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Irans currency falls to a new low as nuclear sanctions squeeze its ailing economy

The new low of 1.2 million rial to the U.S. dollar is increasing pressure on food prices and other costs

3 Dec 2025 6:10 pm
Three policemen killed in IED blast targeting police vehicle in northwest Pakistan

Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gul Alam, Constable Rafiq and the driver of the mobile van, Sakhi Jan, lost their lives in the incident

3 Dec 2025 4:48 pm
Watch: Former BrahMos Chief calls for stronger India-Russia defence ties

Ex-BrahMos chief Sudhir Kumar Mishra said Russia remained Indias most trusted defence partner amid shifting global dynamics. He urged Indian defence firms to deepen partnerships with Russia, adding that it was the only country willing to share cutting-edge technologies that many other nations wont even show.

3 Dec 2025 3:10 pm
Bangladesh's armed forces chiefs make rare joint visit to ailing ex-PM Khaleda Zia

Thr former PMs son and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who has been living in self-exile in London for over a decade, is likely to return to Bangladesh soon

3 Dec 2025 12:12 pm
FBI offers $50,000 reward for information about Indian national who murdered woman, son from India in 2017

Authorities said the motive for the killings has not been definitively established. The next step will be to bring Hameed back to the United States to face prosecution

3 Dec 2025 11:57 am
Search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to resume on Dec. 30, over a decade after it disappeared

Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014.

3 Dec 2025 9:12 am
Trump says National Guard will be sent to New Orleans in a couple of weeks

The city is also bracing itself for a separate immigration crackdown dubbed Swamp Sweep that aims to arrest 5,000 people over the coming weeks

3 Dec 2025 7:06 am
We dont want them: Trump rages against Somali immigrants

Donald Trumps heated remarks come as a scandal unfolds in the state of Minnesota, where prosecutors say more than $1 billion went to non-existent social services, largely through false billing by Somali Americans

3 Dec 2025 6:03 am
U.K. medical team to arrive in Bangladesh as Zia remains critical

Speaking to reporters in front of Evercare Hospital, AZM Zahid Hossain said the U.K. specialists would join the international medical board already supervising Khaleda Zia's treatment.

3 Dec 2025 2:08 am
BLA bomber targets Pakistan paramilitary headquarters

At least four persons, including North Waziristan Assistant Commissioner, and two policemen, were killed when militants ambushed his vehicle in Pakistans northwestern Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Dec 2, police said.

2 Dec 2025 11:09 pm
Former Honduran President released from U.S. prison after Trump pardon

The release came days after a presidential election in Honduras, in which Trump has backed presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the conservative National Party

2 Dec 2025 7:03 pm
Israeli fire kills four Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank

An Israeli drone strike killed a journalist in southern Gaza on Dec 2, officials at Nasser Hospital, which received the body, said; 350 Palestinians have been killed across the territory since a ceasefire on Oct. 11

2 Dec 2025 5:59 pm
Daily Quiz | On U.S.-Venezuela altercations

As the U.S. targets Venezuela for regime change in a long list of illegal interventions, here is a related quiz.

2 Dec 2025 5:08 pm
Government official among four killed in ambush in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The attack in the Bannu district targeted a vehicle of Shah Waliullah, the assistant commissioner of North Waziristan; Waliullah was killed after the attack; two constables and a local were also killed while two other police officials sustained injuries, police said

2 Dec 2025 3:02 pm
Son of 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in U.S. drug prosecution

Guzman Lopez faced multiple charges in the U.S. of funneling huge quantities of fentanyl and other drugs to U.S. streets

2 Dec 2025 7:54 am
Zelenskyy says U.S. peace plan 'looks better' with revisions but work continues

Zelenskyy called the topic of Ukraines control over its territories the most complicated in discussions over the plan

2 Dec 2025 7:01 am
Trump holds Venezuela meeting as Maduro rejects slaves peace

The meeting comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure with a major naval build-up in the Caribbean, bombings of suspected drug-ferrying boats, and ominous warnings to avoid Venezuelan airspace

2 Dec 2025 5:00 am
Police officer killed in suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan

The attack happened in Lakki Marwat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police official said

2 Dec 2025 4:11 am
White House says very optimistic on chances of Ukraine deal

The Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov said the talks achieved significant progress but that some issues remained unresolved

2 Dec 2025 1:57 am
International community pledges support as cyclone toll in Sri Lanka climbs to 390

According to an initial assessment by the UN, over 15,000 homes have been destroyed, more than 200 roads remain inaccessible, and sections of the rail network and national power grid have been affected

1 Dec 2025 11:04 pm
ICC President vows to resist U.S. and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats

Nine staff members, including six judges and the court's chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials

1 Dec 2025 7:15 pm
Report says world's biggest arms producers increased revenue by 5.9% last year to record level

Twenty-three of the 26 companies in Europe, excluding Russia, saw their arms revenue increase as the continent boosted spending.

1 Dec 2025 5:10 pm
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia extremely unwell, put on ventilation: party leaders

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to a private hospital on November 23 when she developed a chest infection that affected both her heart and lungs

1 Dec 2025 3:05 pm
Seoul Mayor indicted over alleged illegal polling payments

Oh Se-hoon of the conservative People Power Party is now serving his fourth term as Mayor of South Korea's capital and has long been tipped as a possible future presidential candidate

1 Dec 2025 12:11 pm
Airbus narrows software crisis as airlines ride out A320 fix

The sweeping warning exposed the fact that Airbus does not have full real-time awareness of which software version is used given reporting lags, industry sources said

1 Dec 2025 11:53 am
National Guard shooting suspect radicalised in U.S., Homeland Secretary says

Authorities identified Lakanwal, 29, as the suspect in a shooting that took place just blocks away from the White House and which killed one National Guard member and critically wounded another

1 Dec 2025 8:56 am
Indian student killed in U.K. stabbing, police appeal for information

West Mercia Police issued an appeal for information from any witnesses to the attack in Worcester earlier in the week

1 Dec 2025 8:02 am
Police search for shooter after four are killed, three of them children, in shooting in California

Investigators believe it was a targeted incident at a banquet hall where 100 people or more had gathered Saturday night

1 Dec 2025 6:59 am
Rubio says more work required after U.S.-Ukraine talks in Florida

The talks in Florida come as Kyiv faces mounting military and political pressure, along with the fallout from a domestic corruption scandal

1 Dec 2025 2:56 am
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'periods of dark isolation,' community member says

Emails from community members to a refugee organisation describe a man who was struggling to assimilate, unable to hold a steady job or commit to his English courses while he alternated between periods of dark isolation and reckless travel

30 Nov 2025 10:58 pm
Israel says killed four coming out of Gaza tunnels

The Hamas militants are in tunnels located on the Israeli-controlled side of the Yellow Line.

30 Nov 2025 10:10 pm
Hong Kong inferno toll rises to 146, status of 150 people still unclear: reports

The survivors complained that fire alarms in the buildings did not work as a result, people did not receive any early warning

30 Nov 2025 4:53 pm
Pope Leo XIV prays at Armenian cathedral in Istanbul as Turkiye, Armenia attempt reconciliation

Pope Leo's visit comes as Turkiye and Armenia appear to be moving closer toward a normalisation of their ties, and the pontiff's visit is likely to lend support to those efforts, said Richard Giragosian, the founding director of the Regional Studies Centre based in Yerevan, Armenia.

30 Nov 2025 4:29 pm
Thousands protest in Philippines against flood control fraud

Many towns in the archipelago country have been buried in floodwaters driven by powerful typhoons in recent months

30 Nov 2025 10:58 am