US warns Turkey against hosting Hamas leadership

The United States issued a warning Monday against countries hosting members of Hamas, singling out Turkey after recent reports indicated possible moves by the Palestinian Islamist group’s leadership.
19 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian, Chinese FMs deliberate next steps to further normalise ties

Foreign Ministers of India and China today deliberated on the next steps, including resumption of data-sharing on trans-border rivers, to further normalise bilateral ties in the first high-level engagement since the militaries of the two countries disengaged from Demchok and Depsang along their unresolved border in eastern Ladakh
19 November 2024, 16:07 PM

UN says over 200 children killed in Lebanon in under two months

"Over the last two months in Lebanon, an average of three children have been killed every single day," he said.
19 November 2024, 10:50 AM

Putin broadens rules on Russia's use of nuclear arms

The new doctrine outlines that Russia will consider using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state if they are supported by nuclear powers.
19 November 2024, 09:25 AM

US hits Israeli settler group with sanctions over West Bank violence

The sanctions also target a subsidiary of Amana called Binyanei Bar Amana, described by the Treasury as a company that builds and sell homes in Israeli settlements and settler outposts.
19 November 2024, 04:49 AM

Team Trump assails Biden decision on missiles for Ukraine

The new policy and Biden's pledge to speed up military aid to Ukraine come as the United States prepares for Trump to take over as president in January, having questioned US assistance throughout the war.
19 November 2024, 04:13 AM

Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial

A total of 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested and charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law and had faced sentences of up to life in prison.
19 November 2024, 03:42 AM

Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record

The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching, two cyclones, and flooding.
19 November 2024, 03:36 AM

Tens of thousands march in New Zealand Maori rights protest

More than 35,000 demonstrators poured into the harbourside city of Wellington, police said, shutting down busy streets as their spirited procession inched its way towards parliament.
19 November 2024, 03:26 AM

G20 leaders fail to break UN climate talks deadlock

In a joint statement, the leaders spoke only of the trillions of dollars needed coming "from all sources," without specifying
19 November 2024, 02:22 AM

US to call for Google to sell Chrome browser: report

The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser
19 November 2024, 02:15 AM

Several children injured in car crash at central China school

'Many schoolchildren were injured, the specific casualties are being investigated,' state broadcaster CCTV said
19 November 2024, 02:08 AM

Biden ‘fuelling fire’ of Ukraine conflict

The Kremlin yesterday accused US President Joe Biden of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia.
18 November 2024, 18:27 PM

Sri Lanka leader keeps defence, finance in new cabinet

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake retained the key defence and finance portfolios in a new cabinet he announced yesterday after sweeping snap parliamentary elections last week.
18 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Support Ukraine ‘sovereignty’

US President Joe Biden yesterday called on G20 leaders at a summit in Rio de Janeiro to support Ukraine’s sovereignty, a day after US officials said he had allowed Kyiv to use long-range missiles against Russia.
18 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Cut the theatrics

The UN’s climate chief yesterday told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit to “cut the theatrics”, as pressure mounts on G20 leaders to deliver a breakthrough.
18 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians yesterday, including six people who were killed in attacks on tents housing displaced families, medics said.
18 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump's cabinet: who's been picked, who's in the running?

Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts in Trump administration
18 November 2024, 04:13 AM

G20 leaders to grapple with climate, taxes, Trump comeback

US President Joe Biden will attend his last summit of the world's leading economies but only as a lame duck whom other leaders are already looking beyond.
18 November 2024, 03:30 AM

Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia

US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine's power grid in a deadly barrage...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has long pushed for auth
17 November 2024, 22:43 PM