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Helicopter crash in Argentina kills seven
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US military launches 'powerful' retaliatory strikes on Iran
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Iran to get 400 Chinese air-defence launchers
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US, Saudi strike Iran’s allies in Iraq
30 July 2026, 00:00 AM
US-Israel war on Iran
Ukrainian drones strike across Russia
30 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Heatwave fans France, Spain wildfires
30 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Japan earthquake toll rises to 13
30 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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India and Canada move to mend ties
India’s foreign minister said he had spoken to his Canadian counterpart as the two sides seek to ease fraught relations.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Less than 5pc of Gaza’s cropland useable
Less than 5 percent of Gaza’s cropland can be cultivated due to damage and access restrictions, “exacerbating the risk of famine in the area”, according to a UN assessment published yesterday.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
US wants to make tanks, not T-shirts
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Over 500 rescued off Greek island in recent days
Greek authorities have rescued more than 500 migrants off the southern island of Crete in recent days, the coastguard said in a statement later Sunday.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Putin has ‘gone absolutely CRAZY’
US President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine and said he was weighing new sanctions on Moscow, though he also scolded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran could survive if US nuke talks end without a deal
Iran would be able to survive if negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme fail to secure a deal, President Masoud Pezeshkian said yesterday, after President Donald Trump described weekend talks with Tehran as “very good”.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Malaysia PM hails ‘significant’ engagement on Myanmar
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday hailed “significant” steps to engage warring sides in Myanmar, as Southeast Asian leaders met for talks to address the protracted conflict and offset global trade uncertainty from US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
26 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine says hit by record drone salvo after Trump rebukes Putin
Russia fired "355 Shahed-type drones" including decoys
26 May 2025, 17:46 PM
Head of US-backed Gaza aid group resigns, says mandate 'not possible' to fulfil
The Gaza Humanitarian foundation (GHF), based in Geneva since February, has promised to distribute some 300 million meals in its first 90 days of operation
26 May 2025, 07:42 AM
What are robot chefs cooking up for South Korea’s struggling school kitchens?
At first glance, the incident might seem like an overreaction to a minor workplace misunderstanding.
26 May 2025, 07:13 AM
Gaza civil defence says 19 killed in strike on house
Rescuers in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a family's home in the territory's north killed 19 people on Monday
26 May 2025, 07:04 AM
India, Canada move to mend diplomatic ties
The telephone call is the highest diplomatic contact between Ottawa and New Delhi since Mark Carney became Canadian PM
26 May 2025, 04:57 AM
Trump says US wants to make tanks, not T-shirts
'We want to make big things. We want to do the AI thing with computers'
26 May 2025, 04:02 AM
Gaza rescuers say 13 killed in Israeli strike on school
Civil defence crews in Gaza City retrieved 13 martyrs and 21 injured from inside Fahmi Al-Jarjawi School
26 May 2025, 02:48 AM
Trump calls Iran-US nuclear talks 'very, very good'
Iran wants a new deal that would ease the sanctions that have battered its economy.
26 May 2025, 02:46 AM
N. Korea detains another official over warship launch accident
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called the mishap a "criminal act caused by absolute carelessness".
26 May 2025, 02:41 AM
Trump calls Putin 'CRAZY' for attacking Ukraine cities
His comments marked a rare rebuke to Putin, who he often speaks of with admiration.
26 May 2025, 02:31 AM
23 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes
Rescuers in Gaza said 23 people were killed and several more wounded in Israeli air strikes across the Palestinian territory yesterday.
25 May 2025, 18:18 PM
Russia launches largest air attack on Ukraine
Russian forces launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, officials said.
25 May 2025, 18:08 PM
Harvard Univ: Trump defends block on foreign students
US President Donald Trump yesterday defended his administration’s move to block foreign students at Harvard after a judge suspended the action, branded by the top university as unlawful.
25 May 2025, 18:05 PM