03 March 2026
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RSF says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year

NewsDecember 9, 2025

Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza. In its a...

Sri Lanka doubles troops for flood disaster recovery

NewsDecember 8, 2025

Sri Lanka has almost doubled its military deployment to regions struck by a cyclone that has killed 627, sending tens of thousands of troops to help areas hit by a wave of destruction, the army said o...

How Thailand-Cambodia conflict went from Trump-backed ceasefire to airstrikes

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Thailand said it had launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia on Monday, after both countries accused the other of breaching a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald T...

UK’s Farage rallies in Scottish town hit by immigration protests

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Nigel Farage has long struggled for popularity among Scots - Copyright AFP/File CARLOS JASSO Populist politician Nigel Farage rallied supporters Saturday in Scotland, decrying immigration, climate c…...

UN calls on Taliban to lift ban on Afghan women in its offices

NewsDecember 7, 2025

The United Nations called on the Taliban authorities on Sunday to lift its ban on Afghan women working in its offices, saying the restriction puts “life-saving services” at risk. Since the Taliban reg...

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618

BusinessDecember 7, 2025

Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618. A chain of tropical storms and monsoo...

25 killed, 6 injured as fire rips through night club in India’s Goa

NewsDecember 7, 2025

A fire that ripped through an Indian nightclub in the popular tourist resort region of Goa killed 25 people, the state’s chief minister said on Sunday. Tourists were among the dead in the blaze, which...

Sri Lanka unveils cyclone aid plan as rains persist

NewsDecember 6, 2025

Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island prepared Saturday for further landslides and flooding. The government ...

US vaccine panel upends hepatitis B advice in latest Trump-era shift

HealthDecember 6, 2025

An advisory panel appointed by President Donald Trump’s vaccine-sceptic health secretary voted on Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine. The ...

Trump set for soccer — or football — diplomacy at World Cup draw

NewsDecember 5, 2025

Donald Trump still seems unsure whether to call it soccer or football. But the US president’s aim is truer when using the world’s favorite sport to score diplomatic goals. Trump will try to do so agai...