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Pakistan will not allow India to snatch even one drop of its water: PM Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vows to protect Pakistans water from India, warning of consequences for any interference

13 Aug 2025 9:12 am
U.S. summit in Alaska a personal victory for Putin, says Ukraines Zelensky

The summit, set to take place in Alaska on Friday, will be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021 and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's nearly three-and-a-half year war in Ukraine.

13 Aug 2025 3:03 am
Over 50,000 migrants cross Channel since U.K. PM elected: figures

The issue of cross-Channel migration has become a major headache for Starmer's year-old Labour government, as support for the upstart anti-immigrant Reform U.K. party soars

12 Aug 2025 10:12 pm
Pakistan launches new security operation against militants near Afghan border

Pakistani security forces have launched a targeted operation against militants in a northwestern district bordering Afghanistan

12 Aug 2025 10:06 pm
Thailand warns it may act in self-defense after soldier hurt by a mine blast near Cambodian border

Thailands army is warning that it may have toexercise the right of self-defense in response to continuing incidents it blames on Cambodia in which Thai soldiers patrolling along the two countries border have been wounded by land mines

12 Aug 2025 9:59 pm
Indian couple harassed in Canada; one youth arrested

The footage, now viral on social media, shows an Indian couple being verbally abused by Canadian youths

12 Aug 2025 11:34 am
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to meet Donald Trump on August 25 in Washington

South Korea also agreed to purchase $100 billion in U.S. energy and invest $350 billion, and the leaders could use their meeting to discuss expanding cooperation in key industries such as semiconductors, batteries and shipbuilding

12 Aug 2025 9:00 am
Marcos says the Philippines will be pulled into any war over Taiwan, despite Chinas protest

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn kicking and screaming in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers on the self-ruled island, despite Chinas strong protest over such remarks

11 Aug 2025 11:56 pm
Western Wall in Jerusalem painted with anti-war message

A similar message was also written on the wall of the Great Synagogue, elsewhere in the city

11 Aug 2025 11:13 pm
Iran says talks with IAEA will be 'technical' and 'complicated' ahead of agency's planned visit

Iran has had limited IAEA inspections in the past as a pressure tactic in negotiating with the West, and it is unclear how soon talks between Tehran and Washington for a deal over its nuclear programme will resume

11 Aug 2025 11:05 pm
Norway wealth fund terminates Israel asset management contracts

The announcement follows an urgent review launched last week following media reports that the fund had built a stake in an Israeli jet engine group that provides services to Israel's armed forces, including the maintenance of fighter jets

11 Aug 2025 8:56 pm
Israel's plan for Gaza is a disaster waiting to happen, says Macron

The Israeli hostages and the people of Gaza will continue to be the primary victims of this strategy, said Mr. Macron.

11 Aug 2025 6:04 pm
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea: Manila

Dramatic collision between Chinese Navy and Coast Guard vessels near Scarborough Shoal in South China Sea

11 Aug 2025 12:16 pm
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state, says Anthony Albanese

The Australian Prime Minister told that Australias decision to recognize a Palestinian state will be formalized at the United Nations General Assembly in September

11 Aug 2025 9:14 am
Eight dead in shooting outside Ecuador nightclub: police

The police said they have yet to work out a motive for the shooting.

11 Aug 2025 2:03 am
U.S. Vice President Vance says Ukraine peace deal unlikely to satisfy either side

Mr. Trump said Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could end the three-and-a-half-year-old conflict, possibly requiring Ukraine to surrender significant territory

10 Aug 2025 10:10 pm
Taliban investigating death threats against United Nations Afghan female staff, report says

The U.N. report is the first official confirmation of death threats against Afghan women working in the sector

10 Aug 2025 10:05 pm
Ukraine drone attack kills one, damages industrial facility in Saratov, Russia says

Russian air defence units destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight, including eight over the Saratov region, the Defence Ministry said

10 Aug 2025 12:05 pm
Two Japanese boxers die after brain injuries at same Tokyo event

Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card in Tokyos Korakuen Hall on August 2

10 Aug 2025 10:03 am
CDC shooter believed COVID-19 vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police

The father said his son had been upset over the death of the sons dog, and he had also become fixated on the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a law enforcement official

10 Aug 2025 8:07 am
Muhammad Yunus: The professor who rose to power

The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who became the Chief Adviser of Bangladeshs post-Hasina interim administration, promises a peaceful transfer of power after next years inclusive elections, in which the Awami League, now officially banned, will not be able to participate

10 Aug 2025 1:11 am
Restored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since A-bomb

After heavy downpours Saturday morning, the rain stopped shortly before a moment of silence and ceremony in which Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki urged the world to stop armed conflicts immediately

9 Aug 2025 10:03 pm
Blast at Hezbollah site in Lebanon kills 6 soldiers

A military source says blast took place inside a Hezbollah military facility; the Army said the blast took place while an Army unit was inspecting a weapons depot and dismantling its contents in Wadi Zibqin in the Tyre district near the Israeli border

9 Aug 2025 8:07 pm
U.N. plastic pollution treaty talks progress not sufficient: chair

The negotiation have four days left to find consensus on a legally-binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem choking the environment

9 Aug 2025 6:07 pm
With new airport terminal, Maldives eyes more visitors

As the island nation tries stabilising its debt-burdened economy, it has pinned its hopes on increased tourist arrivals

9 Aug 2025 3:59 pm
Zelenskyy warns on 'decisions without Ukraine' before U.S.-Russia summit

Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a social media post

9 Aug 2025 1:09 pm