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July 28, 2025 4:25 PM

Thai, Cambodian leaders hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia

The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand were meeting in Malaysia on Monday to try to reach a ceasefire deal on the fifth day of their fierce border conflict, amid an international effort to halt the fighting. The Southeast Asian neighbours waging their...

July 23, 2025 1:49 PM

Record heat in China strains power grid, stirs health fears

China warned on Wednesday against the risk of power supply disruptions as people struggled to keep cool in record heat baking large swathes of the country, which also spurred warnings to the elderly to guard against heat stroke. Power supply suffers...

July 23, 2025 10:08 AM

Baby boy starves to death in Gaza as hunger spreads, medics say

Six-week-old Yousef's lifeless body lay limp on a hospital table in Gaza City, his skin stretched over protruding ribs and a bandage where a drip had been inserted into his tiny arm. Doctors said the cause of death was starvation. He was among 15 pe...

July 21, 2025 4:45 PM

Bedouin civilians evacuate Syria’s Sweida as tense truce holds

Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end fighting that has killed hundreds of people, state media and witnesses said. With hundreds reported ki...

 

Last updated on: 4th Aug 2025