At the 2026 World Cup draw, the winner is ... Donald Trump

Trump awarded FIFA's inaugural peace prize for promoting dialogue
6 December 2025, 05:38 AM

10 university students die in Peru restaurant fire

The students were trapped on the second floor of the wood-and-brick building of the Calma Tripa restaurant when they were engulfed by flames
6 December 2025, 02:04 AM

WHO chief upbeat on missing piece of pandemic treaty

The World Health Organization chief said Friday that countries were in a strong position to finalise the vital missing piece of the pandemic treaty, which will determine how vaccines are shared
6 December 2025, 01:58 AM

Israeli warplanes strike eastern Gaza

Israeli warplanes launched a series of raids targeting the eastern areas of Gaza City yesterday, as settlers cut water pipelines in Khirbet ad-Dir in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank.
5 December 2025, 19:57 PM

US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries

The US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Thursday.
5 December 2025, 18:52 PM

Ukrainian drone strike sparks fire at Azov port

A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at Russia’s Azov Sea port of Temryuk, the local emergencies centre said yesterday.
5 December 2025, 18:50 PM

AI chatbots can influence voters: studies

A brief conversation with a partisan AI chatbot can influence voters’ political views, studies published Thursday found, with evidence-backed arguments -- true or not -- proving particularly persuasive.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump strategy shifts from global role

President Donald Trump laid out a radical realignment of US foreign policy yesterday, shifting the longtime superpower’s focus from global to regional, brutally criticizing Europe as facing “civilizational erasure” and putting a top priority on eliminating mass migration.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Xi woos Macron with sightseeing trip

Chinese leader Xi Jinping accompanied French President Emmanuel Macron to Chengdu yesterday, a rare gesture seemingly reserved for the head of Europe’s second-largest economy that highlights Beijing’s focus on Paris in its ties with the European Union.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM

US vaccine committee scraps recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns

Although a win for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the move will reverse decades of public health gains
5 December 2025, 16:04 PM
5 December 2025, 12:25 PM

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros Discovery's studios and streaming unit for $72 billion

Analysts say Netflix is driven by a desire to lock up long-term rights to hit shows and films
5 December 2025, 12:21 PM

Putin and Modi discuss trade, peace in New Delhi summit

Raft of agreements and deals to be announced
5 December 2025, 08:22 AM

Putin to hold summit talks with Modi in Delhi

Will discuss defence, oil, and nuclear energy
5 December 2025, 02:58 AM

Israel warns of strike in south Lebanon

The Israeli military yesterday said it would soon strike what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and warned people in two villages to evacuate immediately.
4 December 2025, 18:27 PM

WHO warns of increase in malaria cases and deaths

Deaths linked to malaria last year rose last year, the World Health Organization said yesterday, warning also of an increase in cases and resistance to current treatment.
4 December 2025, 18:26 PM

Bribery case: Trump pardons Democratic congressman

US President Donald Trump has pardoned a Democratic member of Congress in a bribery case, saying the justice system had been “weaponized” by his predecessor Joe Biden.
4 December 2025, 18:26 PM

Israel committed war crimes in Gaza

There was something “fundamentally wrong” with how Israel conducted its military operation in the Gaza Strip and there are “strong reasons to believe” that war crimes have been committed, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters on Wednesday.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Path to peace in Ukraine unclear

The path ahead for Ukraine peace talks is unclear, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after what he called “reasonably good” talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoys.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM

UN warns of new atrocities in Sudan

UN Human Rights commissioner Volker Turk said yesterday he fears new “atrocities” in Sudan amid intense fighting between the army and paramilitary forces in the battleground Kordofan region.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM