New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse
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US-Israel war on Iran
Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240
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World
Trump's secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion
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US-Israel war on Iran
US has ‘begged for talks’
12 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
School Shooting: Thai PM suspends firearm purchase licences
12 August 2026
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World
Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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Middle East
Russian barrage on Ukraine kills 9, wounds dozens
12 August 2026
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World
Trump secretly flew out of Turkey on smaller plane: report
12 August 2026
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World
KILLINGS, TORTURE / Syria sentences Assad to death in absentia
12 August 2026
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World
Myanmar military ramps up aerial attacks on civilians
12 August 2026
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World
‘Fierce battles’ rage in Donbas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday visited the war-damaged southern city of Mykolaiv for the first time since the Russian invasion as “fierce battles” raged again in the eastern Donbas region.
18 June 2022
Suspected jihadists kill 10 people in northeast Nigeria
Gunmen suspected to be linked to the Islamic State yesterday killed 10 people in the latest spate of violence in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, militia sources told AFP.
18 June 2022
Biden falls from bike but is unhurt
US President Joe Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state of Delaware yesterday morning, but was unhurt.
18 June 2022
Assange’s family counting on Europe
Julian Assange’s father and brother said Friday they were counting on European lawmakers to stop Britain from extraditing the WikiLeaks founder to the United States.
18 June 2022
Europe braces for blistering June weekend heat
France, Spain and other western European nations yesterday braced for a sweltering June weekend that is set to break records and sparked concern about forest fires and the effects of climate change.
18 June 2022
‘Politically motivated’
Britain’s interior minister Priti Patel suggested in an interview published yesterday that a European court’s intervention to stop a deportation flight to Rwanda was politically motivated.
18 June 2022
9 pilgrims killed, 40 injured in Mexico bus crash
At least nine people were killed and 40 injured in southern Mexico when a bus carrying people on a religious outing overturned.
18 June 2022
WTO strikes deals on fishing, food, Covid vaccine
The World Trade Organization yesterday concluded a landmark bundle of deals covering fishing subsidies, food insecurity, and Covid-19 vaccines following hectic round-the-clock talks.
17 June 2022
EU backs Ukraine’s ‘European dream’
Europe sent a powerful symbol of solidarity with Ukraine yesterday, when Brussels backed Kyiv’s bid for EU candidate status, even as Russia shelled frontline Ukrainian cities and cut back gas supplies to the West.
17 June 2022
Occupied west bank: Three Palestinians killed in Israeli army raid
Three Palestinians were killed and 12 others were wounded yesterday during an Israeli army raid in Jenin, a stronghold of armed Palestinian factions in the occupied West Bank.
17 June 2022
UK clears Assange extradition to US
Britain yesterday approved a US government request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial over the publication of secret military files, prompting outrage from his supporters.
17 June 2022
End ‘age of fossil fuels’
The UN chief yesterday launched an all-out attack on the fossil fuel industry, accusing it of having “humanity by the throat” and calling on leaders of the world’s major economies to “end the age of fossil fuels.”
17 June 2022
37 million children displaced, highest since World War 2: Unicef
Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, the highest number recorded since World War 2.
17 June 2022
UK allows WikiLeaks founder Assange to be extradited to US
British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to a conclusion.
17 June 2022
US condemns remarks on Prophet by suspended BJP leaders
The United States on Thursday condemned remarks by Indian ruling party officials about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that have sparked an uproar in Muslim countries.
17 June 2022
Hunger crisis could swell global displacement: UN
Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed global displacement numbers above 100 million for the first time, and the UN warns the resulting hunger crisis could force many more to flee their homes.
16 June 2022
Western arms ‘useless’
The Kremlin yesterday warned against new Western weapons supplies to Ukraine as leaders of Germany, France and Italy visited Kyiv in a display of solidarity with a country pleading for weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion.
16 June 2022
UK PM loses 2nd ethics chief
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top ethics advisor said he had quit after the government forced him into an “impossible and odious” position, according to
16 June 2022
Women ‘essential’ to peace talks
Men must stop excluding women from peace talks around the world, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday, warning that in conflicts such as Russia’s
16 June 2022
Oil prices fall after rate hikes, but tight supply limited losses
Oil prices erased early gains to fall to two-week lows on Thursday on the back of inflation concerns highlighted by interest rate hikes in the United States, Britain and Switzerland, though tight oil supply limited losses.
16 June 2022