International News Archive

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights as economic crisis deepens

Thursday, 31 March 2022 13:43

Ukraine expects Russian assault in east after invaders pushed back near Kyiv

Thursday, 31 March 2022 13:43

Pakistan government ally quits coalition ahead of vote to oust PM

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 15:32

Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 13:30

China hosts Russia, US officials for talks on Afghanistan

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 11:34

Russian units suffering big losses pull out of Ukraine, UK military intelligence

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 11:18

Russia promises to scale down operations; Ukraine proposes neutrality

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 16:38

Abramovich appears at Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:26

Istanbul talks can pave way for Ukraine-Russia leaders' meeting: Erdogan

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 12:06

Singapore court rejects execution appeal of convicted drug smuggler

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 07:51

Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators hit by suspected poisoning

Monday, 28 March 2022 20:14

Ukrainian leader Zelenskiy to address Greek parliament on April 7

Monday, 28 March 2022 14:57

China examines black boxes of crashed jet, looking for more plane debris

Monday, 28 March 2022 14:57

China's Shanghai launches two-phase lockdown as COVID surges

Monday, 28 March 2022 14:56

Kremlin says Russia-Ukraine talks could start in Turkey on Tuesday

Monday, 28 March 2022 14:14

China finds second black box of crashed plane

Sunday, 27 March 2022 12:50

Quake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Ecuador coast, damaging buildings

Sunday, 27 March 2022 11:13

Rockets hit western Ukraine as Biden visits Poland, decries Putin

Sunday, 27 March 2022 10:55

UK's Prince William hints at backing Caribbean nations to become republics

Saturday, 26 March 2022 13:35

Western sanctions won't sway Kremlin, says Medvedev

Saturday, 26 March 2022 10:20

Australia to roll out fourth COVID vaccine shot ahead of winter

Friday, 25 March 2022 06:34

Ukraine urges halt to Russia's assault as Biden heads to Poland

Friday, 25 March 2022 06:33

North Korea tests massive new ICBM for 'long' confrontation with US

Friday, 25 March 2022 06:32

Ukraine's Zelenskiy makes plea for full membership of EU

Thursday, 24 March 2022 15:37

Pakistan PM Khan says he won't resign ahead of no-confidence move

Thursday, 24 March 2022 13:37

N.Korea fires possible ballistic missile off east coast

Thursday, 24 March 2022 10:36

Chinese search for second black box from crashed jet

Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:38

New York City mayor set to lift vaccine mandate on athletes, performers

Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:15

On invasion milestone, Ukraine urges solidarity as world leaders gather

Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:14

WikiLeaks' Assange to get married in prison

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 14:37

Taliban orders girl high schools remain closed, leaving students in tears

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 14:22

Novavax says its COVID vaccine gets India authorisation for teens

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 09:14

Tornado rips through New Orleans, destroying homes; one dead

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 08:43

Rain halts China's search for jet crash victims, black boxes

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 08:39

Ukraine says Russia talks moving forward as West plans more sanctions

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 08:39

Pakistan Air Force aircraft crashes, killing two pilots

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 19:58

Swedish police say motive for deadly school attack unclear

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 15:26

Frustrations mount as China replays COVID controls

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 14:18

Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Navalny guilty of fraud

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 14:18

Philippine election frontrunner Marcos endorsed by president's party

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 10:54

Ukraine president Zelenskiy insists on meeting with Putin

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 08:25

Grim search for victims, flight recorders after China plane crash

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 08:23

Chinese Boeing crashes with 132 on board, no sign of survivors

Monday, 21 March 2022 12:39

Shanghai's Disney resort shut amid record daily local COVID infections

Monday, 21 March 2022 10:43

Hong Kong to ease strict COVID measures from April, lifts flight ban

Monday, 21 March 2022 10:42

Ukraine defies Russian demand to lay down arms in Mariupol

Monday, 21 March 2022 09:07

Car drives into Belgian carnival troupe, kills six

Sunday, 20 March 2022 17:48

N.Korea fires multiple-rocket launcher, South says

Sunday, 20 March 2022 11:05

Zelenskiy says Russia wages 'terror', Mariupol says thousands deported

Sunday, 20 March 2022 11:05

Houthis launch attacks on Saudi oil and gas facilities

Sunday, 20 March 2022 10:57

Polish PM proposes total EU ban on trade with Russia

Saturday, 19 March 2022 15:08

US warns China of sanctions if it backs Russia

Saturday, 19 March 2022 10:06

China's Xi tells Biden Ukraine war should end

Friday, 18 March 2022 21:35

UK ends COVID travel restrictions from today

Friday, 18 March 2022 15:13

Putin tells Scholz that Kyiv is stalling peace talks with Moscow

Friday, 18 March 2022 14:58

Moderna seeks FDA authorisation for second COVID booster for adults

Friday, 18 March 2022 09:15

Shanghai pushes ahead with mass COVID tests as new cases spike

Friday, 18 March 2022 09:14

Russia's advance in Ukraine stalls; US warns China on aiding Moscow

Friday, 18 March 2022 09:14

Britain approves AstraZeneca's antibody-based COVID therapy

Thursday, 17 March 2022 12:06

China's Shenzhen plans 'orderly' work resumption as COVID vigilance continues

Thursday, 17 March 2022 09:35

Thousands of Japan homes still without power after earthquake kills 4

Thursday, 17 March 2022 08:50

Russia condemns Biden's comments on Putin, calls it 'unforgivable'

Thursday, 17 March 2022 08:40

Earthquake jolts Japan's northeast coast, triggers tsunami warning

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 19:16

Pakistan's Khan in danger from no-confidence move, key ally says

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:31

Suspected N.Korea missile fails after launch over Pyongyang

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 10:51

Japan set to remove all COVID restrictions as new infections ebb

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 10:50

China registers over 1,000 new daily COVID cases for fourth day

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 09:34

Russia and Ukraine both play up compromise as peace talks set to resume

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 08:31

Russia bars entry to Biden and Canada's Trudeau

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 20:15

India reviews procedures after accidental firing of missile into Pakistan

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 14:20

New Zealand to allow citizens to sponsor Ukraine families

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 11:06

Australia to lift entry ban for cruise ships after two years

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:14

Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:07

Biden expected to meet with NATO leaders on Russia-Ukraine

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 08:59

Australia, Netherlands start legal action against Russia for downing of MH17

Monday, 14 March 2022 13:32

China records more local COVID cases this year than in whole of 2021

Monday, 14 March 2022 13:28

Strong quake strikes off Indonesia, no tsunami potential seen

Monday, 14 March 2022 09:50

Australians told to get boosters amid COVID threat from new Omicron strain

Monday, 14 March 2022 09:49

Tentative hopes for Ukraine peace talks after fierce Russian attacks

Monday, 14 March 2022 09:06

35 killed in air strike on Ukraine military base

Sunday, 13 March 2022 15:40

Ballistic missiles target Iraqi city of Erbil

Sunday, 13 March 2022 11:15

France, UK, Germany say Iran deal could collapse on Russian demands

Saturday, 12 March 2022 15:31

Germany to take 2,500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova

Saturday, 12 March 2022 15:00

Russian lawmaker calls for Instagram block following hate speech

Saturday, 12 March 2022 10:50

UN says not aware of 'biological weapons programme' in Ukraine

Friday, 11 March 2022 21:58

India says it accidentally fired missile into Pakistan

Friday, 11 March 2022 17:35

Ukraine hopes 'humanitarian corridor' from Mariupol will open

Friday, 11 March 2022 13:48

Japan considers offering fourth COVID vaccine shot

Friday, 11 March 2022 09:13

Kim Jong-Un orders space programme expansion as South suspects ICBM tests

Friday, 11 March 2022 09:08

US steps up pressure on Russia over Ukraine invasion

Friday, 11 March 2022 09:07

Putin says Russia will emerge stronger, sanctions will rebound on West

Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:01

North Korea to launch satellites to monitor US and its allies

Thursday, 10 March 2022 10:43

Hong Kong leader plans to reopen city after controlling latest COVID outbreak

Thursday, 10 March 2022 10:40

Modi's BJP wins big in India's largest state election

Thursday, 10 March 2022 09:05

Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children's hospital

Thursday, 10 March 2022 09:04

S.Korea elects conservative outsider as president in tectonic shift

Thursday, 10 March 2022 09:03

US man with transplanted genetically modified pig heart dies

Thursday, 10 March 2022 09:02

More Ukrainians flee across borders, aid effort intensifies

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 15:34

India to resume international flights from March 27

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 10:20

S.Korea to elect new leader to tackle soaring house prices, inequality

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 09:05

Russia promises 'silence' for Ukrainians to flee battered cities

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 09:04

Biden bans Russia oil imports to US

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 20:52

Ukrainians stream over the borders as evacuations from besieged cities begin

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:46

Pakistani opposition rallies to press PM Khan to resign

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:18

Ukraine's Zelenskiy to address British parliament

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 12:08

Construction spotted at N.Korea nuclear test site for first time since 2018

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 09:33

'Tough 24 hours ahead' as rains drench Sydney, forcing snap evacuations

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 09:18

Russia warns on oil import ban as little progress is made at Ukraine talks

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 09:17

UN Security Council to discuss humanitarian situation in Ukraine

Monday, 7 March 2022 21:16

London fire brigade tackle blaze in high-rise apartment block

Monday, 7 March 2022 21:07

Scientists identify new gene differences in severe COVID patients

Monday, 7 March 2022 20:19

India's Modi urges direct negotiations between Putin and Zelenskiy

Monday, 7 March 2022 15:08

EU asks UN watchdog to safeguard Ukraine's nuclear plants

Monday, 7 March 2022 14:57

South Korea scrambles to rework COVID-19 poll plans after early voting lapses

Monday, 7 March 2022 10:05

Frustration swells in Australia over slow flood relief, more rains to lash Sydney

Monday, 7 March 2022 08:55

Ukrainians trapped in besieged city as fighting blocks evacuation efforts

Monday, 7 March 2022 08:54

Saudi Arabia revises face-mask, social distancing rules

Sunday, 6 March 2022 14:29

Sydney faces more rain as death toll from Australian floods rises

Sunday, 6 March 2022 12:19

N.Korea says it conducted second 'important' spy satellite test

Sunday, 6 March 2022 10:56

Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians

Sunday, 6 March 2022 10:55

Iran agrees on a roadmap with IAEA to resolve nuclear issues

Saturday, 5 March 2022 17:13

EU suspends Russia and Belarus from Council of Baltic Sea States

Saturday, 5 March 2022 13:09

Russia announces limited ceasefire in Ukraine to allow evacuations

Saturday, 5 March 2022 12:24

US Supreme Court reinstates Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence

Friday, 4 March 2022 20:30

India urges ceasefire in Ukrainian city to evacuate students

Friday, 4 March 2022 20:24

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says 'not part of this' war

Friday, 4 March 2022 19:27

No damage to reactors at Ukraine's Zaporozhzhia nuclear plant: IAEA chief

Friday, 4 March 2022 15:08

Blast at mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar kills at least 56

Friday, 4 March 2022 13:36

Brazil to grant temporary visas, residence permits to Ukrainians

Friday, 4 March 2022 10:50

Families forced to split as Hong Kong COVID cases spiral and rules tighten

Friday, 4 March 2022 08:35

Ukrainians put out fire at nuclear complex after Russian attack

Friday, 4 March 2022 08:34

Ukraine seeks ceasefire, humanitarian corridors at talks with Russia

Thursday, 3 March 2022 20:05

Bangladesh cargo ship hit in Ukraine, crew member killed

Thursday, 3 March 2022 14:57

Philippines approves revival of nuclear power to help replace coal

Thursday, 3 March 2022 11:23

New Zealand's Ardern faces down frustration over pandemic curbs

Thursday, 3 March 2022 11:16

Taiwan restoring power after outage that hit 5 million homes

Thursday, 3 March 2022 10:39

Russian troops enter strategic Ukrainian port of Kherson

Thursday, 3 March 2022 09:16

India says no report of its students being held hostage in Ukraine

Thursday, 3 March 2022 09:15

Russia aims to erase us, Ukraine's Zelenskiy says on day 7 of war

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 12:27

Two years after world's biggest lockdown, India surges back to normal life

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 11:53

New Zealand's parliament protest ends with clashes, arrests

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 10:05

Tens of thousands evacuated in Australia as heavy rains close in on Sydney

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 09:55

Russia captures biggest city yet; Biden leads ovation for Ukraine

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 08:54

'Prove you are with us', Ukraine President urges EU

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 15:58

Indian student killed in Ukraine shelling, thousands more trapped

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 15:21

Russia says it won't yield to sanctions pressure over Ukraine

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 15:15

Hong Kong residents brace for citywide lockdown as leader calls for calm

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 09:36

Australia steps up flood relief efforts as Sydney braces for heavy rains

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 09:21

Russian isolation intensifies as Ukraine fighting rages

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 08:27