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EU council president arrives in India to seal trade pact

TechnologyJanuary 25, 2026

European Council president Antonio Costa arrived in India on Sunday, as the EU and New Delhi seek to seal a free trade pact, capping nearly two decades of negotiations between the economic behemoths. ...

Minneapolis shooting: what the videos show

NewsJanuary 25, 2026

Video footage of the moment immigration agents shot dead a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday appears to contradict Trump administration claims that the man was a violent aggressor who sough...

WHO chief says reasons US gave for withdrawing ‘untrue’

BusinessJanuary 25, 2026

The head of the UN’s health agency on Saturday pushed back against Washington’s stated reasons for withdrawing from the World Health Organisation (WHO), dismissing US criticism of the body as “u...

Eight dead, more than 80 missing in Indonesia landslide

NewsJanuary 25, 2026

CISARUA: A predawn landslide killed at least eight people and left more than 80 missing on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, a disaster official said. Triggered by heavy rainfall, it stru...

Snow, heavy rain kill 61 in three days in Afghanistan

NewsJanuary 24, 2026

Snow and heavy rain have killed 61 people in Afghanistan in the past three days, disaster officials said on Saturday, with a major road and power also cut in several provinces. The deaths occurred mai...

Ukraine, Russia to hold second day of direct talks on US plan

NewsJanuary 24, 2026

Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi on Saturday for the second day of negotiations on a plan being pushed by US President Donald Trump to end the almost four-...

China says top military official under investigation for ‘serious violations of discipline’

NewsJanuary 24, 2026

China said on Saturday the senior vice chairman of its powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) and another high-ranking official were under investigation for suspected “serious violations of disc...

Europe and India seek closer ties with ‘mother of all deals’

NewsJanuary 24, 2026

India and Europe hope to strike the “mother of all deals” when European Union (EU) chiefs meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi next week, as the two economic behemoths seek to forge clos...

Fury grows over 5-year-old’s detention in US immigration crackdown

NewsJanuary 23, 2026

Outrage grew on Friday over the detention of a five-year-old boy in a massive immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as US Vice President JD Vance defended the roundups by federal agents, prompting cal...

Pakistani man jailed for 36 years in Spain ‘love scam’ debt murder case

NewsJanuary 23, 2026

A Spanish court has sentenced a Pakistani man to 36 years in jail for murdering three elderly siblings over debts reportedly linked to an online romance scam. A jury in October convicted Dilawar Hussa...