Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
AFP, Damascus
10 August 2026 Middle East
Israel rejects Trump’s plan for Gaza
AFP, Jerusalem
10 August 2026 Israel's attack on Palestine
Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
Star Online Report
10 August 2026 Middle East
Typhoon Dolphin hits east China
Reuters, Beijing
10 August 2026 World
20,000 flee wildfires in west Canada
AFP, Victoria
10 August 2026 World

European news agencies launch joint newsroom

A coalition of European news agencies, backed by funding from the European Commission, launched a new joint newsroom in Brussels yesterday.
6 September 2022

Iron Age ivory plaques found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists revealed ivory plaques found in a luxurious Jerusalem Iron Age residence, a first-of-its-kind discovery at this location that sheds light on the owner’s wealth and social status.
6 September 2022

IAEA calls for ‘security’ zone at nuclear plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday called for the establishment of a security zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russia and the site of fighting in recent weeks.
6 September 2022

Five major challenges Truss faces as UK PM

The Conservative Party election has been proclaimed Liz Truss the winner, and she took over for Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. But given the country’s cost of living issue, it won’t be an easy feat. As UK PM, she must address the following major issues:
6 September 2022

Palestinian killed in Israel West Bank raid

A Palestinian was killed and 16 wounded yesterday when Israeli troops entered Jenin in the occupied West Bank to carry out a home demolition, the Palestinian health ministry said.
6 September 2022

27 dead as al-Qaeda launches attack on Yemen separatists

Twenty-one separatist fighters and six members of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch were killed yesterday as an attack by the jihadists punctured months of relative peace in the war-torn country, government and security sources said.
6 September 2022

Al-Qaeda releases video of kidnapped Bangladeshi UN worker in Yemen

Underlining Yemen's parlous security, on Saturday AQAP released a video showing a United Nations worker who was abducted more than six months ago, the SITE Intelligence Group reported.
6 September 2022

Britain would see sunnier days despite current economic gloom: Truss

Liz Truss on Tuesday promised that Britain would see sunnier days ahead despite the current economic gloom, as she made her first speech as prime minister after taking over from Boris Johnson.
6 September 2022

At least 60 killed in ethnic attacks in Ethiopia's Oromiya: Rights body

Gunmen killed more than 60 people and displaced 20,000 during three days of ethnically motivated violence in late August in Ethiopia's most populous region, Oromiya, the country's human rights commission said on Tuesday.
6 September 2022

What challenges lie ahead of UK PM Truss?

Liz Truss became UK prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages.
6 September 2022

How will Europe cap surging energy prices?

The European Union is preparing emergency plans to cap gas prices or separate power prices from the soaring cost of gas - as well as longer-term reforms aimed at ensuring electricity prices reflect cheaper renewable energy.
6 September 2022

British PM Truss ushers in tougher UK stance on China

One of British politics' firmest critics of China became prime minister on Tuesday as Liz Truss, a self-styled defender of the post-war western world order, replaced Boris Johnson whose policy towards Beijing failed to harden fast enough for many in his party.
6 September 2022

Over 700 children died in Somalia of nutrition issues: UN

Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months.
6 September 2022

Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, tenders resignation to queen

Boris Johnson bowed out as British prime minister on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous three years in office and bequeathing his successor Liz Truss a daunting list of problems to tackle.
6 September 2022

Britain's new PM Liz Truss and her political journey

The UK's Prime Minister Liz Truss, takes power as a traditional, low-tax Conservative eurosceptic promising to turbo-charge economic growth.
6 September 2022

Only 1 in 7 Britons think Truss will be better PM than Boris Johnson: Poll

Only one in seven Britons say that Liz Truss will be a better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson, according to a snap poll by YouGov on Monday, with around a quarter of people feeling she will be worse.
6 September 2022

Truss confirmed as UK’s next PM

Britain’s new Conservative leader Liz Truss yesterday vowed “bold” action to fix the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, as she was confirmed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s successor after a gruelling party contest.
5 September 2022

Kyiv claims gains on southern front

Ukraine made its boldest claim yet of success on the battlefield in its week-old counter-offensive against Russian forces in the south, while European markets reopened yesterday in free-fall after Russia kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut.
5 September 2022

Suspects on the run after Canada stabbing rampage

Canadian police scoured Saskatchewan and neighboring provinces yesterday in a major manhunt for two fugitives suspected of carrying out a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded 15.
5 September 2022

Canada knife rampage kills 10

Two men suspected of killing 10 people in a stabbing rampage that devastated an indigenous community in Canada were at large yesterday as authorities tried to determine a motive for attacks that shocked a nation where mass violence is rare.
5 September 2022