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October 13, 2025 9:56 PM

Trump says Holy Land at peace as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel's parliament that peace had arrived in the Holy Land. The Isra...

October 10, 2025 6:06 PM

India Calls for Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Action at IUCN Summit

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh led India’s intervention at a high-level roundtable with IUCN President Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. The se...

October 10, 2025 5:50 PM

Japan ruling party outlook darkens after coalition partner quits

Japan's Komeito quit the ruling coalition on Friday, dealing a blow to new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's premiership bid and potentially to her party's grip on power in the world's fourth-largest economy. TAKAICHI'S PM BID JUST GO...

October 10, 2025 4:37 PM

Details of the Gaza ceasefire agreement

Israel's government approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal early on Friday, setting the clock ticking on the first phase of an agreement that aims to end the two-year-old war. The agreement covers only an initial stage, including handi...

October 10, 2025 2:44 PM

Myanmar’s junta says Malaysia to send observers for contentious polls

Malaysia will send observer teams for Myanmar's contentious general election, set to be held in phases from December 28, state media said on Friday, a day after talks between the leader of the ruling junta and Kuala Lumpur's top diplomat. Myanmar ha...

October 10, 2025 10:16 AM

Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday morning, the country's seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to move to higher ground. ...

October 8, 2025 10:12 PM

US targets Chinese companies over drone components used by Hamas, Houthis

The United States said on Wednesday it was adding 15 Chinese companies to its restricted trade list for facilitating the purchase of American electronic components found in drones operated by Iranian proxies including Houthi and Hamas militants. Ten...

October 8, 2025 11:28 AM

All stranded Everest hikers evacuated from remote Tibetan valley

Rescuers guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety on Tuesday, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, authorities said, ending one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in the region. ...

October 7, 2025 10:43 PM

Hamas says on war anniversary it’s serious about Gaza deal, but conditions remain

Hamas said on Tuesday it wants to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on U.S. President Trump's plan but still has a set of demands, a statement signalling that indirect talks with Israel in Egypt could be difficult and lengthy. Senior Hamas o...

October 7, 2025 10:51 AM

Indonesia ends search for victims of boarding school collapse, 61 dead

Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java, after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said. Grief and confusion gripp...

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