US hopes for progress, but Iran says not direct talks
AFP
25 April 2026, 06:53 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Hope rekindles for US-Iran peace talks
Agencies
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
India denounces ‘hellhole’ remark shared by Trump
AFP, Washington
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM USA
War, drought, aid shortfall to fuel hunger in 2026
Reuters, Rome
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM World
Only 5 ships pass through Strait of Hormuz in 24 hrs
Reuters, London
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
El Nino set to return as early as May: WMO
Reuters, Geneva
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM World
Free Suu Kyi, more prisoners
Reuters, Manila
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM World
Americans blame Trump for gas price surge: poll
Reuters, Washington
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM USA

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

The allegation of Meta burying evidence of social media harms is just one of many in a late Friday filing by Motley Rice
23 November 2025, 04:02 AM

Daily Mail owner strikes $650 million deal to buy the Telegraph

The deal comes a week after US-based private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners withdrew its bid for The Telegraph, one of Britain's biggest newspapers.
23 November 2025, 03:55 AM

Thousands march in France to demand action on violence against women

In Paris, crowds of demonstrators -- 50,000 according to organisers, 17,000 according to the police
23 November 2025, 03:36 AM

Trump signals room for negotiation on Ukraine plan ahead of talks

Trump has given Ukraine until November 27 to approve the plan to end the nearly four-year conflict
23 November 2025, 03:28 AM

Zelensky orders defence audit after corruption scandal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday ordered an audit of the war-torn country’s large defence industry, after a sweeping corruption probe uncovered graft in the battered energy sector.
22 November 2025, 19:56 PM

UAE announces $1b initiative to expand AI in Africa

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development priorities.
22 November 2025, 19:55 PM

Lebanon says fresh Israeli strike on south kills one

An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest attack on the area despite a nearly year-long ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hezbollah.
22 November 2025, 19:55 PM

Israeli airstrikes kill 21 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said 21 people were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian territory yesterday, further straining the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas.
22 November 2025, 19:48 PM

Deal reached without fossil fuel plan

World governments yesterday agreed to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.
22 November 2025, 18:50 PM

‘The better he does, the happier I am’

After months of trading insults, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability in the nation’s biggest city at an unexpectedly friendly meeting at the White House on Friday.
22 November 2025, 18:47 PM

Gunmen seize 315 students in Nigeria

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said yesterday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Major MAGA figure Greene resigns from US Congress

US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential right-wing figure and MAGA acolyte who recently broke with President Donald Trump, announced she is quitting her seat in Congress, prompting him to double down yesterday on accusations she is a “traitor.”
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Bolsonaro sent to jail over flight risk

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial over a botched coup bid and under house arrest since August, was taken into custody yesterday, according to his lawyer and a court document.
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM

G20 threatened by geopolitical fractures

The G20’s role in fixing economic crises is threatened by geopolitical fractures and competition, leaders warned yesterday at a summit in South Africa boycotted by the United States.
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Zelensky ‘will have to like it’

Ukraine and its European allies yesterday scrambled to come up with counter-proposals after US President Donald Trump gave Kyiv a tight deadline to approve a deal to end the war that accepts some of Russia’s hardline demands.
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Brazil court takes ex-president Bolsonaro into custody over flight risk

Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest in August
22 November 2025, 14:21 PM

Daily Mail owner DMGT says signed £500 million deal to acquire The Telegraph

The publisher says it plans to "accelerate" The Telegraph's international expansion
22 November 2025, 11:36 AM

Takeaways from the Trump-Mamdani White House meeting

Here are some takeaways from their closely watched encounter
22 November 2025, 06:10 AM

Over 310 pupils and teachers kidnapped from Nigerian school

Nigeria is still scarred by the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls by Boko Haram jihadists
22 November 2025, 02:22 AM

G20 summit opens in South Africa without Trump

The Johannesburg gathering is being attended by a host of world leaders
22 November 2025, 02:18 AM