Trump officials sought ways to sidestep election agency before firings, sources say
11 July 2026, 08:53 AM
USA
Iran says 'kept its word' on US ceasefire
11 July 2026, 08:46 AM
US-Israel war on Iran
Apple sues OpenAI, two former employees for trade secrets theft
11 July 2026, 08:41 AM
Business
Death toll in Venezuela quakes rises past 4,000
11 July 2026, 08:36 AM
World
Greek anti-terror police arrest three after blast kills woman
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Israeli drone strikes, gunfire kill 6 in Gaza
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
Uneasy calm in Middle East as fighting pauses
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
War with Russia not yet at ‘turning point’
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Global donor aid cuts: One million women, girls lose aid access
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
World
NOV MIDTERMS / Trump fires federal polls commissioners
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
US rules out possibility of not recognising Sheikh Hasina govt
The United States yesterday ruled out any perception that they will not recognise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's fourth straight term in office
19 January 2024, 06:30 AM
UN, US call for calm after Iran, Pakistan trade strikes
The United Nations and the United States appealed for restraint on Thursday after Iran and Pakistan traded deadly air strikes on militant targets on each other's territory..The rare military action across the porous border between the heavily armed neighbours has further stoked tensions al
19 January 2024, 04:53 AM
US spaceship lost over South Pacific after failed Moon mission
A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon
19 January 2024, 04:01 AM
NKorea says tested 'underwater nuclear weapon system'
North Korea said today that it had tested an "underwater nuclear weapon system" in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
19 January 2024, 03:21 AM
Thousands of Indian workers seek jobs in Israel
Thousands of men queued in India’s northern state of Harayana during a recruitment drive to send workers to Israel, where the offensive in Gaza, now in its fourth month, has caused a shortage of labour.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Greenland lost more ice than previously thought
Climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to lose 20 percent more ice than previously thought, according to research published Wednesday that used satellite imagery to track the retreat of glaciers over the past four decades.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza hospitals in ‘rapid deterioration’
A World Health Organization official on Wednesday described dire conditions in the Gaza Strip’s remaining hospitals, where patients are “waiting to die” due to extreme shortages of staff and supplies.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Residents flee as Israel pounds Khan Younis
Israeli forces advancing into the southern Gaza Strip’s main city pounded areas near the biggest hospital still functioning in the enclave yesterday, sending patients and residents fleeing a battle they feared would lay the city to waste.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet
The James Webb space telescope has discovered the oldest black hole ever detected, which was thriving so soon after the Big Bang that it challenges our understanding of how these celestial behemoths form, astronomers said Wednesday.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Houthi Targets In Yemen: US launches 4th round of strikes
American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the US military said later on Wednesday, after Washington re-designated the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “terrorist” entity for their attacks on merchant vessels.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Ukrainian drone hits targets in St Petersburg
Ukraine hit targets in Russia during a drone attack on an oil terminal in St Petersburg yesterday as part of a “new phase” in the region, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Tension rises as Pak strikes kill 9 in Iran
Pakistan said it used killer drones and rockets to strike separatist Baloch militants inside Iran yesterday, in a retaliatory strike two days after Tehran said it attacked the bases of another group within Pakistani territory.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iraqi PM again demands US-led coalition leave
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani yesterday repeated his call for the US-led international anti-jihadist coalition to depart his country amid soaring regional tensions over the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
24,448 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct 7
A total of 24,448 Palestinians have been killed and 61,504 have been wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday
18 January 2024, 13:54 PM
Anymore ‘misadventure’ from Iran will be met forcefully: Pakistan security source
Pakistan's military is on "extremely" high alert and anymore "misadventure" from the Iranian side will be met forcefully, a top Pakistani security source said today, amid escalating tensions between the neighbours
18 January 2024, 08:54 AM
9 dead in Pakistan strikes on Iran
The death toll from Pakistan strikes on a border region in Iran's southeast rose to nine, state media reported on Thursday, up from seven earlier
18 January 2024, 08:34 AM
China 'willing to mediate' between Pakistan and Iran
Beijing said today it was willing to mediate between Pakistan and Iran following an exchange of fire against militant targets in their border region, including a strike that Tehran said killed at least seven civilians.."The Chinese side sincerely hopes that the two sides can exercise calm
18 January 2024, 07:49 AM
3 women, 4 children killed in 'Pakistan strike' on Iran
The missile strike took place two days after Iran carried out strikes against "terrorist" targets in Pakistan which left at least two children dead
18 January 2024, 04:45 AM
Singapore transport minister resigns over corruption charges
Transport Minister S. Iswaran was arrested in July of 2023 and released on bail in connection with a rare top-level graft investigation in the city-state.
18 January 2024, 04:44 AM
West Bank economy in tatters as Gaza war rages
Ghazawneh says his income has plummeted from around 7,000 shekels ($1,850) per month to just 2,000 ($530).
18 January 2024, 04:32 AM