22+ hour, 33+ min ago   (458+ words) US President Donald Trump on Sunday, 13 September urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, claiming that the attacks were contributing to a global fuel shortage. Asked whether he had spoken to Zelenskyy after his recent conversation…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (574+ words) Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed fresh missile and drone attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government vowed to regroup and fight back against the rebels’ rapid advance along the Red Sea coast. The latest escalation…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (643+ words) The Himalayas need to be assessed for cascading, multi-hazard risks rather than individual threats in isolation, a senior Geological Survey of India (GSI) official has said, pointing to Nepal’s recent disaster as an example of how a high-altitude event can…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (271+ words) Three people were killed and several others are feared trapped after an illegal coal mine collapsed in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Sunday morning, a labour union leader said. The incident occurred around 7 am in Keshalpur Kumharpatti, under the Ramkanali OP…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (723+ words) Five Democratic US senators have criticised President Donald Trump’s latest trade measures against Canada, warning that escalating tariffs could raise consumer prices, put pressure on American businesses and farmers, and damage one of the United States’ most important trading relationships....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (650+ words) US President Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 payout to every adult American if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections — a proposal that could cost the government around $1.3 trillion. Trump made the pledge at the…...

5+ day, 44+ min ago   (574+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday urged the international community to impose greater pressure on Russia, accusing Moscow of escalating attacks on civilian areas and warning that it must not be allowed to continue its “missile and drone terror” without…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (496+ words) Pakistan has warned that the collective-defence provisions of the newly established Makkah Defence Alliance could be activated following missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi forces on Saudi Arabia. Defence minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday that there should be…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (970+ words) The massive flash flood that struck the Tibet-Nepal border on August 26 has put China’s numerous hydropower projects in the region, including the mega dam being built on the Brahmaputra River, under renewed scrutiny, with Chinese climate experts saying global warming…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (426+ words) German sportswear company Adidas is facing calls for a boycott after featuring a former Israeli soldier in an advertising campaign promoting its single-shoe service for amputees. The advertisement shows Shalev Biton trying on a shoe at an Adidas store in…...