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Fishing trawler carrying NZ nationals splits in Bay of Bengal, child goes missing

A fishing trawler carrying some New Zealand nationals, all members of the same family, split into two after being hit by a large wave in the Bay of Bengal near

Israel PM Netanyahu calls Türkiye’s Erdogan ‘antisemitic dictator’

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday (Aug 21) called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an “antisemitic dictator” and vowed Israel would “continue to act forcefully against

Japanese man leaves 7-year-old child for hours to climb Mount Fuji

A man left his seven-year-old son behind for hours on Japan’s Mount Fuji while continuing the climb, resulting in a stern warning from authorities, police and local media reported. The

Two more Air India pilots found positive for marijuana

Two more Air India pilots could not clear the preliminary dope test ordered by the Tata-owned airline following the incident on the Phuket-Delhi flight that left many injured. The results

Thousands await aid after deadly Indonesian quake

Help could not come soon enough on Sunday for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia’s Flores island after a powerful earthquake killed 53 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses

9 Bangladeshis die, 29 hospitalised after drifting for 10 days in Mediterranean

Nine Bangladeshis died and 29 others were hospitalised after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Greece drifted in the Mediterranean Sea for nearly 10 days before reaching the Egyptian

US military chief is looking for an ‘off-ramp’ from Iran war

Over the last few weeks, US armed forces chief General Dan Caine has privately made clear to other top Trump advisers that America needs to find an off-ramp from the

Modi govt grappling with India’s ‘cockroach’ protest challenges

Two weeks after youth-led protests forced India’s education minister to resign, prime minister Narendra Modi’s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years.