Western firms giving Russia tools to make weapons: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday accused Western firms of supplying Russia with “machine tools” used to make weapons.
21 June 2025, 18:22 PM

Israeli fire kills at least 12 people in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed at least 12 people yesterday, including eight who had gathered near aid distribution sites in the Palestinian territory suffering severe food shortages.
21 June 2025, 18:21 PM

Diplomatic push loses steam

Iran says European proposals ‘unrealistic’; Trump says Europe’s diplomacy unlikely to yield results
21 June 2025, 18:15 PM

Pakistan to nominate Trump

Pakistan said on Saturday it would recommend U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves, for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.
21 June 2025, 18:01 PM

Iran-Israel war: latest developments

If you’re just joining us, here are the latest updates on the Israel-Iran conflict.
21 June 2025, 08:13 AM

How US military power looms over the Israel-Iran conflict

Should the US become involved directly in airstrikes, numerous bases it operates from, dotted across the Middle East, might support attacks against Iran as well as become possible targets for retaliatory missile strikes.
21 June 2025, 07:44 AM
21 June 2025, 06:49 AM

Pro-Palestinian protest leader released from US custody

Khalil a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son
21 June 2025, 03:27 AM

Nuclear diplomacy stuck, Israel says it killed top Iran commander

Israel's war with Iran entered its second week on Friday
21 June 2025, 02:16 AM

Pro-Gaza activists in UK damage planes at air base

Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England yesterday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transportation.
20 June 2025, 20:00 PM

Pope warns of AI risks to young brains

Pope Leo XIV yesterday warned of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual development of young people, saying it could damage their grip on reality.
20 June 2025, 19:59 PM

Myanmar junta battles guerrillas for control of jade hub

Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country’s jade mining hub yesterday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone.
20 June 2025, 19:59 PM

Violence against kids hit ‘unprecedented levels’ in 2024: UN

From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached “unprecedented levels” in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday.
20 June 2025, 19:58 PM

Israeli forces kill 60 Palestinians across Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said 31 Palestinian aid seekers were among at least 60 people killed yesterday by Israeli forces, the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites.
20 June 2025, 18:38 PM

Trump ‘Golden Dome’ plan expensive, tricky: experts

President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” defence system is a plan that will face mammoth technical and financial hurdles, and could increase global insecurity, experts say.
20 June 2025, 18:10 PM

Negotiations start amid raging war

European powers hoped to offer a “diplomatic solution” to the Iran-Israel crisis as they met with Iran in Geneva yesterday, as arch foes continue to exchange missile attacks for an eighth day.
20 June 2025, 18:04 PM

Israeli scientists scramble to save work after Iranian missile hits labs

The missile struck the institute's campus at Rehovot, on the southern periphery of Tel Aviv, in the early hours of Sunday
20 June 2025, 16:03 PM

US sanctions target those providing Iran with defence machinery, Houthi oil trading

The Trump administration said on Friday it had issued fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting eight entities, one vessel and one person for their alleged role in providing sensitive machinery for Tehran's defense industry
20 June 2025, 15:57 PM

Qatar holds talks with energy companies on risk of Israel-Iran conflict

Saad Al Kaabi, CEO of state-owned QatarEnergy and the Gulf Arab state's energy minister urged companies to warn the US, Britishand European governments about the risks the conflict poses to gas exports from Qatar and the increasing threat to the global gas supply, they said
20 June 2025, 14:20 PM

UK MPs vote in favour of assisted dying law

Lawmakers in the lower House of Commons chamber voted 314 in favour to 291 to send the proposal to the upper House of Lords for further scrutiny following four hours of emotional debate
20 June 2025, 14:04 PM