US cutting ‘a lot’ more than 5,000 troops from Germany
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Seoul holds power nap contest
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Kyiv hits Russian oil sites
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World Press Freedom Day / Pope laments violations and honours slain journo
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Militias kill dozens of Fulani herders
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Israel okays deal to buy fighter jets from US
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Israel approves deal to buy fighter jets from US
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Iran plans to turn university site hit in US-Israeli strikes into museum
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OPEC+ to make first post-UAE production decision
3 May 2026, 10:50 AM
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3 May 2026, 08:23 AM
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China to show off massive troops, high-tech weapons at WW2 parade
The parade will be a show of China's military strength
20 August 2025, 10:03 AM
Iran says will deploy new missiles if Israel attacks again
In mid-June, Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a war in which Iran responded with missile and drone strikes.
20 August 2025, 08:09 AM
Musk quietly puts brakes on plans for new political party, WSJ says
Musk, without commenting further on the report, said in an X post: "Nothing @WSJ says should ever be thought of as true".
20 August 2025, 08:06 AM
Myanmar junta captures key town, expanding election writ
Demoso -- 105 kilometres (65 miles) east of the capital Naypyidaw -- has witnessed intense combat since 2021, when the military deposed the democratic government and sparked a civil war.
20 August 2025, 07:35 AM
Israel defence minister approves plan for new Gaza city offensive
Israel will call up around 60,000 reservists
20 August 2025, 07:28 AM
US, NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options
In a press briefing, the White House said that the United States could help coordinate a security guarantee for Ukraine.
20 August 2025, 07:22 AM
Torrential Pakistan monsoon rains kill more than 20
Week-long downpours leave 400+ dead, villages swept away
20 August 2025, 05:32 AM
Venezuela says 66 children 'kidnapped' by the United States
Caracas is demanding the children be handed over to Venezuelan authorities so they can be repatriated.
20 August 2025, 03:59 AM
Afghanistan bus crash death toll rises to 76: provincial official
The bus collided with a motorcycle and a truck carrying fuel, sparking a fire
20 August 2025, 03:09 AM
Trump says Ukraine deal would help him 'get to heaven'
He previously said he wants to end Russia's war in Ukraine as part of his bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize
20 August 2025, 02:24 AM
White House starts TikTok account as platform in US legal limbo
The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the United States despite a law requiring its sale
20 August 2025, 02:21 AM
Bus accident toll in Benin rises to 27
At least 27 people have died in Benin after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River, rescuers said Tuesday, updating the toll from the weekend crash that left dozens missing.
19 August 2025, 19:37 PM
Hurricane Erin douses Caribbean, menaces US coast
Hurricane Erin’s massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours Monday, as it threatened rip currents and flooding along the US East Coast later this week even without a predicted landfall.
19 August 2025, 19:36 PM
Spanish PM says ‘difficult hours remain’ in wildfire fight
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned Tuesday that “difficult hours remain” in the fight against wildfires that have ravaged a record area of land, despite temperatures dropping.
19 August 2025, 18:40 PM
Finnish MP, 30, dies inside parliament building
A MP from Finland’s Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland’s parliament building on Tuesday at the age of 30, the assembly’s communications office said.
19 August 2025, 18:38 PM
Russia returns bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian troops
Russia on Tuesday returned the bodies of what it said were 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in captivity, a Ukrainian government agency said.
19 August 2025, 18:31 PM
Landmark Swedish church sets off on road trip to survive
Sweden’s landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home yesterday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
19 August 2025, 18:28 PM
Mediators await Israeli response to new truce offer
Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response yesterday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war.
19 August 2025, 18:27 PM
Path to peace in Ukraine remains uncertain
US President Donald Trump yesterday said he hoped Russia’s Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine, but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a “rough situation” for Putin.
19 August 2025, 18:27 PM
Pakistan floods toll nears 400
Rescuers and residents resumed searching yesterday for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential rain rose to almost 400, with authorities warning monsoon downpours would continue until the weekend.
19 August 2025, 18:00 PM