World
Ambushes, firefights and a market grenade blast: headline-grabbing attacks in Indian-run Kashmir are designed to challenge New Delhi's bid to portray normality in the disputed territory, Indian security officials say.Kashmir has been divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan since ...
Sports,Football
World champions Argentina suffered a 2-1 defeat to Paraguay while rivals Brazil were held to a 1-1 draw at Venezuela as South America's big guns struggled in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Thursday.It started well for Lionel Scaloni's team, also reigning Copa America champions, as they gra...
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrive Thursday in Lima for an Asia-Pacific summit overshadowed by the prospect of a world embroiled in trade wars under Donald Trump.Saturday's face-to-face will likely be the last meeting between the sitting leaders of the world'...
The EU's outgoing foreign policy chief has urged the bloc to suspend a political dialogue with Israel over human rights concerns in Gaza but it is likely to be vetoed, diplomats said Thursday.Josep Borrell raised his proposal during a meeting of ambassadors on Wednesday, according to four diplom...
Military equipment built in France is being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles supplied by the UAE, in "violation of the UN arms embargo" on the Darfur region, Amnesty International said Thursday.Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) built and supplied by the United Arab Emirates and spotted ...
National,Politics
Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus told AFP on Wednesday that reforms are needed before his country can elect a government following the ouster of autocratic former ruler Sheikh Hasina.The speed of reforms "will decide how quick the election will be," the Nobel Peace Prize winn...
World,Front Page
Donald Trump will make a triumphant return to the White House to meet President Joe Biden Wednesday, in the Republican's first visit since departing amid a cloud of scandal nearly four years ago.Trump's meeting with Biden comes as he moves swiftly to name his top team, including the world...
World,Back Page
Russia escalated its attacks on Kyiv on Wednesday, launching a barrage of drones and missiles in its first combined aerial assault on the capital in more than 70 says, authorities said.The large-scale bombardment comes at critical moment on the battlefield, with Russian forces advancing in the east ...
National,Back Page
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday.The updated risk assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was announced at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan,...
Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday that communication channels with the United States were still open, a week after Donald Trump was elected president."The communication channels between us and the Americans still exist," Abbas Araghchi said on the sidelines of a weekly cabinet meeting...
US President-elect Donald Trump announced new members of his incoming administration on Monday, and was expected to pick Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state.Both Rubio and Congressman Michael Waltz, who has been lined up for the powerful National Security Advisor role, have notably hawkish vie...
Business & Commerce
Australia will move to stem the exodus of its banks from the Pacific Islands, the country's top economic official said, as concerns mount that China could bolster its influence by filling in the gaps.For years, Western banks have been shuttering branches throughout the South Pacific, citing poli...
Azerbaijan's president, whose country is hosting the COP29 climate talks, on Tuesday repeated his insistence that oil, gas and other natural resources are a "gift of the God."In a robust defence of his country against what he termed "fake news" and a "well-coordinated ca...
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit that will renew calls for a Palestinian state on Monday.Arab and Muslim leaders gathered in Riyadh, more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war...
La Liga leaders Barcelona fell to a 1-0 defeat at Real Sociedad on Sunday as they had a Robert Lewandowski goal controversially disallowed, with coach Hansi Flick labelling the decision a "big mistake".Earlier Julian Alvarez earned Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win at Mallorca to take the Rojiblan...
Pedro Neto dealt a fresh blow to spluttering Arsenal's Premier League title challenge as the Chelsea winger's superb strike rescued a 1-1 draw in the London derby on Sunday.Mikel Arteta's side had taken the lead through Gabriel Martinelli's second-half goal at Stamford Bridge.But Net...
Gaza's civil defence agency on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory.Besides, Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 12 people including three children in the village of ...
Two Saudi military personnel have been killed in an attack in Yemen, Saudi state media said Saturday, reporting that the assailant was "affiliated with" Yemen's defence ministry."An officer and a non-commissioned officer were martyred and an officer was injured as a result of a tr...
Indian troops on Sunday were battling with gunmen in Kashmir with one suspected rebel killed, the army said, the latest violence in the long-running insurgency in the disputed Muslim-majority territory.Police said two separate gunfights were taking place in the Himalayan region, with fighting report...
Mauritius began voting on Sunday in a close-fought election race that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal in a nation usually touted as one of Africa's most stable and prosperous democracies.Campaigning has been tense, and police have been deployed at polling stations to ensure security, ...
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