Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
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US aircraft carrier departs Thailand after port call
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Indonesia's Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools, fishing
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'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
6 September 2026
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Trump envoys in Moscow, with ‘an idea of peace’
6 September 2026
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Retaliation for missile attacks
6 September 2026
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Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
6 September 2026
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India
Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
5 September 2026
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Former DP World boss Bin Sulayem takes charge of Malaysia MMC Port, memo shows: Reuters
Top management and port CEOs told to report directly to Bin Sulayem
15 July 2026
Bangkok bar fire toll rises to 32 as PM vows venue overhaul
Blaze tore through Rong Beer Na Lad Phrao restaurant and bar on Sunday night
15 July 2026
Nine die in protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Seven civilians, one paramilitary personnel and one police officer were killed
15 July 2026
Kuwait, Bahrain say intercepted Iran attacks
Kuwait's military said it intercepted attack drones
15 July 2026
US strikes kill at least seven at Iranian army base: Tasnim
It added that a number of personnel were also wounded and promised a "decisive response" to the attack.
15 July 2026
Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI
Albanese says Australia must write its own AI rules to safeguard national interests
15 July 2026
Iran Guards say they targeted US Fifth Fleet facilities in Bahrain, warn on energy routes
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today it had targeted what it described as command-and-control, logistics, fuel and military equipment facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
15 July 2026
After Hormuz, Iran turns to Red Sea gateway as new pressure point
Analysts fear another key global shipping route could come under pressure
15 July 2026
US launches new Iran strikes, reimposes naval blockade
Trump warns power plants and bridges will be targeted next week unless Tehran agrees to negotiate, as fighting spreads across the Gulf
15 July 2026
US ICE agent fatally shoots driver in Maine
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers shot a driver to death in a coastal town of Maine on Monday, less than a week after an ICE agent in Houston, Texas, shot and killed a man in a traffic stop during a deportation crackdown there.
15 July 2026
Tehran may target Trump in White House
A former senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an unusual direct threat against US President Donald Trump, saying the Islamic Republic is capable of harming him even inside the White House.
15 July 2026
Japan House tightens social media rules for polls
AI-generated images and videos will have to be marked as such under new rules on the use of social media during elections in Japan, the internal affairs minister said yesterday.
15 July 2026
Wildfires advance in forest south of Paris
Wildfires raging in a forest south of Paris have devoured more land overnight, firefighters said yesterday, ahead of France’s national day celebrations.
15 July 2026
Israeli strike, fire kill nine in Gaza
An Israeli strike and gunfire killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy, and a senior Hamas police officer, in the Gaza Strip yesterday, Gazan health and police officials said.
15 July 2026
Israel wooed former Iran president Ahmadinejad
Israel engaged in a multi-year effort to recruit and re-install as leader Iran’s former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The New York Times reported Monday, citing US officials and sources with knowledge of the failed Israeli plot.
15 July 2026
Ukraine strikes two Russian oil refineries
Ukraine’s military said yesterday that it struck two Russian oil refineries in the Bashkortostan and Krasnodar regions overnight.
15 July 2026
3,000‑year‑old tomb found near Egypt’s Luxor
Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a series of discoveries that officials hope will boost tourism.
15 July 2026
Iran executes two over charges of IS membership
Iranian authorities yesterday hanged two people convicted of being part of the Islamic State group, the judiciary’s news website reported.
15 July 2026
Control of Hormuz: Iran, US step up attacks, battle
Iran fired missiles at Jordan and Bahrain yesterday after the United States launched a five-hour attack on Iranian targets, stepping up a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz that has pushed up oil prices to four-week highs.
15 July 2026
Thomson Reuters to sell 51% stake in global print business to KKR for $500 million
Deal will allow Thomson Reuters to keep intellectual property rights and editorial control over its content portfolio
14 July 2026