'Radicalised' 16-year-old shot dead by police in Australia

Western Australian police shot and killed a "radicalised" 16-year-old boy with a knife who had stabbed a man in a Perth car park, police and the state premier said Sunday
5 May 2024

Fake videos of Modi aides trigger political showdown in India election

Manipulated videos are taking centre stage as campaigning heats up in India's election, with fake clips involving two top aides of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering police investigations and the arrest of some workers of his rival Congress party
5 May 2024

Trump vows to fight 'anti-white' sentiment in US

Allies seeking to dismantle anti-racism programmes may be emboldened
5 May 2024

Student protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza spread

Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries
5 May 2024

KFC launches perfume Eau De BBQ

Finger sniffin’ good?
4 May 2024

Yemen rebels threaten to widen ship attacks to Mediterranean

Yemen’s Houthi rebels threatened to extend their attacks on Israel-bound shipping to the Mediterranean after months of strikes on vessels in the Red Sea.
4 May 2024

Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise

Hamas negotiators yesterday began intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy.
4 May 2024

Vietnam temp records tumble as heatwave scorches

More than 100 temperature records fell across Vietnam in April, according to official data, as a deadly heatwave scorches South and Southeast Asia.
4 May 2024

India waits for details on arrests in Canada

India will wait for Canadian police to share information on the three Indian men it has arrested and charged with the murder of a Sikh leader last year, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said yesterday.
4 May 2024

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins third term as London mayor

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday won a record third term after easily defeating Conservative challenger Susan Hall, UK media said after all the capital’s districts reported their results, reports AFP.
4 May 2024

India FM rejects Joe Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected US President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” was hobbling the South Asian nation’s economic growth,
4 May 2024

Rafah assault ‘could lead to a bloodbath’

An Israeli military incursion into Gaza’s southern city of Rafah could lead to a “bloodbath”, the World Health Organization warned Friday, announcing contingency plans.
4 May 2024

Pro-Palestinian Protest: Students set up camp at Ireland’s Trinity College

Students at Trinity College Dublin protesting Israel’s offensive in Gaza have built an encampment that forced the university to restrict campus access yesterday and close the Book of Kells exhibition, one of Ireland’s top tourist attractions.
4 May 2024

Doctored Video: Indian police arrest Congress social media chief

Indian police said yesterday they had arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over accusations he doctored a widely shared video during an ongoing national election.
4 May 2024

Crimean Peninsula: Russia downs four US-made missiles

Russia yesterday said it had downed four US-made ATACMS long-range missiles recently supplied by Washington to Kviv over the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula.
4 May 2024

Cyclone bears down on flood-hit Kenya, Tanzania

Beaches were deserted and many shops closed yesterday as heavy rains and winds from a tropical cyclone buffeted coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya.
4 May 2024

15 dead in Indonesia landslides, floods

At least 15 people have died after landslides and flooding in central Indonesia swept away dozens of houses and damaged roads, the country’s disaster agency said yesterday.
4 May 2024

Hamas negotiators begin Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present in Cairo

Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy
4 May 2024

Drones above, police at the gates: Columbia protest camp's final moments

The occupation of a building at Columbia University by pro-Palestinian student protesters was in its 18th hour when photos and videos dinged across students' phones: police had parked at least seven jail buses south of the campus
4 May 2024

Hamas negotiators arrive in Egypt for Gaza truce talks: media

A Hamas delegation arrived Saturday in Egypt for the latest round of talks on a proposed truce and hostage release in Gaza, Egyptian state-linked media Al-Qahera News reported
4 May 2024