'By banning social media for under 16, we're giving children a childhood': Australian PM Albanese

Dec 11, 2025

Canberra [Australia], December 11: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday that the social media ban for children under the age of 16 is...

Thai F16s bomb Cambodian villages, Cambodia fires rockets on Thai hospital as clashes intensify

Dec 11, 2025

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 11: Clashes intensify between southeast Asian neighbours as Thai F16s bomb Cambodian villages while Cambodia fired rockets on a Thai hospital...

Afghanistan's crisis deepens as human rights recede and aid funding falls, UN warns

Dec 11, 2025

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11: Afghanistan's worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights - especially for women and girls -...

UN chief condemns Houthis' referral of UN staff to special criminal court

Dec 11, 2025

New York [US], December 11: The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his grave concern over the continued arbitrary detention of 59 UN personnel by...

UN urges stronger support for emergency response fund, warns of falling contributions

Dec 11, 2025

New York [US], December 11: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to step up support for the UN Central Emergency Response...

Iran unveils new homegrown electronic warfare system "Sayyad-4"

Dec 11, 2025

Tehran [Iran], December 11: Iran on Wednesday unveiled a homegrown electronic warfare system, dubbed Sayyad-4, state-run IRIB news agency reported.

Amid war and poverty, Beirut's artists keep the city's spirit alive

Dec 11, 2025

Beirut [Lebanon], December 11: In Beirut, the Lebanese capital scarred by war and battered by economic collapse, a community of artists is turning personal and...

UNIFIL condemns Israeli gunfire near peacekeepers in S. Lebanon

Dec 11, 2025

Beirut [Lebanon], December 11: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Wednesday that Israeli forces fired on peacekeepers patrolling the Blue Line...

3 IRGC members killed by "terrorists" in SE Iran

Dec 11, 2025

Tehran [Iran], December 11: Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that three members of its Ground Force were killed in a "terrorist" attack...