UN warns of dire situation in Gaza amid Israeli restrictions on flow of aid

The United Nations has warned of escalating displacement and growing restrictions on humanitarian operations by Israel in Gaza.
3 Sep, 2025
Afghanistan earthquake death toll exceeds 1,400

More than 1,400 people have been killed in the recent earthquake that hit Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday.
2 Sep, 2025
Search for survivors continues as Afghanistan earthquake toll rises to more than 900

Some of the hardest-hit villages remain inaccessible due to blocked roads, the UN migration agency says.
2 Sep, 2025
Xi, Putin hail ties as ‘old friends’ amid shared frictions with US

The Chinese and Russian leaders meet in Beijing after the SCO summit in Tianjin, underscoring their personal rapport and aligning more closely as Washington ramps up pressure on both countries.
2 Sep, 2025

Putin blames West for 2014 ‘coup’ in Kiev as ‘root cause’ of Ukraine crisis

Has the West shut the door on Iran nuclear talks in haste?

Earthquake wreaks havoc in Afghanistan’s Kunar province; at least 500 dead, and over 1,000 injured

US visa ban on top Palestinian officials before UNGA sparks global condemnation

North Korea’s Kim vows a ‘beautiful life’ for families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia
29 Aug, 2025
UK Muslims targeted in plot that barely made headlines
Why does the UK treat far-right plots against Muslims as minor crime, not terrorism? The silence around Islamophobic violence underlines a chilling double standard in Britain’s media and political response, and risks normalising deadly prejudice.

29 Aug, 2025
Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s Kiev
Missiles and drones pounded Kiev, collapsing a five-storey building, striking a shopping mall, and damaging the EU delegation’s office and the British Council.

29 Aug, 2025
Trump administration seeks to limit visas for students, journalists and exchange visitors
Proposed rule would shorten student stays to four years and restrict foreign journalist visas to 240 days.

28 Aug, 2025
UNICEF raises alarm: Sudan’s besieged city becomes ‘epicentre of child suffering’
An estimated 6,000 children in El-Fasher are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and are at risk of death, UNICEF says.

28 Aug, 2025
Netizens slam ‘Jesus lover’ Valentina Gomez for Quran sacrilege, noting it mentions Jesus 25 times
Social media users educate Texas Republican Congressional candidate about Islam after she releases a video in which she is seen burning a copy of the Quran and declaring that Islam must be stopped “once and for all”.

27 Aug, 2025
Myanmar to Gaza: Impotence of courts in preventing genocides and punishing perpetrators
Eight years after Myanmar’s army launched a violent campaign to erase the Rohingya, the global community has done little to bring the perpetrators to book.

27 Aug, 2025
North Korea slams South Korea’s president over call for denuclearisation
Pyongyang said it will never give up the country’s nuclear weapons.

27 Aug, 2025
Israel kills six Syrian army personnel in drone strikes near Damascus countryside
Israel targets Syrian army positions in the Damascus countryside, according to state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV.

26 Aug, 2025
Iran vows reciprocal action after Australia expels envoy amid anti-Semitic attack accusations
“Any inappropriate and unjustified action on a diplomatic level will have a reciprocal reaction,” says Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei.

25 Aug, 2025
Trump threatens US media, floats licence revocations
US President says he would be ‘totally in favor of’ ABC, NBC losing their broadcast licenses over ‘biased’ coverage of his presidency.


