China confirms Xi to visit US this week for Trump talks
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Germany's Merz under pressure after bruising state election losses
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World
US warns of rapid escalation in war
21 September 2026
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N Korea fires two ballistic missiles
21 September 2026
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GAZA atrocities / Situation ‘unjustifiable’
21 September 2026
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Middle East
GAZA atrocities / Israeli strikes kill 4 more, including child
21 September 2026
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Middle East
World leaders return to UNGA amid wars
21 September 2026
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Israeli kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank
An Israeli civilian killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday after they allegedly stabbed another Israeli who was “trying to extinguish a wildfire near a settlement”, the military said.
24 July 2026
Tension flares in Red Sea, Hormuz
US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would hold Iran accountable for any attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, after the Iranian‑aligned group struck two Saudi oil tankers in a naval blockade in Red Sea, threatening to create a second chokepoint for global oil supplies alongside the Strait of Hormuz.
24 July 2026
Iran hits CIA sites; Russian link eyed
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have triggered a US intelligence probe into whether Russia provided targeting data or advanced drone technology, according to four people familiar with the matter.
24 July 2026
Russia warns US on Ukraine arms sales
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Washington against making “unacceptable” arms deliveries to Ukraine during a meeting with US counterpart Marco Rubio in Manila yesterday, Moscow said.
24 July 2026
Food supply improves but remains fragile: WFP
Food security and child nutrition have improved across the Gaza Strip, but remain fragile because only one aid crossing point is open, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday.
24 July 2026
Rome to offer free movies for heat-relief
Rome will offer free screenings in 11 air-conditioned cinemas as part of a heat-relief plan Mayor Roberto Gualtieri presented on Wednesday, while most of Europe was sweltering through a hot summer.
24 July 2026
Trump says Saudi nuclear deal depends on recognising Israel
A nuclear deal between the US and Saudi Arabia was 'totally subject' to Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords, he says
23 July 2026
Cockroach movement: Modi announces fast-track courts for paper leak cases
The Prime Minister said authorities have been directed to take all necessary steps to safeguard students’ interests as protests over the NEET paper leak continue across the country.
23 July 2026
Deadly wildfires force thousands from homes in parts of Europe
The fires come as southern Europe endures another spell of severe heat, with temperatures topping 40C in some areas
23 July 2026
‘BJP sent stone-pelters, police brought trucks of stones’: CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke alleges
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said the protest has entered its 34th day and appealed to Sonam Wangchuk to end his 26-day hunger strike, saying the movement cannot afford to lose his life.
23 July 2026
Five soldiers killed in Thailand's restive south: army
Six civilians were also wounded in the Wednesday evening attack in Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-majority provinces gripped by a decades-long separatist insurgency
23 July 2026
US announces civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia
The move comes as the United States under President Donald Trump fights a war with Iran that began in large part over concerns with Tehran's nuclear program -- an issue that remains a key point of contention during now-stalled peace talks.
23 July 2026
Food, fury and supporters near and far keep India protest alive
Motorcycles weave through traffic before pulling up beside clusters of volunteers, ferrying donations from supporters across India and abroad unable to join a rare display of public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
23 July 2026
Saudi confirms vessel hit in Red Sea: state media
A vessel belonging to a Saudi company was hit while transiting the Red Sea
23 July 2026
Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes increases to 5,398
The June 24 earthquakes destroyed hundreds of buildings, particularly in the hardest-hit state of La Guaira, in the country's coastal north
23 July 2026
South Africa’s anti-migrant unrest led over 160,000 to flee
More than 160,000 foreign nationals left South Africa over the past two months as local groups increased violent hostility against undocumented migrants, according to an AFP tally based on figures from the repatriating governments.
23 July 2026
Pakistan seeks $10bn fund from US: source
Pakistan has asked the United States for a $10 billion exchange stabilisation facility, according to a source briefed on the matter, which, if approved, could provide a lifeline for the cash-strapped South Asian economy.
23 July 2026
US, China must manage ‘great differences’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he discussed with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the need to identify areas of cooperation to lay the groundwork for a “very positive visit” to Washington in September by President Xi Jinping.
23 July 2026
Hitler’s birthplace begins new life as a police station
The building Adolf Hitler was born in near the Austrian border with Germany officially began a new life as a police station yesterday, a conversion Austria’s government hopes will prevent it serving as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.
23 July 2026
France records 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, health authorities said yesterday, describing the excess mortality among people aged 15 and older as “unprecedented”.
23 July 2026