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Govt trying to arrest me without sufficient ground: Ex-Nepal PM Oli

The former PM added that the government was trying to arrest him by hook or crook, though there was no sufficient ground for the same

Trump calls Colombia's Petro an 'illegal drug dealer', ends US aid

Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long term rip off of America, Trump said

US-China trade war clouds global economic outlook as 'new normal' emerges

When finance ministers and central bankers gathered in Washington in April for the first of the twice-yearly meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

Why climate summits fail and 3 urgent ways to make them work better

We urgently need not just to redesign climate policies but also a new method for drafting those polices

Israel identifies body of hostage as major Gaza crossing remains closed

The move comes as Israel threatened to keep the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed until further notice

China accuses US of cyberattacks on national time centre in Xi'an

China has claimed that the US National Security Agency conducted years-long cyberattacks on its National Time Service Centre in Xi'an, targeting internal networks and devices

Chinese export boom can't stop economy's slowdown in worst quarter of 2025

As trade tensions escalate with the US, weakness in investment, industrial output and retail sales is undermining momentum from record sales abroad

Dark ship appears to transfer US sanctioned Russian LNG off Malaysia

The Perle, which was sanctioned by the US earlier this year, is currently anchored parallel to another vessel approximately 90 kilometers (55 miles) east of the Malaysian peninsula

African languages for AI: The project that's gathering a huge new dataset

The data and models will be useful for captioning local-language media; voice assistants for agriculture and health; call-centre and support in the languages

A trader's guide to China's biggest political meet of 2025 and its impact

The Central Committee of the Communist Party will hold a four-day meeting, known as its Fourth Plenum, starting Monday to review main themes of the 15th five-year plan

Putin demands control of key Ukraine region in return for peace: Report

Putin's focus on Donetsk suggests he is not backing away from past demands that have left the conflict in a stalemate, despite Trump's optimism about securing a deal

A CIA secret kept for 35 years found in the Smithsonian's archives

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency's headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key

London became a global hub for phone theft. Here's what's behind it

About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went

'No Kings' protests against Trump bring street party vibe to US cities

People carrying signs with slogans such as Nothing is more patriotic than protesting or Resist Fascism packed into New York City's Times Square and rallied by the thousands in parks in Boston, Atlanta

US warns Hamas planning attack on Palestinians in violation of ceasefire

If the attack takes place, it "would constitute a direct and grave violation" of the agreement forged by President Donald Trump to end the two-year war between Israel and Hamas, the statement said

Morocco's Gen Z protesters demand accountability, education reform

After an eight-day pause, hundreds of young demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday as part of an effort to show they remained committed to protesting corruption and subpar healthcare, education

Rafah crossing to reopen Monday for returnees to Gaza: Palestinian embassy

"The number of people registering to return to Gaza is very big," Naji al-Naji, cultural counselor at the embassy, told The Associated Press without saying how many

Nirav Modi claims 'sensational developments' to come in UK extradition case

The judge turned down Nirav's application for a stay on the proceedings on the grounds of technical and medical constraints in prison, which is set to proceed to a trial scheduled in January 2026

Major fire breaks out at Dhaka airport, flight operations suspended

There were no immediate reports of casualties; units from the Bangladesh Fire Service, Civil Aviation Authority, the Bangladesh Air Force and the Navy were jointly battling the fire

Choose 'peace or chaos': Pak Army chief warns Taliban amid rising tensions

All proxies using Afghan soil would be met with a response to raise them to dust, Munir warned