4:32 pm, Tuesday, 13 January 2026
World

NATO appoints Dutch PM Rutte as next boss

NATO’s 32 nations on Wednesday appointed departing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance’s next head, at a vital

UN alarmed by Gaza war’s toll on children, catastrophic hunger

UN agencies sounded the alarm about war-torn Gaza on Tuesday, saying that 10 children a day are losing one or

Biden ‘disturbed’ by alleged drowning attack on US-Palestinian child

US President Joe Biden said Monday he was “deeply disturbed” by reports that a woman allegedly attempted to drown a

At least two dead as fire engulfs Russian office block

Two men jumped to their deaths and several other people are missing after an eight-storey office building near the Russian

Major Niger uranium mine back in public control: govt

Niger on Monday confirmed one of the world’s biggest uranium mines had returned to public control after revoking the operating

Russia summons US ambassador to Moscow over Sevastopol attack

US Ambassador to Moscow Lynne Tracy was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry over Sunday’s deadly attack on Sevastopol on