Philippines, China 'clash' in South China Sea, US condemns Beijing
Oct 14, 2025, at 06:28 pm
The United States on Monday condemned China after Beijing and the Philippines traded accusations over a maritime confrontation close to disputed islands on the South China Sea.
Pakistan: Levies constable was shot dead while guarding a polio team in Swat
Oct 14, 2025, at 05:58 pm
Unidentified attackers shot dead a Levies constable who was deployed to protect a polio team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district on Tuesday.
Xiaomi car catches fire in China, driver burns to death after door fails to open
Oct 14, 2025, at 03:03 pm
A driver was killed after a Xiaomi Corp. SU7 electric sedan caught fire following a crash in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, sending the company’s shares down more than 5%, according to CNBC.
Nepali student, who was captured by Hamas during October 7 attack, confirmed dead
Oct 14, 2025, at 09:56 am
A Nepali student, who was held in captivity by Hamas, has now been confirmed dead, on a day when the group released 20 living Israeli hostages on Monday as part of the new ceasefire deal reached with Israel.
Oct 14, 2025, at 01:02 am
Rama Duwaji, wife of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, publicly mourned the death of Palestinian social media figure Saleh al-Jafarawi, who was killed in Gaza on October 12, 2025, during clashes between Hamas and rival factions.
Trump hails Netanyahu in Israel after hostage release, declares ‘historic dawn of a new Middle East’
Oct 13, 2025, at 09:31 pm
US President Donald Trump on Monday praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his address to the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, just hours after Hamas released the last 20 remaining hostages under a US-brokered ceasefire deal.
China 'detains' over 20 prominent underground church pastors
Oct 13, 2025, at 06:37 pm
A prominent Chinese underground church founder, along with more than 20 other members of the group, have been detained over the weekend during overnight raids in various cities.
One police officer, three TLP workers killed during anti-Israel protest in Pakistan
Oct 13, 2025, at 05:48 pm
At least one officer was killed, and three supporters of a radical Islamist outfit died after they clashed with the police during an anti-Israel march in Pakistan on Monday.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt awarded Nobel Prize for Economics
Oct 13, 2025, at 05:21 pm
The Nobel Prize committee on Monday awarded the economics award to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth".
Historic dawn of a new Middle East: Donald Trump addresses Israeli Parliament
Oct 13, 2025, at 05:06 pm
US President Donald Trump on Monday addressed Israeli Parliament when he termed the 'end of the war' in Gaza as a 'historic dawn of a new Middle East'.
Canada: Police arrest 8 Indian-origin men over mail thefts
Oct 13, 2025, at 03:49 pm
The Canadian Police have arrested eight Indian-origin people over mail thefts, an episode that has caused widespread theft and disruption to community members.
Hamas releases all living hostages, a little over two years since October 7 attack
Oct 13, 2025, at 02:54 pm
More than two years after the deadly October 7, 2023 attacks, Hamas on Monday released all remaining living hostages under a ceasefire agreement reached recently with Israel, officials confirmed.
‘Thank You’ message lights up Tel Aviv beach as Trump arrives amid Gaza ceasefire deal
Oct 13, 2025, at 02:01 pm
A giant sign thanking U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on a Tel Aviv beach on Monday, ahead of his visit to Israel following the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Gaza Crisis: Hamas releases first seven Israeli hostages under new ceasefire deal
Oct 13, 2025, at 12:59 pm
Hamas on Monday released the first seven of 20 hostages as part of a new ceasefire agreement with Israel, according to officials.
Over 20 nuns evacuated after massive fire destroys 400-year-old Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy
Oct 13, 2025, at 10:14 am
At least 21 nuns were evacuated after a massive fire broke out at the 400-year-old Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy on Saturday, local media reported.
Trump declares Gaza war is 'over' as Israel, Hamas prepare for hostage-prisoner swap
Oct 13, 2025, at 09:22 am
US President Donald Trump on Sunday declared that the war in Gaza is “over,” as Israel and Hamas prepare to exchange hostages and prisoners under a US-brokered ceasefire deal.
Pakistan: Attacker opens fire outside Ahmadi worship place, six security guards hurt
Oct 12, 2025, at 11:32 pm
An attacker opened fire outside an Ahmadi community’s worship place in Chenab Nagar in Pakistan on Friday, leaving six security guards injured on Friday.
Russia warns of 'dramatic escalation' over possible US supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
Oct 12, 2025, at 09:30 pm
Russia on Sunday voiced deep concern over reports that the United States may supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, warning that the war had reached a “very dramatic moment” with escalation coming from all sides, Reuters reported.
Afghan FM defends exclusion of women journalists during presser in Delhi, calls it 'technical issue'
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:30 pm
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday sought to downplay the controversy surrounding the absence of female journalists from his earlier press conference in New Delhi, describing it as a “technical issue.”
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:27 pm
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has arrested an Indian-origin driver who was issued a commercial driver's license (CDL) by the state of New York to “No Name Given Anmol.”
Pakistan: Bomb explosion in Jaffarabad leaves 10-year-old boy dead
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:15 pm
A 10-year-old boy died and his brother was injured after a bomb exploded in the Jaffarabad district of Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.
Israel: Nova Festival survivor who saw partner killed by Hamas found dead near Tel Aviv
Oct 12, 2025, at 07:47 pm
An Israeli man, who survived the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and saw his partner being killed in front of his eyes on the deadly day, was found dead near Tel Aviv city on Friday.
Islamabad says 200 Talibans killed; Kabul claims 58 Pakistani soldiers dead in border fighting
Oct 12, 2025, at 06:53 pm
The Pakistan Army on Sunday claimed that more than 200 Taliban fighters were killed during intense border clashes, just hours after Afghanistan’s Taliban government asserted that 58 Pakistani soldiers had died in the fighting.
Egypt: Three Qatari officials killed in road mishap in Sharm el-Sheikh
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:28 pm
Three Qatari officials were killed and two others injured after their vehicle crashed near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over India-Afghanistan statement on Jammu and Kashmir
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:17 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador to express its “strong reservations” over the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi a day earlier.
15 Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban retaliates after Kabul airstrikes
Oct 12, 2025, at 12:48 pm
Kabul: Taliban forces launched retaliatory attacks following Pakistani airstrikes in Helmand province, killing 15 Pakistani soldiers after strikes that also targeted Kabul, media reports said.
'I didn't say give it to me': Donald Trump says Nobel Peace Prize winner called him
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:10 am
US President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to not winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, claiming that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, this year’s laureate, told him she accepted the award “in honour” of him.
Taliban, Pakistani forces clash along border after alleged air strikes
Oct 12, 2025, at 07:52 am
Armed clashes erupted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Saturday after the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes inside Afghan territory, escalating already fraught relations between the two neighbours, media reports said.
Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo to join University of Zurich in 2026
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:59 am
Renowned development economists and Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join the University of Zurich’s (UZH) Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics in July 2026.
Hamas to boycott Gaza peace deal signing in Egypt, calls Trump’s proposal ‘absurd’
Oct 12, 2025, at 12:20 am
Gaza: Palestinian militant group Hamas will skip the official signing of the Gaza peace deal in Egypt, a senior leader told AFP, citing disagreements with parts of Donald Trump’s plan — a move that throws the future of the long-anticipated accord into uncertainty.