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China's ethnic unity law comes into force despite overseas criticism

The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress aims to forge a shared national identity among ethnic groups, for example by strengthening the status of Mandarin as the official language

1 Jul 2026 11:08 pm
Shipping companies, unions still consider Hormuz a warzone

The Strait of Hormuz was first designated a warlike operations area on March 5, after ships trying to cross the vital energy passageway were attacked

1 Jul 2026 10:12 pm
World Bank scraps climate finance targets after U.S. criticism

As per the Climate Change Action Plan, World Bank had to allocate 45% of its total funds for projects that cut emissions or helped communities adapt to climate change

1 Jul 2026 10:10 pm
U.S. removes four Indian companies from Russia-related sanctions list

The companies have been deleted from the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List

1 Jul 2026 1:06 pm
Spain records more than 1,000 heat-related June deaths

The figure was more than double the 407 deaths that were attributed to heat in June 2025, Spain's hottest June since records started being kept, according to the national weather agency Aemet

1 Jul 2026 1:00 pm
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats incumbent Diana DeGette in Colorado House primary

The race was called by multiple media outlets with 78% of the vote counted, with Ms. Kiros carrying a nearly 7,000-vote lead over Ms. DeGette

1 Jul 2026 12:17 pm
At least 14 children killed in Pakistans Lahore when tutoring centre roof collapses

Preliminary reports showed the tutoring centre was unregistered and operating inside a privately owned residential building under a dilapidated roof

1 Jul 2026 2:05 am
U.K. PM Starmer unveils defence funds to boost drone warfare capabilities

In one of his final big-ticket policy interventions after he announced his resignation last week, Mr. Starmer said the Defence Investment Plan will be backed by 298 billion of investment across the next four years

30 Jun 2026 10:15 pm
WHO sounds alarm on disease outbreaks in quake-hit Venezuela

By the latest official count, some 1,700 are dead and 5,000 are injured, with no governmental word on the number of missing. Other estimates place these in the tens of thousands

30 Jun 2026 10:10 pm
Myanmar denies ASEAN request for Suu Kyi meeting

Suu Kyi has vanished from the public eye and is serving a lengthy but unspecified sentence on a host of charges rights groups dismiss as fabricated

30 Jun 2026 10:08 pm
Venezuela appreciates Indian teams efforts to help earthquake victims

The death toll from two powerful quakes in Venezuela crossed 1,700 on June 29, with thousands more injured and many more missing

30 Jun 2026 2:58 pm
30 Jun 2026 1:10 pm
NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope

Without intervention, space telescope Swift is expected to soon burn up in the atmosphere

30 Jun 2026 10:10 am
Over 100 Venezuelans who were deported from U.S. hours before earthquakes are missing

A deportation flight from Miami had 146 Venezuelans onboard, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor

30 Jun 2026 5:05 am
Azerbaijan slams ally Israels recognition of Armenian genocide

Azerbaijan and Israel are allies but Baku's closest foreign partner is Turkey and the Caucasus country hinted the move by Israel could hit their bilateral relations

29 Jun 2026 11:08 pm
Turkey strongly condemns Israeli incursions in Syria

These attacks, which trample on the lives and property of the Syrian people and make life increasingly difficult for civilians in the region, constitute a flagrant violation of international law, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry

29 Jun 2026 8:03 pm
Five dead in shooting at German youth welfare centre: police

Five people were fatally injured, and additional individuals sustained injuries. The suspected gunman and a second alleged perpetrator were arrested, says police

29 Jun 2026 7:14 pm
Pakistan says carried out strikes along Afghanistan border, 29 militants killed

The strikes against the hideouts and safe havens of terrorists came in after a paramilitary Rangers headquarters in Karachi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) was attacked by militants, Information Minister Atta Tarar said

29 Jun 2026 11:03 am
Pakistan issues directives to arrest illegal Afgan nationals from July 10

The notification said provincial authorities will be required to submit daily reports on arrests and enforcement actions

29 Jun 2026 8:05 am
Pakistan says it carried out ground operation, strikes along Afghan border; 29 militants killed

Pakistani forces carried out calibrated strikes against terrorist hideouts and safe havens in the border region

29 Jun 2026 2:16 am
Israel strikes south Lebanon despite framework agreement to end hostilities

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on June 27, that his country would assume its responsibilities in implementing the framework agreement, which was signed in Washington on June 26, after five rounds of talks

28 Jun 2026 11:13 pm
Israel moves to formally recognise Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide

Israels government has unanimously approved a decision to designate the violence against Armenians during World War I as a genocide

28 Jun 2026 11:03 pm
Saudi Aramco helicopter crash kills 14 nationals, state news agency says

Investigations are under way, with the participation of relevant authorities, to determine the causes of the helicopter crash, the state news agency added

28 Jun 2026 6:02 pm
DGS withdraws restriction on the movement of Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz

The advisory against deploying Indian seafarers in the conflict zones also stands withdrawn

28 Jun 2026 1:16 pm