One year on: Life in Russian annexed eastern Ukraine

Russia is celebrating the first anniversary of the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regionson September 30. The Kremlin is flaunting its land grab using entirely different language, referring to it as the "accession of new regions"
30 September 2023, 09:19 AM

New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralysed

Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York under water on Friday, partially paralysing subways and airports in America's financial capital
30 September 2023, 04:39 AM

Swiss glaciers melt at record rate: report

Glaciers in Central Europe have been melting faster than ever before, reaching their highest rates of disappearance since records began, according to a report published by the Swiss Commission for Cryospheric Observation (SCC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences on Thursday
30 September 2023, 03:25 AM

Hamas volunteer killed by Israeli troops in West Bank

A Palestinian activist and member of the Islamist Hamas movement was killed on Friday evening during a clash with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, according to multiple sources
30 September 2023, 03:11 AM

Russia hosts Taliban talks

Russia hosted Taliban leaders for talks on regional security yesterday as it seeks to forge ties with Afghanistan’s new rulers and assert itself as a major power in the region.
29 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Three times more migrants dead or missing this year: UN

The number of Europe-bound migrants who died or went missing in the Mediterranean this summer has tripled since last year, the UN said yesterday, adding it had become a “cemetery” for children.
29 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Seven EU nations order arms to aid Ukraine

Seven EU countries have ordered ammunition under a landmark European Union procurement scheme to get urgently needed artillery shells to Ukraine and replenish depleted Western stocks, according to the EU agency in charge.
29 September 2023, 18:00 PM

US democracy in peril from ‘extremist’ Trump: Biden

President Joe Biden launched a blistering personal attack on “extremist” Donald Trump Thursday, accusing his likely 2024 challenger of plotting to subvert the US constitution if he wins a return to power next year.
29 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Over 88,000 cross into Armenia: UN

Over 88,000 people have crossed into Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh and the total could reach 120,000, said a UN refugee agency official yesterday, a figure matching estimates of the entire population of the breakaway region recaptured by Azerbaijan last week. Kavita Belani, UNHCR representative in Armenia, told a UN press briefing by video link that huge crowds of tired and frightened people were gathering at registration centres.
29 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Canada committed to ‘closer ties’ with India

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada is still committed to building closer ties with India, despite “credible allegations” of the Indian government’s involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada-based National Post reported.
29 September 2023, 18:00 PM

First migrants in a week land on Italy's Lampedusa

38 migrants from Bangladesh arrived after their nine-metre boat was picked up off the coast by Italian authorities, Ansa said.
29 September 2023, 09:52 AM
29 September 2023, 08:43 AM

Blinken raised Sikh separatist murder with India's Jaishankar

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged India to cooperate with a Canadian investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist during a meeting with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday, a US official said..Speaking in Quebec earlier on Thursday, Canadian Prime Min
29 September 2023, 07:04 AM

Brazil court rejects Bolsonaro appeal against election ban

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by former president Jair Bolsonaro against an earlier ruling that barred him from running for office for eight years
29 September 2023, 05:34 AM

Biden warns US democracy in peril from 'extremist' Trump

President Joe Biden launched a blistering personal attack on "extremist" Donald Trump Thursday, accusing his likely 2024 challenger of plotting to subvert the US Constitution if he wins a return to power next year
29 September 2023, 03:58 AM

US statement after Blinken-Jaishankar meet doesn't mention murder in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was sure US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would raise the murder of a Sikh separatist leader when he met his Indian counterpart on Thursday but a US statement after the meeting made no mention of the issue
29 September 2023, 03:44 AM

Over 2,500 migrants lost to Mediterranean in 2023: UN

Over 2,500 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean so far in 2023 while trying to cross into Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday in New York
29 September 2023, 02:15 AM

Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162

One person was killed and 162 injured by a powerful explosion on Thursday at a warehouse near Tashkent's airport that sparked a fire and shattered windows in apartment blocks nearby, authorities in Uzbekistan said
28 September 2023, 06:45 AM

Canada's Trudeau apologises after Nazi veteran praised in parliament

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday formally apologized after the speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present
28 September 2023, 06:40 AM

China launches first cross-sea bullet train line near Taiwan Strait

China launched its first high-speed rail line that will travel across several bays and skim along the coast of the southeastern province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, state media reported on Thursday
28 September 2023, 06:31 AM