Zohran Mamdani: New Yorkers elect Ugandan-born Democrat as mayor
Mamdani, born in Uganda to Indian parents and raised in New York from the age of seven, becomes the Big Apple’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor.
5 Nov, 2025
WHO says health funding to drop up to 40% in 2025, disrupting essential health services
Essential health services in low-and middle-income countries are being severely disrupted as external health aid is projected to fall by 30% to 40% in 2025 compared with 2023, the WHO warned on Monday.
3 Nov, 2025
Trump-Putin summit hit the brakes after Moscow stuck to demands over Ukraine: report
US called off planned meeting between Trump and Putin after Russia insisted on territorial concessions, military reductions, and NATO guarantees from Ukraine as preconditions for ceasefire.
31 Oct, 2025
Iran’s FM slams US for testing nuclear weapons while ‘demonising’ Tehran’s peaceful programme
Abbas Araghchi says the world must unite to hold the US accountable for normalising the proliferation of such heinous weapons.
31 Oct, 2025
No evidence Iran developing nuclear weapons — IAEA
UN: Killings in fresh Israeli strikes on Gaza ‘appalling’
Trump says ‘not allowed’ to run for third term, terms it ‘too bad’
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza in violation of truce
Man accused of killing Japan’s ex-PM Abe pleads guilty three years after assassination
28 Oct, 2025
China, ASEAN sign upgraded free trade agreement
China is seeking to intensify its engagement with ASEAN to counter hefty import tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration on countries around the world.
27 Oct, 2025
UN chief Guterres says Africa deserves two permanent seats on Security Council
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has acknowledged that the Security Council faces problems of legitimacy because its composition does not reflect the reality of today’s world.
25 Oct, 2025
Thailand’s former queen Sirikit dies at 93
Sirikit, the mother of Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn, died at a hospital at 9.21 pm local time on Friday after developing a bloodstream infection.
24 Oct, 2025
Former New York governor Cuomo faces criticism for anti-Islam attacks on mayoral rival Mamdani
Cuomo, running as an independent, has highlighted Mamdani’s faith and heritage while suggesting the Democratic frontrunner could pose risks to public safety and counterterrorism.
24 Oct, 2025
Virtual scientists: Study shows AI agents capable of solving advanced design problems
AI agents working together as an ‘agentic system’ designed and tested advanced materials with minimal human input, study finds
22 Oct, 2025
Rare Ottoman portrait by Osman Hamdi Bey up for $1.5M auction sale
A long-hidden portrait of Osman Hamdi Bey’s wife Naile Hanim, painted in the 1880s and kept in family hands for decades, has gone on sale with a record-breaking $1.5 million.
22 Oct, 2025
China’s global governance initiative aligns with Türkiye’s vision for a new world order
As the US under Trump withdraws from its global commitments, Beijing steps in to fill the vacuum in a reorganised and multipolar world.
22 Oct, 2025
Egypt urges swift UN action to authorise Gaza peacekeeping mission
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty’s comments come amid growing fears that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could end the ceasefire and resume the Gaza war.
22 Oct, 2025
Trump says he doesn’t want ‘wasted meeting’ with Russia’s Putin
“I don’t want to have a waste of time, so I’ll see what happens,” Trump says.
21 Oct, 2025
Trump urged Ukraine to give up land in ‘tense’ talks: Kiev official
US President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give up the eastern Donbas region in exchange for peace during “tense” talks last Friday in Washington, a senior Ukrainian official has said.
