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February 03, 2026 World

Majority of Danes now see US as adversary

COPENHAGEN: About 60% of Danes now consider the US an adversary, with less than a fifth seeing the fellow Nato member as an ally, a poll conducted for public broadcaster DR showed Tuesday.

February 02, 2026 World

China executes four linked to Myanmar-based crime gang

BEIJING: China has executed four members of a criminal gang accused of running online fraud operations from neighbouring Myanmar, a court in the southern city of Shenzhen said on Monday, reported German Press Agency (dpa).

February 01, 2026 World

Kenyan activist sets 72-hour tree-hugging record to send powerful message

NAIROBI: A Kenyan environmental activist has sent a quiet but resolute message on caring for the planet after setting a world record by hugging a tree for 72 hours in Nairobi from Dec 8-11, 2025, Guinness World Records reported.

January 28, 2026 World

Record-breaking Australian heatwave fuels bushfires and power cuts

SYDNEY: A record-breaking heatwave baked Australia’s southeast for a fifth straight day on Wednesday, fanning bushfires and straining the power grid, leaving thousands of properties without electricity.

January 27, 2026 World

North Korea fires ballistic missiles towards Sea of Japan

SEOUL: North Korea fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, Tokyo said.

January 26, 2026 World

Pilot grounded after alleged cockpit clash

TAIPEI: Taiwanese airline Eva Air has grounded a pilot and begun an internal investigation following an alleged physical altercation with his Malaysian first officer while their aircraft was taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, The Rakyat Post reported.

January 26, 2026 World

Mysterious singer Sienna Rose sparks debate with viral tracks

DHAKA: A singer named Sienna Rose has gained almost three million monthly Spotify listeners with jazz-infused soul tracks, but growing evidence suggests she may be entirely computer-generated.

January 25, 2026 World

Russian strikes threaten peace talks: Ukraine

ABU DHABI: Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of undermining negotiations to end their almost four-year war by launching fresh deadly strikes, as officials from both countries and the United States met for a second day of direct talks in Abu Dhabi.

January 25, 2026 World

‘Catastrophic’ winter storms slam into US

NEW YORK: Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially “catastrophic” winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the country with transportation chaos, blackouts and life-threatening cold.

January 25, 2026 World

Thousands protest US immigration crackdown

MINNEAPOLIS: Thousands of people braved icy conditions to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and businesses closed their doors amid anger over the detention of a five-year-old migrant boy.

January 23, 2026 World

Death toll in Pakistan mall fire rises to 67

Karachi: The death toll from a mall fire in Pakistan’s biggest city rose to at least 67 people, an unnamed spokesperson from the local government said on Friday.

January 22, 2026 World

Reactor at world's biggest nuclear plant shut a day after resumption

TOKYO: Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) will shut down the No 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station after a malfunction was detected early on Thursday, a day after the unit went online for the first time in about 14 years.

January 21, 2026 World

Japanese man allegedly kills boss over year-end bonus cut

TOKYO: A long-standing workplace relationship that began in school ended in tragedy after a bonus dispute, police said, as a 45-year-old man was arrested over the alleged killing of his former classmate and boss in Ota, the TokyoReporter reported.

January 21, 2026 World

Peace is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2025

LONDON: Peace has been named Oxford children's word of the year for 2025, PA Media/dpa reported.

January 18, 2026 World

Doraemon lives on, just off one TV schedule

AFTER a flurry of viral posts sent fans into panic mode, it turns out that Doraemon has not ended at all, despite claims racing around social media.

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