‘Benign’ vein issue behind Trump’s swollen legs

The White House said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump is experiencing swelling in his lower legs and bruising on his right hand, after photographs emerged of Trump with swollen ankles and makeup covering the afflicted part of his hand.
18 July 2025, 19:45 PM

Don’t opine on foreign elections

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed US diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries,
18 July 2025, 19:44 PM

Syria tribes clash with Druze fighters

Armed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters outside Sweida yesterday a day after government troops withdrew from the Druze-majority city, the warring parties and a monitoring group said.
18 July 2025, 19:44 PM

UKRAINE WAR: EU hits Russia with sweeping new sanctions

The EU yesterday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow’s oil exports.
18 July 2025, 19:21 PM

Kashmir attack: US designates Pakistan group as terrorists

The United States on Thursday designated as terrorists a shadowy group blamed for an April attack in India-administered Kashmir, which triggered the worst conflict between India and Pakistan in decades.
18 July 2025, 19:18 PM

Israel strikes kill 30 Palestinians in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said yesterday that Israeli strikes killed 30 people in the north and south of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
18 July 2025, 19:14 PM

Trump seeks to release some of Epstein files

President Donald Trump yesterday attempted to control the storm triggered by a bombshell report on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, ordering the Justice Department to seek the release of testimony from the prosecution of the late, alleged sex-trafficker-to-the-famous.
18 July 2025, 19:13 PM

Europe’s oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania

Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake, finding evidence of an organised hunting and farming community living up to 8,000 years ago.
18 July 2025, 19:12 PM

US Congress okays $9b cuts to foreign aid, public media

US Republicans early yesterday approved President Donald Trump’s plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget.
18 July 2025, 19:00 PM

11.6m refugees may lose aid access

Up to 11.6 million refugees are in danger of losing access to humanitarian assistance due to cuts in foreign aid by donor nations, the United Nations refugee agency said yesterday.
18 July 2025, 18:53 PM

Sunken WWII Japanese warship found off Solomon Islands

An international research team has located a Japanese World War II destroyer on the deep seabed off Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
18 July 2025, 08:13 AM

Germany deports 81 Afghans convicted of crimes

Berlin said it had on Friday deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes in Germany in the second such operation to their Taliban-controlled homeland
18 July 2025, 07:52 AM

Asian markets on course to end week on a positive note

Dozens of countries yet to cut deals with US 2 weeks before the August 1 deadline
18 July 2025, 04:51 AM

Stephen Colbert's late-night show on CBS to end in May 2026

The show will be retired and Colbert will not be replaced. New episodes will air until the end of the broadcast TV season in May 2026, a network statement said.
18 July 2025, 04:15 AM

Syria troops quit Druze heartland after violence leaves nearly 600 dead

The southern province has been gripped by deadly sectarian bloodshed since Sunday
18 July 2025, 04:04 AM

Trump diagnosed with vein issue after leg swelling and hand bruising

The 79-year-old, who in January became the oldest person ever to assume the presidency, was found to have "chronic venous insufficiency,"
18 July 2025, 01:14 AM

US Senate passes foreign aid, public broadcasting cuts

The US Senate early yesterday approved President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president another victory as he exerts control over Congress with little opposition.
17 July 2025, 19:42 PM

Ukraine cadet kills two in training centre shooting

A Ukrainian military recruit shot dead two instructors at a training centre in the north of the country, police said yesterday.
17 July 2025, 19:41 PM

World’s first IVF trial cuts genetic disease risk

Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday.
17 July 2025, 19:21 PM

Russia, Ukraine trade deadly drone attacks

Russia and Ukraine traded another wave of drone strikes overnight, both sides said yesterday, in attacks that killed and wounded people on either side of the front line.
17 July 2025, 18:00 PM