US has ‘massive amounts’ of arms
Agencies
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Ukraine hits Russian refineries
Agencies
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM World
UK sees record radicalisation referrals
AFP, London
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM World
RAPE CASE / India court jails ex-top editor for 10 years
AFP, Mumbai
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM World
Tell Trump to desist or we hit you hard
Reuters
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM World
38 Yemeni troops killed in Houthi attacks: sources
AFP, Al Mukalla
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM World

Iran's Khamenei calls for death sentence for Israeli leaders

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was commenting on a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence chief and a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri.
25 November 2024, 08:53 AM

Israel moving towards a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, Axios reports

A separate report from Israel's public broadcaster Kan, citing an Israeli official, said there was no green light given on an agreement in Lebanon
25 November 2024, 08:48 AM

140 women killed on average by partner or relative per day in 2023: UN

Africa recorded the highest number of intimate partner and family-related killings
25 November 2024, 05:46 AM

Donkeys offer Gazans lifeline amid war shortages

Displaced Gazans fleeing fighting or air strikes pile aboard them to rush to safety with their belongings.
25 November 2024, 04:30 AM

US development agency 'assessing ramifications' on Adani's Sri Lanka project

The US International Development Finance Corp last November said it would provide $553 million in financing for the port terminal project in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. The project is partly owned by the Adani Group.
25 November 2024, 04:08 AM

Plastics: lifesaver turned environmental threat

Since appearing in the 19th century, plastic has undergone many reinventions.
25 November 2024, 03:38 AM

Bus crash in Brazil leaves 17 dead

Seventeen people died Sunday when a bus on a remote mountain road in Brazil's northeastern Alagoas state dived into a ravine
25 November 2024, 03:23 AM

World reaches $300b climate finance deal

Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target yesterday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient.
24 November 2024, 18:54 PM

Hezbollah fires 160 projectiles at Israel

Israel’s army said Hezbollah fired around 160 projectiles into its territory from Lebanon yesterday, with the group saying its attacks had targeted the Tel Aviv area and Israel’s south.
24 November 2024, 18:52 PM

Pak capital locked down

Pakistan’s capital was put under a security lockdown yesterday ahead of protests by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan calling for his release.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine lost over 40pc of land it seized

Ukraine has lost over 40 percent of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it captured in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Hundreds flee Gaza as IDF orders evacuations

The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb, setting off a new wave of displacement yesterday, and a Gaza hospital director was injured in an Israeli drone attack, medics said.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine studies debris from new Russian missile

Ukraine yesterday showed journalists fragments of the Russian missile used to strike the city of Dnipro last week, after Moscow said it had tested its new Oreshnik ballistic missile.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

BRIBERY claimS: US SEC issues summons for Adani, nephew

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted on US bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Main points of the $300bn climate deal

The deal reached at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan ramps up the money that wealthy historic emitters will provide to help poorer nations transition to cleaner energy and adapt to global warming. Here are the main points of the agreement reached at COP29 in Baku:
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Mystery drones seen over three US bases in UK

Unidentified drones have been spotted flying over three bases used by the United States Air Force in Britain, the two countries have confirmed.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Here's what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks

In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of climate change
24 November 2024, 14:15 PM

82 killed in three days of Pakistan sectarian violence

Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country but Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province -- near the border with Afghanistan -- has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed for decades.
24 November 2024, 10:11 AM

Australia protest forces ship to abort arrival at coal port, 170 arrested

New South Wales police said 170 protesters were arrested on Sunday for refusing to move from the shipping channel near the Port of Newcastle.
24 November 2024, 05:55 AM

Russia says US using Taiwan to stir crisis in Asia

The US is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic recognition
24 November 2024, 04:23 AM