Global forced displacement hits record 122.1 million: UNHCR

Sudan became the world's largest displacement crisis with 14.3 million refugees
12 June 2025, 15:44 PM

Deadly civilian plane crashes in India over the decades

An Air India plane with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off today
12 June 2025, 11:51 AM

Air India plane crash in pictures

Air India's flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff, officials said.
12 June 2025, 11:39 AM

Austrian school shooter was likely fan of online shooting games

The 21-year-old man suspected of this week carrying out Austria's worst school shooting was likely an introverted fan of online shooting games, criminal investigators said on Thursday
12 June 2025, 11:06 AM

China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

China has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths into magnets
12 June 2025, 08:47 AM

Palestinian Authority says internet down in Gaza after attack on fibre optic cable

All internet and fixed-line communication services in the Gaza Strip have been cut following the targeting of the last remaining main fibre optic line in Gaza
12 June 2025, 08:46 AM

UK posts record drop in exports to US in April after tariffs

British exports of goods to the United States fell by a record £2 billion ($2.7 billion) in April, official data showed Thursday, following President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught
12 June 2025, 07:15 AM

122 million forcibly displaced worldwide 'untenably high': UN

Nearly two million Syrians have been able to return home from abroad or from displacement within the war-ravaged country
12 June 2025, 05:30 AM

US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 5 members killed in Hamas attack

The UN and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the foundation over concerns it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives
12 June 2025, 03:17 AM

'Our city is not on fire': LA residents reject Trump rhetoric

The demonstrations began Friday as immigration authorities carried out raids on undocumented migrants in the sprawling metropolis
12 June 2025, 03:09 AM

Protests spread across US despite Trump threat

Over 1,000 people massed in America's second biggest city for a sixth day of protests, with the crowd peaceful as they marched through the streets
12 June 2025, 03:05 AM

World Bank lifts ban on nuclear energy financing

The World Bank is re-entering the nuclear energy space "for the first time in decades," its President Ajay Banga said Wednesday, as it works towards meeting growing electricity demand in developing countries
12 June 2025, 02:19 AM

Israel kills 120 in Gaza

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 120 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday, many of them near an aid site operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the enclave, local health officials said.
11 June 2025, 21:00 PM

Despite progress, world still had 138m child labourers in 2024: ILO

Nearly 138 million children were still working in the world’s fields and factories in 2024, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that given the slow pace of progress, eliminating child labor could be delayed by “hundreds of years.”
11 June 2025, 19:57 PM

Improving ties with US will take time

Talks between Russia and the United States aimed at improving ties and removing “irritants” in their relationship are not expected to yield quick results, the Kremlin said yesterday.
11 June 2025, 19:52 PM

May 2025 second warmest on record: EU monitor

Global heating persisted as the new norm, with last month the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service.
11 June 2025, 19:47 PM

Iran to target US bases if conflict breaks out

If nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said yesterday, days ahead of a planned sixth round of Iran-US nuclear talks.
11 June 2025, 19:00 PM

Irregular crossings into EU drop 20pc in 2025

The number of irregular migrant crossings into the European Union dropped by 20 percent in the first five months of the year, the EU’s border agency said yesterday.
11 June 2025, 19:00 PM

Fire at Iran petrochemical plant kills three

A fire broke out at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran yesterday, killing at least three people, state television reported.
11 June 2025, 18:48 PM

Centuries-old monasteries damaged in Greece quake

At least three centuries-old Greek monasteries in the religious enclave of Mount Athos were damaged in an earthquake over the weekend, the culture ministry said yesterday.
11 June 2025, 18:46 PM