HRW urges Thailand to halt deportation of 26 Karen villagers to Myanmar
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World
Two dead in rare school shooting in Philippines
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World
Fatty food raises risk of colorectal cancer
18 August 2026
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Health
Iran threatens new offensive while US rules out extending ceasefire deal
18 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
18 August 2026
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Middle East
Reuters Exclusive / Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
18 August 2026
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United States
Trump threatens to bomb Oman
18 August 2026
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United States
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Izmail, Odesa ports
18 August 2026
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World
Heavy rain in Kenya affects tens of thousands
Kenya yesterday said tens of thousands of people across the country had been impacted by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides that had also interrupted cargo services at Mombasa port.
19 November 2023
Ministers from Muslim nations to visit China
Ministers from Arab and Islamic countries will visit China today on the first stop of a tour aims at ending the war in Gaza, Saudi Foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said.
19 November 2023
Gaza, West Bank should be ‘reunited’ under PA
Gaza and the West Bank should eventually be “reunited” under a new Palestinian Authority (PA), US President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece Saturday, as questions swirl over the future of the region once Israel achieves its goal of crushing the Hamas group.
19 November 2023
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture, source says
Sam Altman, the just ousted CEO of OpenAI, is discussing a possible return to the company behind the ChatGPT bot even as he considers launching a new artificial intelligence (AI) venture, a person briefed on the matter said on Saturday
19 November 2023
Indian officials consider five new plans to rescue men trapped in tunnel
Indian authorities were exploring five new plans to rescue workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas after a week of failed attempts
19 November 2023
Tentative Gaza deal reached to pause fighting: report
However, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. officials said no deal had been reached yet.
19 November 2023
Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital a 'death zone': WHO
Gaza's largest hospital has become a "death zone," the World Health Organization said Sunday, announcing plans to evacuate the facility, as Israel's army said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas
19 November 2023
80 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza camp
A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed yesterday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war.
18 November 2023
SpaceX Starship launch fails minutes after reaching space
SpaceX’s uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, failed in space shortly after lifting off yesterday, cutting short its second test but making it further than an earlier attempt that ended in an explosion.
18 November 2023
ChatGPT maker OpenAI ousts CEO Sam Altman
The board of the company behind ChatGPT on Friday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman - to many, the human face of generative AI - sending shock waves across the tech industry.
18 November 2023
40,000 hours of video to be released
More than 40,000 hours of security video from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol is to be released to the public, the new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives said Friday.
18 November 2023
400 Ukrainian villages out of power
Russia carried out a major drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting infrastructure facilities and causing power outages in more than 400 towns and villages in the south, southeast, and north of the country, Ukrainian officials said yesterday.
18 November 2023
Thousands malnourised
Thousands of children whose families fled the conflict in Sudan for neighbouring Chad are suffering from severe malnutrition, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Friday, appealing for emergency food aid.
18 November 2023
Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers drop X
X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, will file a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said yesterday in a post on the platform, soon after major US companies paused their advertisements on the site.
18 November 2023
5 countries seek ICC investigation
Five countries, including South Africa and Bangladesh, on Friday called for an International Criminal Court investigation into the Israel-Hamas war that has left thousands of people dead, its chief prosecutor said.
18 November 2023
Pacific Rim leaders divided on Ukraine, Gaza wars
Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization.
18 November 2023
80 killed in Gaza camp, UN-run school in Israeli strikes
A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed yesterday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war
18 November 2023
SpaceX Starship launch fails minutes after reaching space
SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday during its second test, after its first attempt ended in an explosion
18 November 2023
Israeli forces order Shifa hospital evacuation in 'next hour': AFP
Israeli troops ordered the evacuation of the Al-Shifa hospital "in the next hour" over loudspeakers on Sunday, an AFP journalist at the scene reported
18 November 2023
Liberian President George Weah concedes poll defeat to ex VP Boakai
Liberian leader and football legend George Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was "time to put national interest above personal interest"
18 November 2023