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December 9, 2025 4:00 PM

Bitcoin’s 2025 rollercoaster may end on a low

With a series of record highs and crushing sell-offs, 2025 has been a rollercoaster ride for bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, which is at risk of ending the year with its first annual decline since 2022. The world's main stock benchmarks...

December 9, 2025 3:31 PM

Fire breaks out at seven-storey building in Indonesia’s Jakarta, 20 dead

A fire broke out at a seven-storey building in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, an official said on Tuesday, with 20 people confirmed dead. The fire has been extinguished and efforts to find more possible victims inside the building continue,...

December 9, 2025 3:12 PM

India welcomes UK sanctions on Khalistani terror group linked to Babbar Khalsa

India on Monday welcomed the United Kingdom government’s decision to impose sanctions on pro-Khalistan extremist entities linked to the banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa, calling it a significant step toward strengthening global counter-terrorism ...

December 9, 2025 2:12 PM

MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh to represent India at seventh session of United Nations Environment Assembly

Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh will represent India at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, Kenya. In a post on X, Singh said that UNEA is the United Nations’ h...

December 9, 2025 1:57 PM

Israeli authorities raid UN Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem compound

Israeli authorities entered the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency's East Jerusalem offices on Monday and raised Israel's flag, in a raid they said was ordered over unpaid taxes but was condemned by the agency as a challenge to international law. The U...

December 9, 2025 1:30 PM

Cyclone Ditwah to delay Sri Lanka’s fragile recovery, worsen poverty

Sri Lanka's fragile economic recovery will be delayed as Cyclone Ditwah's devastation of homes, roads and vital crops pushes more families into poverty, with officials warning the bill to rebuild could soar to $7 billion. The worst economic crisis i...

December 9, 2025 3:53 PM

Syria marks one year since Assad was toppled

Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday with jubilant celebrations in major cities, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and recover after years of war. The new leade...

December 9, 2025 11:24 AM

MEA seeks assurances from China after Arunachal-origin Indian detained at Shanghai airport

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday urged China to provide clear assurances that Indian travellers transiting through Chinese airports will not be “selectively targeted, arbitrarily detained or harassed,” following an incident involv...

December 9, 2025 9:54 AM

Ukraine to share revised peace plan with US on Tuesday, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the U.S. on Tuesday that is aimed at ending Russia's war, after talks in London between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France, Germany and Britain. As the war nears its four-year mark, K...

December 9, 2025 9:59 AM

Russia proposes medal for recovering bodies in war zones

Russia's defence ministry has proposed a medal for servicemen and civilians who helped to recover bodies from combat zones - a rare official indication that Russia is struggling to account for the missing nearly four years into the war with Ukraine. ...

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