US says completed strikes on dozens of Iranian targets
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Venezuela quake death toll rises to 4,490
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US senator Lindsey Graham dies
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13 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Hormuz shut until ‘end of US interference’
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13 July 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
New heatwave blasts US
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13 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Israeli strike, gunfire kill five Palestinians
AFP, Gaza City
13 July 2026, 00:00 AM Israel's attack on Palestine
Typhoon Bavi batters east China
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Qatar’s former leader Hamad bin Khalifa dies at 74
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13 July 2026, 00:00 AM World

Pak polls body accepts ex-PM Sharif’s nomination

Pakistan’s election commission yesterday accepted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s nomination for the 2024 elections, weeks after a court overturned two graft convictions, ARY News reported.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Indian govt targeting high-profile journos with spyware

India’s government has again targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware,
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Qatar court drops death sentence for eight Indians

A Qatar court has dropped the death sentence imposed on eight Indian former naval officers arrested there last year, India’s foreign ministry said yesterday.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Accelerate war preparations

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the US, state media said yesterday.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM

US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force

US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don’t want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Spying charges: Qatar commutes death penalty of 8 ex-Indian navy personnel

A court in Qatar has dropped the death sentence imposed on eight former Indian naval officers arrested there last year, India's External Affairs Ministry said today
28 December 2023, 15:31 PM

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll hits 21,320

The health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip said Thursday at least 21,320 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since war with Israel erupted on October 7.
28 December 2023, 13:58 PM

UN asks Israel to end 'unlawful killings' in West Bank

The United Nations on Thursday said the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank was rapidly deteriorating and urged Israel to "end unlawful killings" against the Palestinian population
28 December 2023, 11:44 AM

Israel presses on with intensified attacks as Gaza death toll soars

Israeli forces pressed on with intensified attacks in the Gaza Strip's biggest southern city and a central refugee camp, after the territory's Hamas-run health ministry reported more than 21,000 people had been killed in 11 weeks of war
28 December 2023, 06:25 AM

Over 40 feared dead after Liberia tanker crash

More than 40 people were feared dead when a tanker truck exploded after crashing in central Liberia, the country's chief medical officer told local media on Wednesday
28 December 2023, 04:17 AM

Israeli strike kills three in south Lebanon: state media

An Israeli strike in south Lebanon killed a Hezbollah fighter, the group said Wednesday, as state media reported two of his relatives were also killed and the Iran-backed movement launched rockets in retaliation
28 December 2023, 03:20 AM

‘Worse than genocide’

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday said the Israeli offensive in Gaza is worse than genocide as the death toll in the besieged Palestinian territory surged above 21,000. 
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli PM no different from Hitler

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Take action with care’

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said the army’s primary duty is to protect the nation but it must also win the hearts of Indians and ensure there are “no mistakes made” that end up hurting the citizens, in an apparent reference to the deaths of three men while in army custody.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Russia, India closer to joint production

Russia and India have made tangible progress in talks on plans to jointly produce military equipment, Russian
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Migrant caravan in Mexico heads to US border

Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers moved slowly north across the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday in a caravan hoping to reach the US border, one day before top US officials planned to visit Mexico to discuss migration.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump wins Michigan state court battle, qualifies for primary election ballot

Donald Trump scored a victory today in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for the White House again when Michigan's top court declined to hear a case seeking to disqualify him from the state's presidential primary ballot
27 December 2023, 16:03 PM

No difference between Netanyahu and Hitler: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today that there was "no difference" between Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler as he stepped up his attacks on the Israeli leader over the war in Gaza
27 December 2023, 15:56 PM

New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft

The New York Times sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft in a US court yesterday, alleging that the companies' powerful AI models used millions of articles for training without permission
27 December 2023, 14:56 PM

Gaza death toll at 21,110, most of them women and children

Israel again pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling after its armed forces chief warned the offensive since October 7 will last "many more months".
27 December 2023, 13:21 PM