China, Philippines’ dispute heats up

President Ferdinand Marcos said yesterday he was “not aware” of any agreement with China to remove a Philippine Navy vessel grounded on a reef in the disputed South China Sea.
9 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Ukrainian drones shot down near Moscow

Russia said it had shot down two Ukrainian drones near Moscow yesterday, one near a major airport to the south of the city and one to the west of the capital.
9 August 2023, 18:00 PM

41 dead in migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island

A shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa has reportedly killed 41 individuals, Italian media reported on Wednesday
9 August 2023, 09:08 AM

US judge sets hearing on evidence in Trump's 2020 election case

A federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election has ordered his attorneys and federal prosecutors to appear in court on Friday for a hearing to help determine how evidence can be used and shared in the case
9 August 2023, 02:29 AM

Russian missiles destroy apartments, hotel

Russian missiles struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk twice on Monday night, destroying a popular hotel and apartments, killing at least seven people and wounding scores, officials said yesterday.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

IS attack kills 10 Syria pro-govt troops

Islamic State group militants killed 10 Syrian troops and pro-government fighters in the former jihadist stronghold of Raqa province, a war monitor said yesterday, displaying their ability to keep mounting deadly attacks.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Long before whales, a marine reptile was a filter-feeder

The blue whale and other baleen whales, the gentle giants of the sea, sift huge quantities of tiny prey from ocean water using a filter-feeding system in their mouths. But they were not the first marine creatures to feed like that.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

UK police arrest man after stabbing outside museum

Police in London arrested a man yesterday after a stabbing outside the British Museum which led to the evacuation and temporary closure of the popular tourist attraction.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Portugal Wildfire: More than 1,000 evacuated

Hundreds of firefighters scrambled yesterday to put out a blaze raging in southern Portugal that has scorched thousands of hectares of land and forced the evacuation of around 1,400 people.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Russia praises offensive in Ukraine

Written in record time and praising the army: Moscow unveiled new history textbooks Monday ahead of children returning to the classroom for a second school
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

July hottest month on record: EU

July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union’s climate observatory confirmed yesterday. Marked by heatwaves and fires all around
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

US backs West African diplomatic efforts

The United States yesterday backed efforts by West African countries to restore constitutional order in Niger after a July 26 coup and said that diplomacy was preferable to military intervention.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Sudan at risk of disease as corpses litter streets: charity

War-torn Sudan is at risk of major disease outbreaks, with thousands of unburied corpses remaining out in the open and country’s health and sanitation infrastructure destroyed, Save the Children warned yesterday.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM

War crimes by Myanmar's military 'more frequent and brazen', UN probe finds

'Strong evidence that the Myanmar military and its affiliate militias have committed three types of combat-related war crimes with increasing frequency and brazenness'
8 August 2023, 09:28 AM

How rain turns into destructive floods

Catastrophic floodwaters can topple houses, sweep away cars like matchboxes and turn basements into death traps within minutes. Time and again, nature demonstrates its overwhelming force, and we're at its mercy
8 August 2023, 08:17 AM

US welcomes transformation of DSA to Cyber Security Act

Washington has welcomed Dhaka's decision to "transform" the Digital Security Act
8 August 2023, 04:48 AM

Washington shuts US government offices due to threatening weather

US government offices in the Washington DC area closed early on Monday because of threatening weather as forecasters warned people across the eastern US of possible tornadoes, damaging winds and large hailstones
8 August 2023, 03:55 AM

13,000 evacuated in Germany after WWII bomb found

Around 13,000 people have been told to temporarily leave their homes in the western German city of Duesseldorf after a Second World War-era US bomb was found, firefighters said Monday
8 August 2023, 03:02 AM

Trump says prosecutors seeking to restrict his free speech rights

Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election
8 August 2023, 03:02 AM

Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kherson, Kharkiv region

A woman was killed early yesterday when Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, while two other people were killed in Russian shelling of border areas of the Kharkiv region in northeast Ukraine, officials said.
7 August 2023, 18:00 PM