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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit 2026, in New Delhi on September 12, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday (September 12, 2026) that West Asia does not need the United States to…
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Rescuers carry the remains of victims of the recent fire on the MV June Aster ferry as they arrive on board a Philippine Coast Guard vessel at the Borac port in Coron, Palawan province, western Philippines on Saturday (September 12, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP Philippine authorities began the painstaking process of identifying victims from…
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Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom prepared on Saturday (September 12, 2026) to bury its late king, Oyo Nyimba, long the world’s youngest monarch, following days of a bitter succession battle within the royal family. Royal guards clad in orange tunics and beating wooden sticks led the hearse carrying Mr. Oyo’s casket in a solemn procession through the…
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The United States told the UN Security Council (UNSC) that “we hunted down” Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as the 15-nation body adopted its first presidential statement on counter-terrorism in five years on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The UNSC on Friday (September 11, 2026) held a briefing marking the 25th anniversary…
China Southern Airlines, headquartered in Guangzhou in China’s southern Guangdong province, is one of the country’s major carriers. | Photo Credit: AP China Southern Airlines on Saturday (September 12, 2026) announced that it will resume regular passenger services on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route from September 21, restarting the service after a six-year suspension. With the…
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Amid heightened debates about threats from and responsible use of artificial intelligence, Anthropic, the research-based U.S. company behind the Claude family of large language models and other AI products, has released several cases of misuse of its systems, warning of growing risks as AI models become more capable. In a 154-page report published on Thursday…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira at the Leaders’ Session of the BRICS Business Forum 2026, in New Delhi on September 11 | Photo Credit: ANI Leaders of the BRICS nations were meeting in New Delhi on…
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The missiles flew about 250 kilometres each in a direction toward North Korea’s eastern waters. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday (September 12, 2026), its neighbours said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military drill that North Korea…
In this handout provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers transfer the remains of victims of the recent fire on the MV June Aster ferry on September 11, 2026, off Coron, Palawan province, western Philippines. | Photo Credit: AP The fire that gutted a passenger ferry in the Philippines, killing at least 35 people, spread…
Read More “Death toll in Philippine ferry fire rises to 35 as more bodies recovered” »
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (centre) and N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill (right) attend the ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York. | Photo Credit: AP New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani began the 25th-year commemoration of the September 11 attacks on Friday…
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