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U.K. PM Starmer faces possible Parliament probe over Mandelson

It is the latest development in an unrelenting scandal that has plagued Mr. Starmer's government for months and led to calls for him to resign

27 Apr 2026 11:13 pm
China vows countermeasures if EU enacts 'Made in Europe' plan

The EU unveiled in March new Made in Europe rules for companies trying to access public funds in strategic sectors including cars, green tech and steel, obliging firms to meet minimum thresholds for EU-made parts

27 Apr 2026 11:08 pm
Legal limits on U.S. war involvement

The War Powers Act requires the President to seek authorisation from Congress for the continued use of military force abroad beyond 60 days of such involvement, raising questions over the Trump administrations future course of action in the ongoing military engagement in West Asia

27 Apr 2026 11:07 pm
Ukraine, West Asia conflicts put attack drones at the centre of modern warfare

While their manufacturing cost is cheaper, these drones can inflict damage worth millions of dollars. Drone warfare has left even mighty powers lagging in the race. As Russia and Iran learn from each other in their fights, Ukraine helps countries in the gulf with air defence strategy

27 Apr 2026 8:52 pm
Urdu Wikisource, open source global digital library for Urdu literature, launched

International partnerships provide foundational content, including rare Urdu texts, for the Wikisource platform to reach this milestone

27 Apr 2026 7:56 pm
Watch: Big trade boost: India, New Zealand ink historic deal

India and New Zealand sign a landmark free trade agreement in New Delhi, unlocking 100% duty-free access for Indian exports

27 Apr 2026 7:45 pm
Irans FM Araghchi calls his Islamabad visit successful' after arriving in Russia

Araghchi said that the trip to Pakistan was a good opportunity to review developments related to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran

27 Apr 2026 7:14 pm
Dinesh Trivedi appointed India's next Envoy to Dhaka

Mr. Trivedi is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs said

27 Apr 2026 6:01 pm
Hezbollah leader rejects Lebanon-Israel direct talks, vows to confront Israel

Lebanon and Israels U.S. ambassadors held two meetings in Washington over the past weeks, the first of their kind in decades

27 Apr 2026 4:02 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally meets with pope and prays at the Vatican

Archbishop Mullally is on a four-day pilgrimage to Rome that has included visits to the main pontifical basilicas, where she has prayed at the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul and met with top Vatican officials

27 Apr 2026 3:39 pm
Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz, asks U.S. to end blockade

Iran also wants the U.S. to end its blockade of the country as part of its proposal, said the two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations

27 Apr 2026 2:50 pm
Iran war disrupts thecircuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech firms

The disruption is a fresh blow to electronics manufacturers which are already grappling with soaring memory chip costs and highlights the broadening impact of the Iran war

27 Apr 2026 2:31 pm
Iran proposes to reopen Strait of Hormuz without nuclear agreement

Iran FM in Saint Petersburg blames U.S. for failure of Pakistan talks, state media said

27 Apr 2026 1:58 pm
King Charles III heads to Washington on a delicate mission to restore the U.K.-U.S. relationship

The President has spoken in glowing terms about King Charles, repeatedly referring to the monarch as his friend and a great guy

27 Apr 2026 12:24 pm
U.S. says three killed in boat strike as campaign toll hits 185

U.S. militarys Southern Command said that the boat was operated by Designated Terrorist Organisations and that intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes

27 Apr 2026 11:15 am
White House press dinner shooting: Trump says suspect wrote anti-Christian manifesto, calls him pretty sick guy

Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behaviour; it is complicity in the oppressors crimes, the manifesto read, according to the official

27 Apr 2026 10:39 am
Malaysias jailed ex-PM Najib withdraws appeal on house arrest, local media reports

The withdrawal of appeal for home detention would mark yet another setback for Najib, after he was jailed a further 15 years and fined $2.8 billion for abuse of power and money laundering in December following the biggest trial yet involving the 1MDB saga

27 Apr 2026 10:39 am
U.S. State Dept orders global warning about alleged AI thefts by DeepSeek, other Chinese firms

The White House accusations and the cable come just weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump is set to visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing

27 Apr 2026 9:57 am
Iran Foreign Minister arrives in Russia as U.S. talks remain stalled

Russian and Iranian state media confirmed Mr. Araghchis talks with Putin, citing officials from their respective governments

27 Apr 2026 9:40 am
Suspect in shooting at Trump press dinner to appear in court

Mr. Trump said at a hastily arranged late-night news conference at the White House that he first thought the noise was a tray being dropped, before realising it was gunfire

27 Apr 2026 8:49 am
Lebanon says Israel strikes kill 14 in deadliest day since truce

Israeli strikes have killed at least 36 people since the truce began, according to an AFP tally of Health Ministry figures

27 Apr 2026 7:21 am
King Charles state visit to U.S. to go on as planned after shooting

Earlier, senior U.K. Minister Darren Jones told British broadcasters during a round of interviews that security teams in Britain and the U.S. were working closely to ensure the security arrangements are put appropriately in place for the state visit

27 Apr 2026 5:54 am
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes in northern Japan

The quake struck 18 kilometres (11 miles) west of the small town of Sarabetsu in Hokkaido at a depth of 81 kilometres (50 miles), according to the USGS

27 Apr 2026 4:07 am
Turning point: On the U.S. and Indias independent foreign policy

The U.S. is slicing away at Indias ability to pursue an independent foreign policy

27 Apr 2026 1:18 am
Hindu temple caretaker found dead in Bangladesh, minority group demands strong action

Bangladesh Puja Celebration Councils Coxs Bazar unit general secretary Jony Dhar said the body was recovered three days after Nayan went missing, indicating that he was murdered

27 Apr 2026 1:11 am
Indian national arrested in Nepal for possessing prescription drug in large quantity

Mohmad Sahanewajak, 29, a resident of Bihar, was arrested from Itahari Sub-metropolitan city of Sunsari district along with 50,000 capsules of Tramadol and 9,520 capsules of Dicylomine

27 Apr 2026 12:43 am
Death toll from bus bombing in southwest Colombia rises to 20 during a wave of violence

Octavio Guzman, the Governor of the region of Cauca, said on X that the device was set off while the bus was travelling along the Panamerican Highway in the municipality of Cajibio.

27 Apr 2026 12:35 am
Trump says U.S., Iranian officials can talk by phone

Asked about NATO, Mr. Trump said he was very, very disappointed in the military alliance, which he has suggested the U.S. may consider leaving

27 Apr 2026 12:30 am
Trump makes a fresh case for White House ballroom after shooting incident at dinner event

Mr. Trump slammed the petitioner in the case, contending that she had absolutely no standing to bring such a suit and it must be dropped immediately

26 Apr 2026 11:59 pm
Taiwan will not 'bow its head': FM hits out at China during visit to Eswatini

No unreasonable blockade or pressure can shake our resolve and will to safeguard our dignity and connect with the international community, he added

26 Apr 2026 11:23 pm
UAE-Iran differences and Indias plans to dilute language on Israel-Palestine derail joint statement at BRICS meet

Deeply polarised deputy FMs meeting in Delhi spell trouble for Indias BRICS Presidency; as the language of a joint statement eluded diplomats, India issued a Chairs Statement that reflected the subjects discussed

26 Apr 2026 11:14 pm
Syrian court begins proceedings against Assad and allies

Assad and his brother Maher have fled Syria and will be tried in absentia, but one of their relatives, former security official Atef Najib, was in the dock in handcuffs

26 Apr 2026 10:54 pm
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'nuclear terrorism' on Chernobyl anniversary

Five people were killed across Ukraine after Moscow launched more than 100 drones overnight, the latest in an almost nightly barrage the country has faced since the beginning of the war in 2022

26 Apr 2026 10:18 pm
Trump has good conversations with Putin, Zelenskyy: report

The U.S. President said hatred between Putin and Zelenskyy is ridiculous; did not want to reveal when he spoke to Russias President last

26 Apr 2026 10:07 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi returns to Islamabad as Pakistan races to save talks with U.S.

Two Pakistani officials did not say when the Americans might return to the region to follow up on historic face-to-face talks earlier this month.

26 Apr 2026 8:11 pm
Pakistan eases restrictions on twin cities with no possibility of U.S.-Iran talks

The deployment of police and other law enforcement personnel remains active, but restrictions on the movement of regular commuters have been relaxed, according to police

26 Apr 2026 6:54 pm
Gunman believed to be targeting Trump administration officials: U.S. Attorney General

The suspect will be formally charged in federal court on Monday (April 27, 2026) with assault of a federal officer and discharging a firearm in an attempt to kill a federal officer

26 Apr 2026 6:53 pm
Mali Defence Minister killed, fresh fighting between army and rebels

Defence Minister Sadio Camara, his second wife and two of his grandchildren died after a car bomb attack on his home in the junta stronghold of Kita, outside Bamako, his family and an official said

26 Apr 2026 6:25 pm
Philippine officials say two Americans among suspected communist rebels killed in clash with troops

The task force warned Americans of Filipino descent in the U.S. to be wary of being lured by left-wing activist groups into joining or supporting Filipino insurgents in the Philippines in a recruitment process it described as terror-grooming

26 Apr 2026 1:26 pm
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf | Irans wartime apparatchik

In a country caught between external attacks and internal pressure, with much of its top leadership killed by its enemies, the Parliament Speaker, who cut his teeth in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and served theIRGCas a commander, emerged as the new face of the revolutionary system

26 Apr 2026 1:03 pm
Sri Lanka seeks investors for loss-making Mattala airport in Hambantota

India has in the past expressed interest to operate the airport in Mattala, which has made headlines as the worlds emptiest airport, including through a joint venture with a Russian company

26 Apr 2026 12:59 pm
Trump shooting: U.S. lawmakers say violence has no place in the country

My thoughts are with the brave Secret Service agent who was shot. Political violence is completely unacceptable. There is no place for it in our country, says Democrat leader Ro Khanna

26 Apr 2026 12:51 pm
White House correspondents dinner shooting: A look at previous assassination attempts on President Donald Trump

The White House correspondents dinner shooting was not the first time that the U.S. President Donald Trump found himself at the centre of a security scare

26 Apr 2026 12:26 pm
Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north

The fires threaten residential districts of Otsuchi on the Pacific Coast; the area consumed by the fires reached 1,373 hectares (3,393 acres) as of early Sunday (April 26, 2026) morning, up 7% from a day earlier

26 Apr 2026 12:19 pm
Russian strikes kill three, wound four in Ukraine

In the northeastern Ukraine border region of Sumy, one Russian drone attack killed two civilians, according to the head of Sumys regional military administration

26 Apr 2026 11:04 am
What we know about the Donald Trump press gala shooting

As details continue to emerge and investigations are underway, here is what we know about the shooting

26 Apr 2026 11:02 am
Pakistan PM dials Iranian President, discusses evolving regional situation

During their warm and cordial conversation that lasted fifty minutes, the two leaders had a detailed exchange of views on the current regional situation and ongoing efforts to promote peace and stability in the region, says the Pakistan Prime Minister's office.

26 Apr 2026 10:59 am
Who is Cole Tomas Allen, suspect apprehended in connection to shooting in Washington

The shooting suspect described by Trump as a sick person was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California

26 Apr 2026 10:03 am