6.3-magnitude earthquake hits off southern Philippines: USGS
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Brazil wants Argentine ambassador out: Buenos Aires
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Trump warns Iran to open Hormuz or get 'hit very hard'
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'We can see your washing': NZ politician joins meeting from bathroom
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Armed man arrested at Trump LA golf course before president's visit
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Two migrants rescued after 15-day drift off Spain
5 August 2026, 00:00 AM
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No pullout from Gaza before Hamas disarms
5 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Progress made in US-Iran talks
5 August 2026, 00:00 AM
US-Israel war on Iran
LONG-RANGE PRECISION MISSILES / US used ‘virtually all’ of its stock in Iran war: sources
5 August 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Cockroach party resists lure of polls after rattling Modi
5 August 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Russia sentences US man to 15 years in prison for 'espionage': agencies
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a US man to 15 years in a penal colony for "espionage", Russian news agencies reported
24 December 2024, 10:15 AM
12 killed in blast at Turkey explosives plant
Prosecutors have launched an investigation
24 December 2024, 07:15 AM
Japan, US blame North Koreans for $300 million crypto theft
Lazarus Group gained notoriety a decade ago when it was accused of hacking into Sony Pictures as revenge for "The Interview," a film that mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
24 December 2024, 05:59 AM
South Korea's opposition vows to impeach acting president
Yoon is currently under investigation by a joint team comprising police, the defence ministry, and anti-corruption investigators
24 December 2024, 05:23 AM
Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalised with fever
It is not an emergency situation, NBC News reported
24 December 2024, 03:45 AM
Israel acknowledges it killed ex-Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran
Haniyeh was killed in a guesthouse in Tehran on July 31
24 December 2024, 03:34 AM
Gaza truce talks make headway
Gaps between Israel and Hamas over a possible Gaza ceasefire have narrowed, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials’ remarks yesterday, though crucial differences have yet to be resolved.
23 December 2024, 18:35 PM
Panama rejects Trump’s threat to take control of Canal
Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday dismissed recent threats made by US President-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of “unfair” treatment of American ships.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
India police kill 3 Sikh separatist militants
Indian police said yesterday they had killed three Sikh militants fighting for a separate homeland known as “Khalistan”, the struggle for which sparked deadly violence in the 1980s and 1990s.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
North Korea suffers 1,100 casualties
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said yesterday.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates
US President Joe Biden yesterday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Only 12 trucks delivered food, water since Oct
Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Nine killed in Iran as bus, fuel truck collide
At least nine people were killed yesterday when a bus collided with a fuel truck in Iran’s southeast, state media reported, the second mass casualty road accident within days.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian forces capture another village in eastern Ukraine
Russia yesterday said it had captured the village of Storozheve in eastern Ukraine, near the town of Velyka Novosilka which its troops is apparently trying to encircle.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Indian FM to visit US from Dec 24-29
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to embark on a six-day official visit to the United States from tomorrow to discuss key bilateral, regional and global issues
23 December 2024, 13:38 PM
Woman killed when set on fire on New York subway train, police say
Asked whether the man watching from the bench was the attacker, police said that responding officers had no reason to think he was a suspect when they rushed to the woman's aid.
23 December 2024, 10:53 AM
Japan watchdog accuses Google of antitrust violation
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) accuses Google of breaking the law by imposing "transactions with binding conditions" on Android smartphone manufacturers in Japan.
23 December 2024, 10:28 AM
Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
With less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death penalty opponents to commute the sentences of those on death row to life in prison without parole, which the 37 will now serve.
23 December 2024, 10:25 AM
Musk, president? Trump says 'not happening'
The US Constitution requires that a president be a natural-born US citizen.
23 December 2024, 09:06 AM
Luxury Western goods line Russian stores, three years into sanctions
The picture is a far cry from the West's claims that its sanctions would collapse the Russian economy and cut it off from the outside world.
23 December 2024, 08:56 AM