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...

Iran will stand up to US demands to be 'obedient', says Khamenei

Aug 25, 2025

Tehran [Iran], August 25: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the United States wants Tehran "to be obedient" to it, but the...

N Korea's Kim oversees test-firing of new air defence missiles

Aug 25, 2025

Pyongyang [North Korea], August 25: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the firing of two new air defence missiles, state media reported, announcing that...

Seven drown near popular Egyptian summer resort: Local media

Aug 25, 2025

Cairo [Egypt], August 25: Rescuers pulled another dead body from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday, bringing...

Allies express support for Ukraine as Zelensky marks Independence Day

Aug 25, 2025

Kiev [Ukraine], August 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated his compatriots on Independence Day on Sunday, exactly three and a half years after the war...

US scales down contested military presence in Iraq, say sources

Aug 25, 2025

Baghdad [Iraq], August 25: US troops have begun withdrawing from bases in Iraq, where their presence as part of an international coalition fighting Islamic State...