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UN will cut 2026 budget by $577m by slashing workforce 

02 December 2025

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN will cut its budget by 15.1 percent and reduce staff b...

Hong Kong leader orders independent investigation into fire that killed 151 

02 December 2025

Hong Kong’s leader said an independent committee will be established to investigate the cause of the city’s deadlies...

US mass killings drop to 20-year low in 2025 

02 December 2025

The United States has witnessed the lowest number of mass killings in 2025 in two decades, according to a database track...

US envoys headed to Moscow to discuss Ukraine peace plan with Putin 

02 December 2025

Envoys for United States President Donald Trump are due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Washington�...

Israeli forces continue demolition, destruction around Gaza City 

02 December 2025

Skip linksSkip to Content Video Duration 02 minutes 38 seconds play-arrow02:38 Children forced to take up jobs to help t...

El Chapo’s son pleads guilty in US drug case, cuts deal with prosecutors 

02 December 2025

Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has pleaded guilty in a Chicago court...

Russia says it captured Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in eastern Ukraine 

02 December 2025

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russian forces say they have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hu...

Canada joins key EU defence programme as PM Carney pivots away from US 

02 December 2025

News|Military Canada has joined a multibillion-dollar European Union defence fund, becoming the first non-European count...

Maduro rejects a ‘slave’s peace’ for Venezuela as US ramps up pressure 

02 December 2025

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has repeated calls for peace and pledged “absolute loyalty” to his people at a r...

‘I decided I’d die’: Indonesia’s flood victims recount stories of survival 

02 December 2025

Medan, Indonesia – As floodwaters burst into Nurdin and his wife’s home in Indonesia’s Aceh Province last week, th...