Iran says 'kept its word' on US ceasefire
AFP, Tehran
11 July 2026, 08:46 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Death toll in Venezuela quakes rises past 4,000
AFP, Caracas
11 July 2026, 08:36 AM World
Greek anti-terror police arrest three after blast kills woman
AFP, Thessaloniki
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
Israeli drone strikes, gunfire kill 6 in Gaza
AFP, Gaza City
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
Uneasy calm in Middle East as fighting pauses
Agencies
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
War with Russia not yet at ‘turning point’
AFP, Kyiv
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM Russian invasion of Ukraine
Global donor aid cuts: One million women, girls lose aid access
Reuters, Geneva
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
NOV MIDTERMS / Trump fires federal polls commissioners
AFP, Washington
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA

US VP Harris 'scared as heck' of Trump return

Her comments came after Trump stormed to victory on Monday in the Iowa caucuses, the first step in the Republican nomination race to challenge President Joe Biden later this year.
18 January 2024, 04:29 AM

US bans former Guatemala president from entry for 'corruption'

Giammattei has been accused of propping up the attorney general who spearheaded a judicial campaign against the country's new, anti-graft president, Bernardo Arevalo.
18 January 2024, 04:26 AM

Samsung turns to AI to regain smartphone throne

Mobile devices will become the primary access points for AI, with Samsung aiming to be a leader on that path, Roh added.
18 January 2024, 04:24 AM

UK's Sunak survives knife-edge vote as Rwanda bill clears Commons

Sunak, in power since October 2022, has staked his political future on the scheme, as Britain gears up for its next general election later this year.
18 January 2024, 04:20 AM

US lists Houthis as terrorists, rebels hit another US-operated ship

The US on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, as the militants attacked their second U.S.-operated vessel in the Red Sea region this week and the US military carried out fresh strikes
18 January 2024, 03:13 AM

Indian, Chinese troops clashed twice in 2022

Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed at least two times in 2022 along their Himalayan frontier where they have been involved in a bitter standoff since 2020, according to new details that have emerged from the Indian Army’s gallantry award citations.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Kuwait gets first non-royal FM as ‘reform’ era starts

Kuwait’s new emir announced an era of “reform” as a government including the first foreign minister from outside the ruling family took the oath of office yesterday.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

23 dead in Thai fireworks factory explosion

Twenty-three people have died after an explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand yesterday, the provincial governor said.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Parties to Gaza offensive ‘trampling’ on int’l law

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that parties to the conflict in Gaza were “trampling” on international law and urged them to implement an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Study permits to Indian students drop due to row

The number of study permits Canada issued to Indian students fell sharply late last year after India ejected Canadian diplomats who would process the permits and fewer Indian students applied due to a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, a top Canadian official told Reuters.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

40 Tunisians missing in Med

Around 40 Tunisian migrants attempting to reach Italy by sea have been missing for five days, the Tunisian National Guard said.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

China’s population decline accelerates in 2023

China’s population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed yesterday, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country battles a looming demographic crisis.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel escalates Gaza strikes

Israel stepped up strikes on the south of Gaza yesterday, ahead of the expected delivery of medicines for hostages in exchange for humanitarian aid under a newly brokered deal.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Chandigarh mayoral polls: Test for Congress-AAP ahead of nat’l polls

The Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance in Punjab faces its first test tomorrow as it goes to the Chandigarh mayoral election in a bid to unseat the BJP from key posts in the state
17 January 2024, 17:23 PM

Pakistan recalls ambassador after Iran air strike kills 2 children

Pakistan said today that Iran carried out an air strike on its territory that killed two children, after Tehran launched attacks in Iraq and Syria against what it called "anti-Iranian terrorist groups"
17 January 2024, 11:22 AM

18 killed in Thai fireworks factory explosion: rescue worker

At least 18 people have died after an explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Wednesday, a rescue worker said
17 January 2024, 10:51 AM

Malaysia to review migrant labour deals with 15 nations including Bangladesh

Malaysia will review bilateral agreements with 15 nations from which it sources labourers in a bid to address exploitative practices and manpower imbalances that have left thousands of migrant workers stranded without jobs, officials said
17 January 2024, 05:55 AM

Women's health gap costs $1 trillion worldwide: report

The huge gap between how women and men's health are treated costs $1 trillion a year worldwide, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday
17 January 2024, 05:38 AM

Trump attends rape defamation case in New York

In court, the former US president did not make any statements, and he and Carroll avoided looking at each other while jurors were being selected, according to reporters allowed inside the courtroom.
17 January 2024, 04:43 AM

China's population decline accelerates in 2023

Last year's decline was more than double the fall reported for 2022, when the country lost 850,000 people as its population shrank for the first time since 1960.
17 January 2024, 04:27 AM