Trump team eyes WHO reforms

Trump has since suggested the US could return if the WHO was "cleaned up"
6 February 2025, 06:15 AM

US claims free passage through Panama Canal

It was the first public announcement of promises hinted at by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
6 February 2025, 05:52 AM

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law to host Fox News show

She will host a prime-time show, "My View with Lara Trump"
6 February 2025, 05:43 AM

Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide

A nationwide preliminary injunction issued blocking Trump's order
6 February 2025, 05:24 AM

Trump administration expands buyout offers to more spy agencies, officials say

White House last week offered 2 million civilian full-time federal workers an opportunity to stop working this week
6 February 2025, 05:19 AM

At least 2,900 dead in M23 capture of east DRC's Goma: UN

So far, 2,000 bodies have been collected from the Goma streets in recent days
6 February 2025, 03:44 AM

Trump’s Gaza plan will pour ‘oil on fire’

Palestinian group Hamas yesterday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its people in other countries, seemingly whether they want to leave or not.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

The Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, passes away

The Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

M23, Rwanda troops launch fresh east DR Congo offensive

The M23 and Rwandan forces yesterday launched a new offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining town in South Kivu province, as they resumed their advance towards the regional capital Bukavu.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

USAID places global staff on leave

The US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Over 100 Indian migrants deported by US arrive home

A US Air Force plane carrying more than a hundred Indian migrants expelled by the United States landed in India yesterday, local media reported.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran ‘cannot have a Nuclear Weapon’

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Iran “cannot have a Nuclear Weapon”, a day after he signed an order reinstating a “maximum pressure” policy against Tehran over allegations that it was trying to develop such weapons.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Australia bans DeepSeek AI programme

Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices on the advice of security agencies, a top official said yesterday, citing privacy and malware risks posed by China’s breakout AI program.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Nearly 60pc voter turnout recorded

Nearly 60 percent turnout was recorded yesterday in the high-stakes assembly elections in Delhi, where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal is eyeing a third straight term in power in a triangular contest against the main challengers, BJP and Congress.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

UN has to ‘get its act together’: Trump

US President Donald Trump criticised the United Nations on Tuesday as “not being well run,” although he said it has potential, while he stopped US engagement with the UN Human Rights Council, extended a halt to funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and ordered a review of the UN cultural agency Unesco.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM

US flies back '104 expelled Indian migrants'

A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants landed in Amritsar city of the northern Indian state of Punjab today in the first such batch of Indians deported by the Donald Trump government
5 February 2025, 12:22 PM

Several Brussels metro stations closed after shooting incident

The suspects fled into the metro tunnels after the shooting incident
5 February 2025, 10:59 AM

India's finance ministry asks employees to avoid AI tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek

Countries like Australia and Italy have placed similar restrictions on the use of DeepSeek
5 February 2025, 10:47 AM

Trump now criticises UN saying 'it is not being well run'

The UN pushed back against Trump's remarks.
5 February 2025, 10:15 AM

Global reaction to Trump's Gaza Strip takeover plan

Here is some global reaction to the announcement as Trump said US will take over Gaza
5 February 2025, 09:46 AM