US fighter jet crashes near California military base
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Trump threatens to hit Iran 'very hard'
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Iran targets US base in Kuwait
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1 August 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
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Ukraine hits Russian sea terminal
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1 August 2026, 00:00 AM Russian invasion of Ukraine

US grounds helicopter company behind fatal New York tour

US regulators on Monday issued an emergency order grounding the helicopter tour company behind last week's deadly crash in New York
15 April 2025, 02:17 AM

Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated

Separate strikes kill 30, including police head, brothers
14 April 2025, 12:58 PM

Russian missile strike kills 34 in Ukraine's Sumy, Kyiv says

Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, officials said.
14 April 2025, 10:04 AM

Trump warns no country 'off the hook' on tariffs

Tit-for-tat exchanges have seen US levies imposed on China rise to 145 percent, and Beijing setting a retaliatory 125 percent band on US imports.
14 April 2025, 03:49 AM

Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as starts SE Asia tour

Xi's first overseas trip of the year will see him visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia
14 April 2025, 03:42 AM

Trump says Russian strike on Ukraine 'a horrible thing'

Asked to clarify what he meant by a "mistake," Trump said that "they made a mistake... you're gonna ask them" -- without specifying who or what he meant.
14 April 2025, 02:54 AM

Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies in Peru

Vargas Llosa's passing marks the close of the era of Latin America's literary golden generation, of which he was the last living member.
14 April 2025, 02:42 AM

56 killed in paramilitary attacks: UN

Sudan’s paramilitaries killed 56 civilians over two days in attacks on a newly-retaken town on the road to El-Fasher, the last major city in Darfur still in army hands, activists said yesterday.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital

Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital yesterday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM

India deploys troops after protests over Waqf Act

Indian authorities have deployed troops to crack down on deadly protests in the eastern state of West Bengal over a recently passed controversial bill that critics say would dilute the rights of Muslims to manage religious endowments (Waqf) worth more than $14bn.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Separatists kill eight Pakistanis in Iran

Separatists killed eight Pakistanis in Iran, Islamabad said yesterday, across the border from Pakistan’s Balochistan province where there are regular deadly attacks.
13 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Gaza hospital hit as Israel intensifies assault

Since the outbreak of war, tens of thousands of Gazans have sought refuge in hospitals across the territory
13 April 2025, 09:54 AM

Fresh tremor jolts Myanmar amid ongoing recovery from deadly quake

Sunday’s quake comes as Myanmar scrambles to coordinate relief and recovery operations following the March temblor
13 April 2025, 09:31 AM
13 April 2025, 06:21 AM

Trump spares smartphones, computers, electronics from China tariffs

US Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes excluded from the import taxes
13 April 2025, 04:04 AM

US in hurry for nuclear deal, Iran says after high-stakes talks

The United States wants a nuclear agreement "as soon as possible", Iran said after rare talks on Saturday, as US President Donald Trump threatens military action if they fail to reach a deal
13 April 2025, 03:35 AM

Death toll in Dominican nightclub roof collapse hits 226

The death toll in a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic rose to 226 on Saturday, as authorities said they had returned all victims' bodies to their loved ones
13 April 2025, 03:32 AM

That seat will cost how much? US businesses already seeing impact of Trump tariffs

The businesspeople expressed concern about continued economic turbulence
13 April 2025, 02:40 AM

Trump backs away from tech tariffs

The Trump administration has announced a series of major exemptions to its punishing global tariffs -- an apparent step back in an escalating trade war with China.
12 April 2025, 21:17 PM

US tariffs to hurt poor nations

China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told the head of the World Trade Organization that US tariffs will “inflict serious harm” on poor nations, according to a ministry statement released yesterday.
12 April 2025, 18:01 PM