calender_icon.png 14 June, 2025 | 11:49 PM

Breaking News

World

article_47747794.webp
Court stays order restraining Trump control over guards

14-06-2025

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge's order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.
article_26550291.webp
US senator dragged out of LA news briefing, cuffed

14-06-2025

Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday and placed in handcuffs.
article_45935400.webp
Taiwan banking on sea drones to tackle China

14-06-2025

Just off the small Taiwan fishing port of Wushi on its Pacific coast, a Taiwanese company is testing what could eventually be a powerful but unglamorous new weapon in the island's military arsenal - sea drones.

article_31776270.webp
N Korea showcases repaired destroyer

14-06-2025

North Korea said it has repaired its damaged second naval destroyer and launched the ship into the water in the presence of leader Kim Jong Un, about three weeks after it capsized during a botched launch ceremony.

article_74951722.webp
Italian teen to become first millennial saint on Sep 7

14-06-2025

Pope Leo XIV on Friday set September 7 as the rescheduled date to canonise the Catholic Church's first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis. Leo made the announcement during a meeting of cardinals, known as a consistory, to set the dates for a handful of new saints.

article_22627994.webp
IAEA fires N-salvo, Iran hits back

13-06-2025

The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.

article_56092076.webp
US move to withdraw troops stokes tension

13-06-2025

US President Donald Trump has said US personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place," adding that the United States would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

article_24343141.webp
Immigration fury spreads in US, but Trump stands firm

13-06-2025

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump's move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.

article_59138208.webp
Netanyahu survives attempt to dissolve Israel’s parliament

13-06-2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government survived an attempt to dissolve parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced them to register for military service while the country is at war.

article_37585191.webp
B’desh wanted good ties with India, but ‘something always went wrong’: Yunus

13-06-2025

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said that his interim government wanted good relations with India, but "something always went wrong".

article_83958240.webp
Fabulous, fearless Forsyth: A fan’s tribute to master of geopolitical thrillers

13-06-2025

The Day of the Jackal was gifted to me by a friend on my 16th birthday, in 1978. It was my first Frederick Forsyth book. The Day of the Jackal was immensely gripping. Absolutely unputdownable. I read it in one sitting, staying awake through the night. The novel focused on the meticulous planning and execution of an assassination attempt, rather than simply the outcome.

article_37803340.webp
Russia captures Ukraine areas to form buffer zone

10-06-2025

Russia said on Monday that its forces had taken control of more territory in Ukraine's east-central region of Dnipropetrovsk, where the Kremlin said fighting was partly aimed at creating a "buffer zone."