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September 5, 2025 5:51 PM
Britain's Duchess of Kent, the wife of the cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth and best known for her long association with the Wimbledon tennis tournament, has died aged 92, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Born Katharine Worsley, she joined the ro...
September 5, 2025 5:50 PM
Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family's once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock. With de...
September 5, 2025 5:32 PM
India and Singapore held the 16th Defence Working Group (DWG) meeting in Singapore on September 4, reaffirming their commitment to deepen bilateral defence cooperation across multiple domains. The meeting was co-chaired by Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secr...
September 5, 2025 5:45 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide po...
September 5, 2025 12:34 PM
Two powerful aftershocks shook eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, triggering fears of more deaths and destruction on Friday in a region where about 2,200 people died in quakes in four day...
September 5, 2025 10:50 AM
Twenty-six nations have pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, which will include an international force on land, sea and in the air, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a summit meeting of Kyiv's allies on Thursday. Macr...
September 5, 2025 10:26 AM
Lionel Messi signed off in style by scoring twice in his final World Cup qualifieron home soil as Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 on Thursday, while Paraguay and Colombia also secured berths at the 2026 tournament in North America. The eight-time Ballo...
September 5, 2025 10:17 AM
Over the past three years Carlos Alcaraz has emerged as an all conquering force, winning Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces. Yet he has failed to defeat Novak Djokovic on anything but grass during that time -- a stat he will be keen to rec...
September 5, 2025 10:10 AM
World number one Aryna Sabalenka fought back to keep her U.S. Open title defence rolling on Thursday by beating American Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-3 6-4 in a pressure-packed semi-final. The Belarusian recovered from a nervy start in a rematch of the 20...
September 5, 2025 5:44 PM
Thailand's parliament is set to choose a new prime minister on Friday, after days of political chaos, in a vote that could be overshadowed by the dramatic departure from the country of its most powerful politician Thaksin Shinawatra. Polarising bill...
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