Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dead at 93
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Pakistan interior minister in Iran to discuss regional security
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New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse
12 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240
12 August 2026
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World
Trump's secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion
12 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
US has ‘begged for talks’
12 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
School Shooting: Thai PM suspends firearm purchase licences
12 August 2026
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World
Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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Middle East
Russian barrage on Ukraine kills 9, wounds dozens
12 August 2026
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World
Trump secretly flew out of Turkey on smaller plane: report
12 August 2026
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World
Israeli forces deepen Rafah invasion, kill 17 in central camps
Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps and Israeli tanks pushed deeper into the enclave's southern city of Rafah, residents and medics said
18 June 2024
Hospital fire kills 9 in northern Iran
At least nine patients died Tuesday when a fire tore through a hospital in Iran's northern city of Rasht, state media said
18 June 2024
Putin hails North Korea's support for Ukraine war ahead of Pyongyang visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hailed North Korea for "firmly supporting" Moscow's war in Ukraine ahead of a visit to Pyongyang set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries
18 June 2024
Can AI unlock productivity and growth?
If you watched Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's remarkable presentation at Taipei Computex last month, you would be convinced that AI has ushered in a new Industrial Revolution, in which accelerated computing with the latest AI chips unleashed the power of doing everything faster, more efficiently, and with less energy
18 June 2024
13 killed as heavy rains pound Central America
Thirteen people have died in flooding and landslides in El Salvador and Guatemala as heavy rains pound Central America, authorities from the two countries said
18 June 2024
Priyanka Gandhi set to make her electoral debut
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen to represent his family bastion of Raebareli in parliament as his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the election that will be held in Wayanad constituency vacated by Rahul
18 June 2024
Nato chief seeks costs on China over Russia support
The path to peace is more weapons for Ukraine, says Nato's chief Jens Stoltenberg
18 June 2024
Lull in Gaza fighting despite blasts in south
Israel struck Gaza on Monday and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory's south, but fighting had largely subsided on the second day of an army-declared "pause" to facilitate aid flows
18 June 2024
11 migrants dead, 64 missing after Mediterranean shipwrecks
Eleven migrants died and 64 were missing on Monday after two shipwrecks off southern Italy, according to a German charity, the Italian coast guard and United Nations agencies
17 June 2024
Putin to visit North Korea for first time in 24 years
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time in 24 years, the two countries said, underscoring Moscow's burgeoning partnership with the nuclear-armed state since the invasion of Ukraine
17 June 2024
Netanyahu disbands war cabinet as pressure grows on Israel's northern border
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move following the departure from government of centrist former general Benny Gantz
17 June 2024
Priyanka Gandhi to make parliamentary debut from Wayanad
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make her parliamentary election debut from Wayanad constituency in Kerala, the party announced today
17 June 2024
Hezbollah, Israel threatened war again
Israel's military said that Israel's ongoing conflict with Hezbollah could take a more serious form, reports Reuters
17 June 2024
Nuclear arms spending soars as global tensions swell: studies
Nuclear-armed countries hiked spending on atomic weapons arsenals by a third in the past five years as they modernised their stockpiles amid growing geopolitical tensions, two reports showed on Monday
17 June 2024
'Meaty rice'? S Korean professor aims to change global protein
In a small laboratory in Seoul, a team of South Korean scientists are injecting cultured beef cells into individual grains of rice, in a process they hope could revolutionise how the world eats
17 June 2024
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits southern Peru
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru on Sunday but there was no immediate threat of tsunami.
16 June 2024
Suspect dead, 9 wounded in shooting at Detroit area water park
An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit on Saturday evening before shooting himself after being cornered by police, authorities said
16 June 2024
UN welcomes Israel announcement of Gaza 'pauses' for aid deliveries
The UN on Sunday welcomed an Israeli decision to "pause" fighting around a south Gaza route daily for aid deliveries, but urged more "concrete measures" to unblock the humanitarian response
16 June 2024
8 Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in southern Gaza
Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack by Hamas in southern Gaza
16 June 2024
Israeli military announces daily 'tactical pause' in part of southern Gaza
The Israeli army announced today that it will implement a daily "tactical pause of military activity" in part of the southern Gaza Strip during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid
16 June 2024