'Historic' EU-Mid East-India trade plan launched

A broad alliance of states on Saturday unveiled ambitious plans to create a modern-day Spice Route linking Europe, the Middle East and India, boosting trade ties with potentially wide-ranging geopolitical implications
10 September 2023, 07:10 AM

No arrest risk for Putin at Brazil G20: Lula

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not be arrested if he attends the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro next year, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said
10 September 2023, 06:39 AM

22 years later, two more 9/11 victims ID'd via new DNA method

Twenty-two years after the September 11 attacks on the United States, the remains of two people who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center have been identified through DNA analysis, the authorities said ahead of the latest commemoration of the 2001 disaster
10 September 2023, 03:35 AM

Rescues underway in flood-hit Greek towns as toll rises to 11

Firefighters backed by the army were rescuing hundreds of people Saturday in villages in central Greece blocked off by floods, as the toll rose to 11 dead
10 September 2023, 02:32 AM

Death toll now more than 2,000, survivors sleep rough

Moroccan earthquake survivors huddled for a night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains on Saturday, a day after the country's deadliest quake in more than six decades killed more than 2,000 people and laid waste to villages
10 September 2023, 02:04 AM

Morocco quake kills over 1,300

The deadliest earthquake in Morocco since 1960 has killed more than 1,300 people, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped, authorities said yesterday. 
9 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies aged 95

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the once-feared Zulu nationalist and historic leader of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) which presided over South Africa’s deadliest violence ahead of the first all-race elections, died yesterday aged 95, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced.
9 September 2023, 18:00 PM

5 key takeaways

The African Union has been inducted as the new permanent member of G20, pushing forward a new world order and offering developing nations a greater say in global decision-making.
9 September 2023, 18:00 PM

1,000-year-old mummy found in Peru

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a 1,000-year-old mummy in the latest discovery at an archaeological site located in a residential neighborhood of the country’s capital, Lima.
9 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Black Sea Grain Deal: Russia rejects UN bank proposal, sticks to demands

Russia said yesterday it was sticking to its conditions for a return to the Black Sea grain deal which it quit in July.
9 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Rescue teams comb for survivors as Morocco quake kills over 1,000

Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped
9 September 2023, 16:14 PM

Morocco earthquake death toll crosses 800

At least 820 people have died in a devastating earthquake that struck near Morocco's tourist hotspot of Marrakesh, authorities said Saturday, updating an earlier toll of more than 600
9 September 2023, 10:26 AM

G20 declaration adopted with no mention of Russian aggression in Ukraine

The G20 summit in New Delhi under India's presidency today reached a consensus on the leaders' joint declaration after India changed the text on the deeply divisive issue of the Ukraine war.
9 September 2023, 10:24 AM

Reactions from foreign governments to earthquake in Morocco

Following are reactions from foreign governments to the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing hundreds and destroying buildings in the deadliest tremor to hit the country in decades
9 September 2023, 09:14 AM

Putin calls for closer ties with North Korea 'on all fronts': Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday on the 75th anniversary of the country's founding and called for stronger ties "on all fronts"
9 September 2023, 08:29 AM

Modi opens G20 summit as PM of 'Bharat'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his opening address to the G20 summit Saturday with his country nameplate labelled "Bharat" -- an ancient Sanskrit word -- in the biggest signal yet of a potential official change
9 September 2023, 06:55 AM

African Union joins G20 as permanent member

The African Union (AU), a bloc of 55 countries, today joined the G20 as its new permanent member with all member countries accepting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to this effect
9 September 2023, 06:42 AM

G20 members to back EU-Mid East-India trade plan

Major G20 partners will unveil ambitious plans Saturday to bolster trade between India, the Middle East and Europe, the United States said -- a modern-day Spice Route that could more closely bind three regions that account for about a third of the global economy
9 September 2023, 05:22 AM

Hasina joins world leaders at G20 Summit in New Delhi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the world leaders at the G20 summit being held at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in India's New Delhi
9 September 2023, 05:04 AM

Saudi Arabia on 'relentless killing spree,' Amnesty International says

Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have executed at least 100 people in 2023, according to human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
9 September 2023, 04:35 AM