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Ardern says Christchurch Call anti-online hate project gets new tech investments
Partners in the initiative will work together to build and test a set of privacy-enhancing technologies
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Hong Kong flags COVID quarantine policy change, wants an orderly opening-up
The changes could be announced this week, other local media reported
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Is the Covid-19 pandemic 'over'? Biden's bold declaration raises questions
Biden offered a bold assessment of the health crisis, assuring that the 'Covid-19 pandemic is over'
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Oil prices surge more than 2% as Putin mobilises more troops
Brent crude futures rose $2.28 to $92.90 a barrel after falling $1.38 yesterday
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Israeli, Turkish leaders hold first meeting since 2008
Long frosty Israel-Turkey relations have warmed in recent months, with energy emerging of as a key area of cooperation
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At UN, emotional appeals for world leaders to protect Afghan girls' education
Most teenage girls now have no access to classrooms and thousands of women have been pushed out of the workforce
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Stern action demanded as scourge of fascist Hindutva spreads terror in UK
Street agitation, irreligious accusations happened in Leicester after India lost cricket match to Pakistan
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Pakistan supports ‘Turkiye on core issues’
President Alvi also hopes new trade deal would help achieve bilateral trade target of $5 billion
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One person dying of hunger every four seconds: NGOs
In an open letter to UNGA gathering, 238 organisations express outrage at skyrocketing hunger levels
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US court vacates murder conviction of Pakistani-American 'Serial' podcast subject
The podcast was produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ which drew national attention to the case in 2014
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Blinken to host 'Blue Pacific' event amid competition with China
Campbell said circumstances for the Pacific islands countries were "much more dire" than in the past
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Eleven schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF
The country's junta said targeted rebels hiding in the area
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Flood-borne diseases kill 9 people
The death toll from the deluge has touched 1,559 across the country
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Powerful earthquake hits Mexico on fateful anniversary, killing at least 2
Authorities also reported damage to several hospitals in the western state of Michoacan near the epicentre
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Five killed in Iran during protests over death in custody - rights group
It marks some of Iran's worst unrest since street clashes that began in late 2021 over water shortages
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Biden hints at risky policy shift on Taiwan independence
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has long-vowed to bring Taiwan under Beijing's control
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Modi govt uses Pegasus spyware to snoop on political rivals, journalists
NSO is also accused of cyber-attacks against activists to interrupt coverage of human rights violations in IIOJK
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Queen Elizabeth's coffin lowered into vault ahead of private burial
Thousands of well-wishers lined the route her hearse took from London, throwing flowers as it passed from the city
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Sombre pageantry as funeral begins for Britain's Queen Elizabeth
The funeral will end with the Last Post trumpet salute before the church and the nation falls silent for two minutes
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US to seek death penalty against accused New York bike path killer
Saipov, Uzbek national, pleaded not guilty to a 28-count indictment including for providing material support to Dai’sh
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In pictures: Queen Elizabeth's funeral
Queen Elizabeth's coffin was lowered into a vault at Windsor Castle, her final resting place
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Pentagon orders review of US 'psychological operations' on social media
Complaints about US military’s influence operations raising concerns at the White House, Washington Post reports
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India's monsoon to start its retreat in next two days
Conditions becoming favourable for withdrawal of monsoon from parts of northwest, says India Meteorological Department
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Afghan Taliban release American engineer Frerichs in prisoner swap
Mark Frerichs was exchanged at the airport in Kabul with Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban
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US release senior Taliban figure after decades in detention
Bashir Noorzai was arrested in 2005 and charged with smuggling more than $50m worth of heroin into the United States
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Sri Lanka to present debt restructuring, IMF bailout plans to creditors
Debt crisis veterans cite uniquely difficult elements in Sri Lanka
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Fury grows in Iran over woman who died after hijab arrest
Amini, 22, died on Friday after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran earlier in the week
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Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion
Biden appeared to go beyond long-standing stated US policy on Taiwan
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Britain and the world prepare to say last farewell to Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at her Scottish summer home, Balmoral Castle
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New York's university halts student clubs in dispute over LGBT group
Announcement came after SC refused to block ruling that university must recognise club called YU Pride Alliance
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Fury grows in Iran over woman who died after hijab arrest
Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran
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Supermom: Mother of three tops class 10 exams, secures 93% marks
Sabrina Khaliq from IIOJK had left her studies after class 9 following her marriage
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Saudi man marries 53 times in search of 'peace of mind'
63-year-old says he is now married to one woman and does not plan to remarry
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Camilla hails Queen Elizabeth, a 'solitary woman' in a man's world
King Charles III's wife says it must have been 'so difficult' for the late monarch
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Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflict death toll rises to 71
Kyrgyzstan reports 36 deaths from the earlier fighting while Tajikistan says 35 people were killed
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Canadian govt refuses to act against Khalistan Referendum
Move comes despite heightened pressure from Indian govt against separatist group
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Freedom like you never knew
Dur e Aziz Amna’s debut novel American Fever attempts to resist the usual tropes of immigrant fiction
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Haiti unrest worsens misery as residences face water shortage
Many residents of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince have been forced to shelter at home this week
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Bus crash kills 27 in mountainous southwest China
The accident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in Sandu county
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UN condemns 'shameful' year-long ban on Afghan girls' education
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the Taliban to revoke the ban
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Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, tsunami warning issued
Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes
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Queen's death shines spotlight on wrongs suffered by indigenous people
Accession of King Charles comes amid a rise in anti-colonialism fuelled by historical atrocities
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'French Spiderman' climbs Paris skyscraper to mark turning 60
I want to send people the message that being 60 is nothing, says Alain Robert
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Turkiye's Erdogan targets joining Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, media reports say
Our relations with these countries will be moved to a much different position with this step, says Erdogan
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Kazakhstan limits presidential term, renames capital
Bill reinstates the capital's name to Astana from Nur-sultan
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Iran's supreme leader appears at religious event, following period of absence
State television shows Khamenei standing as he spoke in a steady voice to his audience sitting on the floor
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US FDA approves bluebird bio's gene therapy for a rare neurological disorder
CALD is caused by mutations in a gene called ABCD1 that leads to the buildup of very long-chain fatty acids in brain
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India stoops to new low after arresting prominent Islamic scholars in IIOJK
Maulana Sarjan, Maulana Abdul Rasheed, Maulana Mushtaq and Abdul Majeed booked under draconian PSA
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Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan ceasefire holds up after border fighting
Two former Soviet republics clashed over a border dispute this week, accusing each other of using tanks
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Nepal landslide kills 14 people, 10 are missing
Rescue workers are trying to search disaster site to try to find the missing people
















































