawal

Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha said yesterday, as the continued Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave killed 79 more.
12 July 2025, 18:39 PM

Trump visits Texas flood zone

Donald Trump defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas on Friday as he visited the stricken Hill Country region, where at least 120 people, including dozens of children, perished a week ago.
12 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take 'new form'

Iran's 12-day war with Israel rattled its already shaky relationship with IAEA
12 July 2025, 15:42 PM

Emergency vaccines slash deaths by 60%: study

A similar number of infections are also believed to have been prevented, while billions of euros have been generated in estimated economic benefit
12 July 2025, 12:50 PM

Netanyahu kept invasion of Gaza going to stay in power, says NYT

Since the start of the war in Gaza at least 58,000 Palestinians have been killed
12 July 2025, 11:27 AM

China, ASEAN to submit upgraded free trade deal to leaders in October, says China's foreign minister

Negotiations about the so-called 3.0 version of the free trade zone started in November 2022 and completed in May
12 July 2025, 11:22 AM

More than 20 civilians killed in Myanmar air strike on monastery: witnesses

Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military ousted a democratic government in 2021
12 July 2025, 10:53 AM

Iran executes man in public over child's rape, murder

The death sentence was issued in March and later upheld by the Islamic republic's top court
12 July 2025, 07:38 AM

US customs duties top $100 billion for first time in a fiscal year

US customs duty collections surged again in June as President Donald Trump's tariffs gained steam
12 July 2025, 05:02 AM

UN says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza

Ten Palestinians were reported killed Friday while waiting for rations in Gaza
12 July 2025, 02:22 AM

US State Department begins mass layoffs

Some were crying as they walked out with boxes of belongings
12 July 2025, 02:18 AM

EU population hits 450m on migration boost

Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural population decline for the fourth straight year, EU data released yesterday showed.
11 July 2025, 18:57 PM

Trump slaps 35% tariff on Canada

US President Donald Trump has ramped up his tariff assault on Canada, saying the US would impose a 35 percent tariff on imports next month and planned to impose blanket tariffs of 15 percent or 20 percent on most other trading partners.
11 July 2025, 18:49 PM

798 killed near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks

The UN rights office yesterday said it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups.
11 July 2025, 18:47 PM

Trump to supply arms to Ukraine via Nato

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would supply weapons to Ukraine via Nato and that he would make a “major statement” on Russia on Monday.
11 July 2025, 18:07 PM

Police free 1,194 in global trafficking raids: Europol

Police rescued 1,194 potential human trafficking victims and arrested 158 suspects in coordinated raids across 43 countries last month, the European Union’s law enforcement agency said yesterday.
11 July 2025, 18:06 PM

Elon Musk's Tesla marks formal India entry with Mumbai launch event

Narendra Modi's government has for years wooed Tesla
11 July 2025, 07:23 AM

UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in May in a blow to govt

Economists had expected growth of 0.1 percent
11 July 2025, 07:09 AM