Iran war, oil dominate BRICS meet
AFP, New Delhi
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM Iran
New attacks reported on ships near Hormuz
Agencies
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Berlin launches trash-for-treats scheme
AFP, Berlin
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
US, China should not be rivals
Agencies
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM World
‘This is not a bulldozer state’
Star Desk Report
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM World

Houthis report US strikes after Israel vows revenge for airport attack

The Houthi-run Saba news agency put the blame on "American aggression"
5 May 2025, 02:34 AM

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

The jail will house "America's most ruthless and violent Offenders", says Trump
5 May 2025, 02:26 AM

Russia says willing to help resolve India-Pakistan differences over Kashmir

Lavrov's conversation with Dar took place two days after he spoke with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
5 May 2025, 02:15 AM

Houthi missile hits Israel airport area

A missile landed inside the perimeter of Israel’s main airport yesterday, wounding six people, halting flights and gouging a wide crater, in an attack claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
4 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Five cops kidnapped

A separatist militant group in southwestern Pakistan yesterday claimed an attack on a prison van in which five police officers were taken hostage.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

S’pore ruling party wins polls in landslide

Voters have handed Singapore’s long-time ruling party a landslide election victory, offering Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate to navigate the trade-orientated Southeast Asian nation through economic upheaval sparked by looming US tariffs.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

US-China tussle a top priority

Australia’s Labor government will prioritise dealing with the “dark shadow” of the US-China trade war following its resounding re-election victory, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said yesterday, after a campaign that highlighted concerns over US trade policy and the global economy.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Not’ looking to run for third term, Trump tells NBC

US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired yesterday that he is not seriously considering running for a constitutionally-barred third White House term, after musing publicly over the idea.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Don’t see a major war with India’

Eleven days after gunmen shot 26 people dead in the scenic valley of Baisaran in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pahalgam, India and Pakistan stand on the brink of a military standoff.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia has the strength to finish Ukraine ops: Putin

President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published yesterday that Russia had sufficient strength and resources to take the war in Ukraine to its logical conclusion, though he hoped that there would be no need to use nuclear weapons.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

US court ruling throws VOA return into flux

A US appellate court on Saturday ruled against allowing Voice of America (VOA) staff to return to work, throwing its resumption of operations into question after President Donald Trump shuttered the broadcaster in March.
4 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Chinese president Xi to visit Russia on May 7-10: Kremlin

The Russian president's office said Xi would also hold bilateral talks with Putin
4 May 2025, 08:51 AM

India-Pakistan gunfire triggers terror of past conflict

For 10 nights straight, gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers has echoed from the border
4 May 2025, 07:27 AM

Australian PM basks in win, vows 'orderly' government

Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil
4 May 2025, 03:58 AM

Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide

Wong's People's Action Party took all but 10 seats in the 97-seat unicameral legislature
4 May 2025, 03:51 AM

US court ruling throws Voice of America return into flux

Voice of America has been off the air since Trump ordered the dismantling of the US Agency for Global Media
4 May 2025, 03:27 AM

Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive

Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18
4 May 2025, 03:22 AM

Qatar rejects Netanyahu's 'inflammatory' Gaza comments

Gaza mediator Qatar rejected comments from Israel's PM that it needed to "stop playing both sides" in truce negotiations
4 May 2025, 02:37 AM

MSF hospital bombed in South Sudan

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said one of its hospitals in South Sudan had been bombed early yesterday, with at least seven people killed by airstrikes in the area.
3 May 2025, 19:18 PM

Germany move against far-right AfD sets off US quarrel

Germany’s domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States.
3 May 2025, 19:18 PM