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Asia floods death toll tops 1,100 as troops aid survivors

HealthDecember 1, 2025

The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather syst...

Trump says US freeze on asylum decisions will last ‘a long time’

NewsDecember 1, 2025

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday his administration intends to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for “a long time” after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members nea...

4 killed, 10 wounded in California banquet hall shooting: US police

NewsNovember 30, 2025

Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting at a family gathering in California on Saturday night, United States police said, calling it a “targeted incident”. The shooting took place ins...

Four killed, 10 wounded in California shooting: US police

NewsNovember 30, 2025

Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting at a family gathering in California on Saturday night, United States police said, calling it a “targeted incident”. The shooting took place ins...

Iran halts power generation at key dam over drought

NewsNovember 30, 2025

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities on Saturday halted electricity production at one of the country’s biggest dams due to a marked drop in the reservoir’s water level, state media reported. “Due to the ...

Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as cyclone toll hits 123

NewsNovember 29, 2025

Sri Lanka made an appeal for international assistance on Saturday as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 123, with another 130 reported missing. The extreme ...

Afghan suspect in US National Guard shooting to be charged with murder

NewsNovember 28, 2025

An Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder, a US official said Friday, after one of the soldiers died of her wounds as Donald Trump pled...

India vows successful Commonwealth Games but ghosts of 2010 haunt preparations

SportsNovember 28, 2025

Organisers are confident they can avoid the calamities of last time when India hosts the Commonwealth Games but there are many challenges for a country that also has Olympic ambitions. Ahmedabad, in I...

WHO issues unprecedented global guidelines to combat infertility

HealthNovember 28, 2025

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday published for the first time directives to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of infertility, which affects millions across the globe. “One...

Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 128, scores missing

NewsNovember 28, 2025

The death toll in a fire that ripped through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 128, the city’s security chief said on Friday. Dozens were still missing, Secretary for Security Ch...