China landslide death toll rises by 30: authorities
AFP, Beijing
29 July 2026, 08:30 AM World
Hormuz management: Gulf backs plan to let Iran collect voluntary fees
Agencies
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Cyberscam offences: Myanmar approves death sentence
AFP, Yangon
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
Iran hangs 2 anti-govt protesters in public
AFP, Tehran
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
US begins review of force presence in Europe
AFP, Washington
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
France, Spain battle worst wildfires
AFP, Lège-Cap-Ferret
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM World

Twitter restricts number of posts users can read

Elon Musk announced Saturday that Twitter would temporarily restrict how many tweets users could read per day, in a move meant to tamp down on the use of the site’s data by artificial intelligence companies.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

2 die in Baltimore shooting

At least two people were killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting at a street party early yesterday in the US city of Baltimore, police said.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Fighting shakes Khartoum

Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka parliament approves domestic debt restructuring plan

Sri Lanka's parliament approved a domestic debt restructuring plan on Saturday that is crucial to continue a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
2 July 2023, 06:24 AM

Hundreds arrested on fifth night of France unrest after teen laid to rest

French authorities deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities and had made hundreds of arrests by early Sunday, on the fifth night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old who was laid to rest the day before
2 July 2023, 03:38 AM

6 killed in building collapse in Ivory Coast

A building under construction collapsed in an upscale neighbourhood of Ivory Coast's economic hub Abidjan, killing six people and injuring nine others, the government said Saturday
2 July 2023, 01:42 AM

Ancient Greek altar unearthed on Italian island

An ancient Greek altar for family worship dating back more than 2,000 years has been found in the archaeological site of Segesta on the Italian island of Sicily, local authorities said on Friday.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US rejoins UNESCO

The United States on Friday rejoined UNESCO, which it had quit during the Trump administration, despite opposition from Russia and China.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Bolsonaro barred from public office

Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro vowed Friday to appeal a court ruling barring him from public office for eight years over unfounded attacks he had made against the country’s voting system.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

UNSC ends peacekeeping mission in Mali

The UN Security Council has ended a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali, whose military junta has aligned with Russia and demanded the withdrawal of the international force battling jihadists.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US had no role in Russia mutiny

CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week’s aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the United States had no role in it, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Riots over teen’s killing rock France

French police arrested more than 1,300 people during a fourth night of rioting ahead of the funeral of teenager Nahel M, whose shooting by police sparked the unrest that yesterday prompted President Emmanuel Macron to postpone a trip to Germany.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

French police arrest almost 1,000 people in 4th night of unrest

Riots rocked French cities for a fourth night as the government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles to tackle unrest
1 July 2023, 07:00 AM

NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days

Long time, no speak: NASA has re-established contact with the intrepid Ingenuity Mars Helicopter after more than two months of radio silence, the space agency said Friday
1 July 2023, 06:58 AM

48 killed in horrific Kenya road crash

At least 48 people were killed when a truck lost control and ploughed into other vehicles and pedestrians at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday, police said
1 July 2023, 02:11 AM

France deploys 45,000 police to quell 'unacceptable' riots

France on Friday deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager
1 July 2023, 02:07 AM

Diplomacy needed to resolve Ukraine war: Modi tells Putin

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday repeated his country's call for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the war in Ukraine in a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an Indian statement said
30 June 2023, 19:01 PM

Biden concerned Supreme Court LGBT rights ruling could lead to more discrimination

US President Joe Biden on Friday said he was concerned that a Supreme Court ruling that the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings could lead to more discrimination against LGBT Americans
30 June 2023, 17:38 PM

UN Security Council ends Mali peacekeeping mission

The UN Security Council on Friday ended a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali, whose military junta has aligned with Russia and demanded the withdrawal of the international force battling jihadists
30 June 2023, 17:38 PM

Brazil court reaches majority to bar Bolsonaro from politics for 8 years

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's political career evaporated on Friday as a majority of federal electoral court (TSE) justices voted to bar him from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year's fraught election
30 June 2023, 16:10 PM