Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest

Aug 25, 2025

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25: Sri Lanka's jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a day after his arrest on...

China: Under-construction bridge collapses, 12 workers dead, 4 missing

Aug 25, 2025

Qinghai [China], August 25: At least 12 construction workers were killed after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Four...

How Florida is rebuilding for a stormy, costly future

Aug 25, 2025

Florida [US], August 25: "The road was a raging river. It was like the ocean," recalled Maria Blancett. "There were white caps going down the...

Is Africa becoming the US dumping ground for migrants?

Aug 25, 2025

Lobamba [Eswatini], August 25: US President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is a cornerstone of his domestic policy, forming part of his controversial campaign...

Trump's plan to send troops to Chicago is abuse of power: Illinois governor

Aug 25, 2025

New York [US], August 25: President Donald Trump's plan to deploy troops to Chicago is an abuse of power, the Democratic governor of the US...

Asylum protests in UK as govt plans new process

Aug 25, 2025

London [UK], August 25: Protests continued in the UK on Sunday over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers as the government set out...

Over 500,000 to be evacuated as typhoon nears Vietnam

Aug 25, 2025

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 25: More than 150,000 households are set to be evacuated as Vietnam braces for the landfall from Typhoon Kajiki, with some 587,000...

UN's OCHA warns of man-made Gaza famine, calls for ceasefire

Aug 25, 2025

Gaza [Palestine], August 25: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that famine in Gaza is "man-made" and called for...

Israel launches massive strikes on Yemen

Aug 25, 2025

Sana'a [Yemen], August 25: Two people were killed and 35 injured as Israel launched massive airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sana'a on Sunday, the Houthi-run Health...