East China fireworks store explosion kills 8
3 hour(s) ago
World
Europe aims to rely less on US defence after Trump's Greenland push
5 hour(s) ago
World
Ousted as PM, Nepal's veteran Marxist leader Oli seeks return
5 hour(s) ago
South Asia
Iran says potential energy, mining and aircraft deals on table in talks with US
6 hour(s) ago
World
Nuclear deal with US / Ready for compromise if US lifts sanctions: Iran
11 hour(s) ago
Middle East
UN chief renews push for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Sudan
16 February 2026, 02:54 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Syria takes over another base from US forces
16 February 2026, 02:03 AM
World
Ukraine says ex-minister named in corruption scandal arrested
16 February 2026, 02:00 AM
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump racist clip
16 February 2026, 01:58 AM
USA
East China fireworks store explosion kills 8
Investigations going on; those responsible taken into custody
3 hour(s) ago
US conducts first air transport of nuclear microreactor in bid to show technology's viability
The agencies partnered with California-based Valar Atomics to fly one of the company’s Ward microreactors on a C-17 aircraft — without nuclear fuel — to Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
4 hour(s) ago
Europe aims to rely less on US defence after Trump's Greenland push
Rubio's speech offers limited reassurance to Europeans
5 hour(s) ago
Ousted as PM, Nepal's veteran Marxist leader Oli seeks return
Oli hopes to regain control of parliament in the March 5 elections
5 hour(s) ago
Iran says potential energy, mining and aircraft deals on table in talks with US
Iran is pursuing a nuclear agreement with the US that delivers economic benefits for both sides
6 hour(s) ago
Ready for compromise if US lifts sanctions: Iran
Iran is ready to consider compromises to reach a nuclear deal with the United States if Washington is willing to discuss lifting sanctions, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC in an interview published yesterday.
11 hour(s) ago
UN chief renews push for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Sudan
The United Nations is “fully committed” to piling on pressure for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, which has been devastated by nearly three years of civil war, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday.
16 February 2026, 02:54 AM
Syria takes over another base from US forces
Syria’s defence ministry said yesterday it had taken over the Al-Shadadi base in the northeast from US forces, days after assuming control of a facility near the Jordan-Iraq borders.
16 February 2026, 02:03 AM
Ukraine says ex-minister named in corruption scandal arrested
Ukraine’s NABU anti-corruption force said yesterday it arrested the country’s former energy minister German Galushchenko -- who resigned last year during a massive corruption scandal -- as he tried to cross Ukraine’s border.
16 February 2026, 02:00 AM
Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump racist clip
Former US president Barack Obama criticized a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys.
16 February 2026, 01:58 AM
China grants visa-free entry to Canada, UK
China confirmed that Canadian and British citizens will be able to visit the country visa-free from tomorrow, after the two countries’ leaders had announced such agreements following official trips to Beijing.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
EU top diplomat rejects Europe ‘bashing’ by US
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas yesterday pushed back against Europe “bashing” by the United States, as she said Russia must be forced to make concessions in talks to end the Ukraine war.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Cuba, Nicaragua leftists could tumble after Caracas
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado on Saturday predicted that the leftist governments in Cuba and Nicaragua will fall once the “criminal regime” in Caracas is gone.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
46 killed in fresh Nigeria attacks
Motorcycle-riding gunmen swept into three villages in a central region of Nigeria, shooting dead or cutting the throats of at least 46 people, a humanitarian source told AFP on Saturday.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Trump’s ‘desire’ to own Greenland persists: Danish PM
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday she believed US President Donald Trump still desires to own Greenland despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it by force.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
‘Putin is a slave to war’: Zelensky
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “slave to war” in a speech to the Munich Security Conference Saturday evening, adding that Russia’s attacks had damaged every power plant in the country.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Israeli airstrikes kill 12 Palestinians in Gaza
Gaza’s civil defence agency reported that Israeli strikes killed at least 12 people since dawn yesterday, while a military official said the attacks were carried out in response to “violations of the ceasefire”.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe aims to rely less on US defence after Trump’s Greenland push
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered limited reassurance to Europeans in his conference speech
15 February 2026, 22:47 PM
China confirms visa-free access for Canada, UK visitors from Feb 17
Move aims to facilitate people-to-people exchanges between China, other countries
15 February 2026, 16:51 PM
46 killed in fresh Nigeria attacks
Security report claims attackers used "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men"
15 February 2026, 11:50 AM