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US-Iran talks live: Critical talks to begin in Oman in ...

US and Iranian officials are holding talks in Muscat amid escalating tensions an...

US-Iran talks live: Critical negotiations set to begin ...

US and Iranian officials are holding talks in Muscat amid escalating tensions an...

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,443

These are the key developments from day 1,443 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

US military kills two people in latest attack on vessel...

US says two people were killed in strike on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean, conti...

Bitcoin plummets in value again after week of heavy losses

The world's most popular cryptocurrency has lost about one-third of its value si...

‘TrumpRx’ website launches in US with promise to lower ...

US president has pitched initiative as populist attack on pharmaceutical compani...

Democrats demand reforms to Homeland Security over immi...

An impasse in Congress over immigration reforms could stymie a funding bill for ...

Venezuela passes amnesty bill for political prisoners i...

The bill would provide clemency for opposition members and protesters who have b...

Trump rejects call from Russia’s Putin to extend cap on...

US president says that he wants to negotiate replacement for strategic nuclear d...

Venezuela’s National Assembly approves amnesty bill in ...

The bill would provide clemency for opposition members and protesters who have b...

Trump tempers criticism of UK’s Chagos Islands deal aft...

Despite calling it earlier an ‘act of great stupidity’, Trump signals support of...

India coal mine blast leaves 18 dead, others feared tra...

Explosion took place at an unregulated mine in the northeastern East Jainta Hill...

T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka urge Pakistan to reconsider In...

T20 World Cup co-host Sri Lanka asks Pakistan to reconsider boycott of India mat...

Cuba to introduce plan to address fuel shortage amid US...

The shortage has led to blackouts across the Caribbean nation.

‘Sorry for being away’: Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners ...

More than 300 prisoners of war are finally heading home on Thursday after Ukrain...

Trump endorses Prime Minister Viktor Orban for Hungary’...

The US president has praised the Hungarian leader for his hardline approach to i...

Activists announce new, bigger aid flotilla to set sail...

Global Sumud Flotilla to carry up to 1,000 activists in largest-ever 'coordinate...

ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2026 explained in maps ...

India and Sri Lanka will host the 10th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket Worl...

What the US and Iran are about to negotiate over isn’t ...

After weeks of military threats and arguments over a venue, the US and Iran are ...

Gaza flotilla organisers in South Africa warn against I...

Activists announced at a briefing in South Africa plans to launch the largest ci...

US treasury secretary declines to rule out future Feder...

Scott Bessent used a Senate appearance to defend President Donald Trump's campai...

Germany’s Merz warns of potential escalation as US, Ira...

Friedrich Merz said concerns about a further escalation with Iran have dominated...

How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter war

As Ukrainians face the coldest winter in a decade, trilateral talks take place i...

US envoy shuns Polish parliament speaker over Trump rem...

US Ambassador Tom Rose says: 'We will not permit anyone to harm US-Polish relati...

Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a wea...

Data reveals Gaza's hunger was likely a calculated strategy to 're-engineer' soc...

UN rights chief warns his office is in ‘survival mode’ ...

Volker Turk appeals for $400m after cuts to operations in 17 countries.

UK ex-envoy’s ties to Epstein spark political storm

UK PM Keir Starmer says he regrets appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador r...

New Trump administration rule makes it easier to fire c...

The OPM rule says that high ranking officials could be fired for 'intentionally ...

Chinese startup tests its flying car that can carry 10 ...

Chinese company AutoFlight conducted a public flight demonstration for its 5-ton...

Pakistan Super League signs Bangladesh’s Mustafizur aft...

Pakistan's Super League moves to sign Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman after both ...

Russia-Ukraine talks conclude without breakthrough on e...

The two warring sides exchange 157 prisoners of war each, but no breakthrough to...

How Epstein-Mandelson files rocked the UK government

PM knew of Peter Mandelson's friendship with Epstein when he appointed him ambas...

Trump’s building a new world order, and there’s a metho...

His goal is to replace international law with the rule of the bully. And he's ge...

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South...

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’

Gaza returnee recalls her journey through the Rafah cro...

An elderly sick Palestinian woman recalls her experience crossing the Rafah cros...

US-Iran talks face ‘serious obstacles in the way of dip...

US-Iran talks face ‘serious obstacles in the way of diplomacy’

It’s time for the world to boycott the US

A global boycott may be the only nonviolent way to curb US aggression and repres...

T20 World Cup 2026 quiz: How well do you know cricket’s...

Test your knowledge in our quiz about the ICC T20 World Cup, as the 2026 edition...

UK PM Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appoint...

UK questions leader's judgement amid revelations of envoy Mandelson's close ties...

T20 World Cup: India will travel to Colombo despite Pak...

India will send team for February 15 game against Pakistan despite boycott by co...

Russia-Ukraine talks end with agreement on prisoner swap

Russian state news agency RIA reports that Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 157...

Famine conditions spread to more towns in Sudan’s Darfu...

Food security experts say famine thresholds for acute malnutrition exceeded in D...

Video: Bangladesh’s election and the return of banned J...

For the first time in Bangladesh's history, the country’s largest Muslim party h...

Israel sprays unknown chemical over land in south Lebanon

Israeli forces have been spraying land in southern Lebanon with unknown chemicals.

Israeli air attacks on Lebanon reach highest level sinc...

Israeli warplanes conducted more than 50 raids on Lebanon last month amid major ...

One man killed, girl missing as Storm Leonardo hits Por...

Leonardo is the latest in a series of half a dozen storms to batter the Iberian ...

Christian group says all abductees taken in Nigeria’s K...

Nigerian government yet to confirm that 166 villagers and churchgoers who were k...

Russia says will act responsibly despite New START nucl...

Both Beijing and Moscow expressed regret at lapse of last Russia-US nuclear arms...

Algerian boxer Khelif open to genetic testing by IOC fo...

Imane Khelif, who won gold at 2024 Olympics, says before gender test, 'Do not ex...

T20 World Cup: Can Pakistan face sanctions over India b...

Pakistan's unprecedented move could have financial and legal implications, crick...