Myanmar airstrike on monastery marking Lent kills 14: witnesses
2 HOUR(s)
•
World
US, Canada fail to reach trade pact to avert Trump tariffs
5 HOUR(s)
•
World
Morocco: Migrants caught between Ceuta dreams and reality
9 HOUR(s)
•
World
TikTok to pay $400 mn settlement in US children's privacy case
10 HOUR(s)
•
World
US, Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions
10 HOUR(s)
•
World
Ukraine hits Russian oil refinery in Perm
22 August 2026
•
World
El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
•
Europe
US sanctions: ICC head warns against ‘demise of ‘int’l rule of law’
22 August 2026
•
World
2 US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China
Two US Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over sensitive national security material to China, US officials said Thursday.
4 August 2023
Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what US prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-president to undermine the pillars of American democracy
4 August 2023
Trump set to appear in court
Donald Trump was expected to appear in court yesterday to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee.
3 August 2023
Vote for Thai PM postponed
Thailand’s parliament yesterday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister after a Constitutional Court ruling, prolonging the kingdom’s political deadlock nearly three months after an election.
3 August 2023
Wagner fighters seek to unsettle Nato’s flank
Fighters from Russia’s private Wagner mercenary force are being moved close to Nato’s eastern flank to destabilise the military alliance, Poland’s prime minister said yesterday.
3 August 2023
Massive ancient whale fossil discovered in Peru
A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Wednesday.
3 August 2023
Germany arrests Syrian on war crimes charges
German police have arrested a Syrian national on crimes against humanity and war crimes including enslavement for allegedly taking part in a brutal crackdown on government opponents, prosecutors said yesterday.
3 August 2023
Mexican bus carrying migrants crashes, killing 15
At least 15 people were killed yesterday when a bus carrying locals and migrants plummeted into a ravine in northeastern Mexico, a fire department official said.
3 August 2023
Blinken accuses Russia of ‘assault’ on global food system
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took aim at Russia at the UN Security Council yesterday, accusing Moscow of “blackmail” over its recent withdrawal from a key grain initiative.
3 August 2023
Canada wildfire smoke smashes emission record
Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous whole-year record, the EU’s climate monitor said yesterday, with the blazes expected to continue to scorch their way through forests for weeks or even months.
3 August 2023
Coup backers rally in Niger
Thousands of people rallied in Niger’s capital yesterday in support of the coup that toppled the democratically elected government, as security concerns mounted among Western nations.
3 August 2023
Soaring hunger in Sudan as 4m displaced: UN
The UN sounded the alarm Wednesday of impending famine in Sudan, where months of war have hit food supplies and pushed nearly four million people to flee the fighting.
3 August 2023
China looks to limit children to two hours a day on their phones
Users aged 16 to 18 would be allowed two hours a day, children aged eight to 16 would get one hour while children under eight would be allowed just eight minutes
3 August 2023
Trump set to appear in court to face election conspiracy charges
Donald Trump is expected to appear in court on Thursday to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee
3 August 2023
Military intervention ‘last resort’
The West African bloc ECOWAS believes that intervening militarily in Niger to restore the country’s elected president following a coup is a “last resort”, a senior ECOWAS official said yesterday.
2 August 2023
Sudan crisis ‘a wake-up call’ for South Sudan: UN
The crisis in Sudan should serve “as a wake-up call” for Juba, the UN envoy to South Sudan said yesterday, urging the government to lay the groundwork for credible elections next year.
2 August 2023
Meta starts blocking news in Canada
Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians’ access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content.
2 August 2023
4 Nigerians survived 14 days on a ship’s rudder
On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink.
2 August 2023
German military struggles to find new recruits
Germany’s armed forces are facing major problems in attracting new recruits, the defence minister said yesterday, as Berlin seeks to overhaul its creaking military following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Bundeswehr has long suffered from a lack of
2 August 2023
Tunisia president dismisses PM
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation Tuesday night and replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed Hachani, whom he tasked with overcoming the “colossal challenges” facing the cash-strapped North African country.
2 August 2023