Xi pushes 'Greater BRICS' economic ties to give bloc larger global role
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World
China's Xi proposes BRICS 'open-source AI zone'
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World
France apologizes for UN diplomatic spat with Washington
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World
New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies
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Business
DR Congo's worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases
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World
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
13 September 2026
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United States
BRICS for ‘maximum restraint’ in Mideast
13 September 2026
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World
Rein in AI’s breakneck speed of dev
13 September 2026
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World
Attacks shut down key Saudi oil pipeline
13 September 2026
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Middle East
US nuke start-up marks mini-reactor breakthrough
A nuclear start-up working on mini-reactors for the US military has announced a crucial first step in producing a model that could be deployed at bases and other strategic sites within a few years.
6 June 2026
Ireland bans two Israeli ministers from entering country
Ireland recognised Palestinian state in 2024, prompting Israel to close Dublin embassy
5 June 2026
Iran dismisses idea of Trump meeting supreme leader
Araghchi says encounter 'not realistic' in current context
5 June 2026
US Senate approves $70 bn for Trump immigration crackdown
Senate vote marks major victory for president on signature issue
5 June 2026
Iran declares support for Hezbollah with wider peace deal in doubt
Fighting continues across Lebanon, Gaza, northern Israel, and Kuwait despite ceasefires
5 June 2026
US allying itself with Colombian 'narco-traffickers,' Petro accuses
Colombia's outgoing president criticises Trump for his endorsement of Abelardo de la Espriella
5 June 2026
Musk ‘trying to whip up division’
UK leader Keir Starmer yesterday accused US tech tycoon Elon Musk of “trying to whip up division” in Britain following anger over the police handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man.
5 June 2026
European aid fuels Ukraine drone boom
European countries have funnelled billions of dollars of military aid to Ukraine since US funding ended, with 2026 contributions helping boost its booming drone sector, Germany’s Kiel Institute said yesterday.
5 June 2026
Israeli strikes kill 9 in Gaza as truce talks stall
Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least nine people yesterday, a spokesman for the civil defence agency in the Palestinian territory told AFP.
5 June 2026
No all-out Iran war unless US troops killed
President Donald Trump has told aides privately that he would consider ending the ceasefire with Iran if Tehran kills American troops, US officials said, insisting that the weekslong pause in airstrikes remains intact despite a steady stream of violent skirmishes.
5 June 2026
Astronomers find exoplanets with magnetic fields
Based on the behaviour of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to date that planets beyond our solar system possess magnetic fields, like Earth and five other planets in our solar system.
5 June 2026
India weaponising water thru two projects: Pakistan
Pakistan said yesterday two river projects by arch-rival India would “weaponise” water and violate a major treaty between the neighbouring nations, threatening a response if they move ahead.
5 June 2026
Turkey FM in Dhaka on two-day visit
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan will meet his Bangladesh counterpart Dr Khalilur Rahman in Dhaka today as the two countries look to expand strategic engagement alongside trade and investment ties.
5 June 2026
Airlines resume some Middle East flights but disruption continues
Many carriers outside the Gulf are still diverting Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region
4 June 2026
Unsafe food kills 1.5 mn people a year worldwide: WHO
Africa and southeast Asia alone account for nearly three-quarters of all cases of food-related ailments and 60 percent of deaths worldwide
4 June 2026
Israel and Lebanon agree to implement conditional ceasefire
The two sides, which do not have formal diplomatic relations, also agreed to create "pilot zones" in which the Lebanese armed forces "will take exclusive control of the territory to the exclusion of all non-state actors."
4 June 2026
US House calls for end to Iran war, rebuking Trump
The move marked the first time the Republican-controlled House had approved a measure seeking to force Trump to wind down military operations against Tehran since the war began three months ago.
4 June 2026
4 Bangladeshis hurt in drone attack in Kuwait
At least four Bangladeshi citizens were among those injured and one killed in a drone attack at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait.
4 June 2026
‘Don’t need boots on ground’
President Donald Trump has said the US does not “need” its forces to operate on the ground within Iran because of the success of its months-long bombing campaigns in the country.
4 June 2026
Global media join forces to confront AI for fair pay
Around 30 European and North American media outlets yesterday joined a coalition launched by Britain’s BBC, Sky News and The Guardian, aiming to secure fair payment for news content from artificial intelligence giants.
4 June 2026