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August 21, 2025 10:14 AM

Yemen’s leader meets UN envoy on peace process revival

Chief of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi met with United Nations (UN) Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss efforts to revive the stalled peace process. According to Yemen's ...

August 21, 2025 12:21 PM

Nikki Haley cautions Trump on tariff move, says don’t derail India-US ties

Former US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has warned that the Trump administration’s tariff escalation against India risks damaging ties with a key partner at a time when Washington needs New Delhi to counter China’s rise. In an opinion piece...

August 21, 2025 9:40 AM

UN chief urges immediate Gaza ceasefire, warns of casualties from Israeli operation

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City. "It is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza," that was ...

August 21, 2025 12:50 PM

Israel approves settlement plan to ‘erase’ idea of Palestinian state

A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday, according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The approval of the...

August 20, 2025 7:20 PM

Iran says moment for ‘effective’ nuclear talks with US not reached

Iran believes the moment for "effective" nuclear talks with the United States has not yet arrived, its top diplomat said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran would not completely cut off cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Tehran suspended negot...

August 20, 2025 5:10 PM

Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi hit by torrential rain and flooding

Pakistan declared a public holiday in Karachi as the financial capital braced for more rain on Wednesday, after the arrival of the annual monsoon season left at least seven people dead and caused widespread flooding, officials said. The monsoon has ...

August 20, 2025 1:43 PM

As Netanyahu expands Gaza war, some reservists grow more disillusioned

As Israel seeks to expand its offensive in Gaza, a measure of how the country's mood has changed in the nearly two-year-old conflict is the discontent evident among some reservists being called up to serve once again. Shortly after the October 7, 20...

August 20, 2025 1:13 PM

How a Ukrainian designer helped Zelenskiy dress for Trump diplomacy

When Ukrainian designer Viktor Anisimov showed Volodymyr Zelenskiy a new black suit last Friday, it included a small detail. A back vent on the back inched it closer to a civilian suit, compared to the military outfits the president has favoured thro...

August 20, 2025 5:02 PM

Early findings show military drone fell in Poland, prosecutor says

An object that fell and exploded in a corn field in eastern Poland was a military drone, according to the preliminary findings of an investigation, a Polish prosecutor said on Wednesday. Poland has been on high alert for objects entering its airspac...

August 20, 2025 12:15 PM

Evicted Afghan refugees huddle in Islamabad park, dreading return home

NDA's candidate CP Radhakrishnan on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Vice Presidential elections in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju and Arju...

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