Asia’s top editors in Seoul for ANN meet, HIT Forum

Top editors and publishers from 20 media outlets across 19 Asian countries are convening in Seoul this week for the annual board meeting of the Asia News Network, which will be held in conjunction with Today's 2025 Korea Herald HIT Forum.
1 October 2025, 20:29 PM

White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap

Trump administration freezes $18 billion for New York, home to top Democrats
1 October 2025, 19:45 PM

Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91

Clad in her classic collared shirt and shorts, binoculars in hand, Goodall transformed human understanding of chimpanzees
1 October 2025, 18:41 PM

US government shuts down

The United States entered a government shutdown yesterday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonged crisis.
1 October 2025, 18:18 PM

Gaza bloodbath goes on amid peace push

Intensified Israeli offensive yesterday killed at least 61 people across Gaza, as Hamas weighed US President Donald Trump’s plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory.
1 October 2025, 18:08 PM

Hundreds arrested and injured in Morocco protests

Unrest over health and education reforms turns violent in Oujda and Inzegane
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Rescue ops on to save 90 missing

Rescuers pulled two survivors from a collapsed school in Indonesia yesterday as frantic parents demanded rescuers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump turns tables for Israel

In presenting a Gaza plan as an ultimatum to Hamas, US President Donald Trump has turned the tables to give Israel the advantage diplomatically -- and an even freer rein on the ground if a deal fails.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Quake kills 69 in Philippines

Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for survivors in mud and rubble yesterday and authorities urged help for hospitals inundated with the injured after the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade killed at least 69 people.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Qatar receives US security guarantees

The United States will regard “any armed attack” on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said, after an Israeli strike on the country last month.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Joy as internet restored in Afghanistan

Mobile networks and the internet were restored across Afghanistan yesterday, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut down telecommunications.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Nigeria boat tragedy takes 26 lives

A boat accident on the Niger River in southern Nigeria has killed at least 26 people, authorities in Kogi State said yesterday.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Gaza aid flotilla defies Israeli ‘intimidations’

A flotilla carrying aid to war-battered Gaza yesterday said it would stay its course despite what it called “intimidation tactics” by the Israeli military.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

All Gaza flotilla boats intercepted except one, says Israel; detainees to be deported to Europe

Israel stopped at least 39 Gaza-bound aid boats, sparking international criticism
1 October 2025, 17:47 PM

Trump order pledges that US will defend Qatar in event of attack

Qatar previously attacked by Iran without US response
1 October 2025, 16:36 PM

All of Bangladesh with me in this protest: Shahidul Alam

Flotilla en route to Gaza accuses Israeli warships of intimidation
1 October 2025, 16:27 PM

Israel issues 'last' warning for Gazans to flee main city

Those who remained would be considered 'terrorists and terrorist supporters', said Katz
1 October 2025, 16:23 PM

Explosion rocks New York apartment, leaving building partially collapsed

Residents flee apartment building; no injuries reported, officials say
1 October 2025, 16:00 PM

What happens next with the US government shutdown?

What happens now that Congress failed to strike a deal before funding expired at midnight?
1 October 2025, 08:59 AM

Human skin cells turned into fertilisable eggs for first time

The technology is still years away from potentially becoming available to aspiring parents
1 October 2025, 08:56 AM