PKK declares truce with Turkey

Outlawed Kurdish militants yesterday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Avalanche kills Four in India; five still missing

At least four people died from their injuries in India after an avalanche hit a remote border area, officials said Saturday, as rescuers deployed helicopters to search for the remaining five missing.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Oval office spat: What next for Ukraine?

The fiery altercation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday was shocking but not entirely unexpected, analysts say, with the way forward for Kyiv looking increasingly uncertain.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Delhi bans refuelling of 15-yr-old old cars

Cars more than 15 years old will soon be barred from refuelling in New Delhi, the city’s government said yesterday, as part of measures to reduce the Indian capital’s hazardous pollution levels.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Uncertainty as first phase of Gaza truce due to expire

The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is drawing to a close yesterday, but negotiations on the next stage, which should secure a permanent ceasefire, have so far been inconclusive.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM

World reacts to Zelensky-Trump Oval Office clash

Zelensky and Trump clashed at a White House meeting that ended in disaster on Friday, prompting an outpouring of reaction from across the globe
1 March 2025, 05:54 AM

Citigroup mistakenly posted $81 trillion to customer account: FT

The payment was reversed several hours later and no funds ever left the bank
1 March 2025, 04:47 AM

After fiery Trump-Zelensky spat, what next for Ukraine?

US President Trump has long been a critic of the United States's billions in aid for Ukraine after Russia invaded it in February 2022
1 March 2025, 04:24 AM

Top US diplomat calls on Zelensky to apologize for clash with Trump

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Friday for Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to apologize for an earlier clash with President Donald Trump
1 March 2025, 04:18 AM

Zelensky says Trump relationship can be repaired after White House row

Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his relations with the United States can still be repaired after President Donald Trump shouted at him in an angry White House meltdown accusing the Ukrainian leader of refusing to make peace with Russia
1 March 2025, 02:19 AM

In first, US state axes gender identity protections from civil rights law

Iowa on Friday became the first US state to strip gender identity protections from its civil rights law after its governor signed a bill removing safeguards for transgender people
1 March 2025, 02:14 AM

‘Make a deal or we’re out’

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky clashed in an extraordinary shouting match in the Oval Office yesterday, leaving efforts to end the war with Russia hanging in the balance.
28 February 2025, 18:43 PM

Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel wants to extend 1st phase by 6 weeks

An Israeli delegation in Cairo aims to negotiate to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal by an additional 42 days, two Egyptian security sources said yesterday.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukraine truce ‘soon or it won’t happen at all’

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a peace deal needs to be struck soon between Ukraine and Russia or it may not happen “at all.”
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

US federal judge orders reversal of Trump’s firings

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the US government to reverse mass firings that are part of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to slash the government’s workforce, media reported.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

World agrees nature funding plan at UN talks

Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature Thursday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Bomb kills six at Pak Islamic seminary

A bomb blast at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban killed six worshippers during Friday prayers, police said yesterday.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

India, EU commit to yr-end deadline for free trade pact

India and the European Union yesterday agreed to conclude a free trade deal by the end of the year, their first commitment to a deadline on talks that have been going for years, as they look to soften the effect of tariff increases from the United States.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Militia fighters surrender looted weapons in Manipur

Militia fighters from rival ethnic groups in India’s conflict-torn Manipur have surrendered scores of guns and other gear looted from security forces, police said yesterday, days after the state was placed under New Delhi’s direct rule.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Millions of children already affected: UN

The UN children’s agency Unicef said yesterday that it was studying the impact of drastic US aid cuts, with millions of children already affected by the funding freeze imposed last month.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM