US Treasury sanctions Iran's Hormuz strait authority
Reuters
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Possibility of return to war with US ‘low’
Agencies
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Cuba appeals for int’l help amid US pressure
AFP, United Nations
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM World
Trump Board of Peace's official Gaza fund is empty
AFP
27 May 2026, 23:11 PM US-Israel war on Iran
No feasts, no joy: Gazans mark a dark Eid
AFP
27 May 2026, 08:42 AM Israel's attack on Palestine

Luxor exhibits Tutankhamun tomb artifact

Egyptian authorities on Thursday exhibited a plaster blocking wall of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Luxor and unveiled two restored ancient tombs on the West Bank of the city that date back to the New Kingdom and contain scenes of daily life and funerary rituals.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

US plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro

The United States plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro, a US Department of Justice official said late on Thursday.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Thai lawmakers vote to revive clean air bill

Thailand’s parliament yesterday revived a law that would enshrine the right to breathable air and tax emitters, setting up a final vote in the senate on the landmark legislation.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Ukrainian strikes kill 4 in Russia’s Ryazan

Ukrainian drones killed four people, including a child, in the central Russian city of Ryazan yesterday, damaging high-rise apartment buildings and hitting an unnamed industrial enterprise, the regional governor said.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Israel controls 60pc of Gaza Strip: Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces now control 60 percent of the Gaza Strip, suggesting troops have expanded into more of the Palestinian territory than set out in an October ceasefire plan.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Graft case in US court: Adani agrees to pay $18m penalty

Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in a US civil court case linked to corruption without admitting guilt, his company said yesterday.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Xi-Trump summit in Beijing: How it failed to yield Iran war breakthrough

For weeks before US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his administration pressed China to lean on Iran amid negotiations for a peace deal.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northern Japan

No immediate damage or abnormalities at nuclear plants in Miyagi and Fukushima
15 May 2026, 20:37 PM

Trump says US and China are aligned on Iran, Tehran must make a deal soon

Trump considers lifting sanctions on Chinese oil firms buying Iranian crude
15 May 2026, 20:21 PM

India signs agreements with UAE on defence, energy during Modi visit

Also signs pacts on strategic petroleum reserves and supply of liquefied petroleum gas
15 May 2026, 18:37 PM

Trump says China to buy 200 Boeing jets, order could go up to 750

The orders, if finalized, would mark Boeing's first major Chinese deal in nearly a decade
15 May 2026, 18:29 PM

Iran FM says US willing to continue talks, open to China's help

Araghchi spoke a day after US President Donald Trump said Xi Jinping had offered China's help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
15 May 2026, 18:16 PM

Trump says made 'fantastic trade deals' with Xi

Xi agreed to purchase '200 big' Boeing jets, Trump tells Fox News
15 May 2026, 10:10 AM

Israel threatens to sue NYT over report on sex abuse of Palestinian inmates

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar have ordered initiation of a defamation lawsuit
15 May 2026, 09:41 AM
15 May 2026, 08:29 AM

Iran war, oil dominate BRICS meet

BRICS nations, including Iran and Russia, met in New Delhi yesterday, where India warned of “considerable flux” in a world hit by conflict, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity.
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Boeing 737 crash: US jury awards $49.5m damages to victim’s family

A US jury awarded $49.5 million in damages on Wednesday to the family of a 24-year-old American who perished in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash.
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM

WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreak

Eight people infected in the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship have tested positive for the Andes virus, the only strain transmitted between humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM

5 soldiers, 7 militants killed in Pak clashes

At least five soldiers and seven militants were killed in clashes in Pakistan’s turbulent south-western province of Balochistan, officials said yesterday.
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM

UK minister quits ahead of Starmer challenge

Britain’s health minister Wes Streeting yesterday announced that he had resigned, paving the way for him to launch a leadership challenge against embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM