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Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as Cyclone Ditwah death toll reaches 123 

29 November 2025

News|Floods Sri Lanka has made an appeal for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods trig...

Israeli forces injure hundreds of Palestinians in raids on Tubas, West Bank 

29 November 2025

Israeli forces have wounded more than 200 Palestinians in raids on the West Bank governorate of Tubas, as a major offens...

Israeli attack kills two children in southern Gaza despite ceasefire 

29 November 2025

News|Gaza Two Palestinian children have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan...

Kyiv comes under deadly Russian drone, missile attacks 

29 November 2025

Skip linksSkip to Content People gather near burning vehicles damaged during a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv,...

Russia bans Human Rights Watch in widening crackdown on critics 

29 November 2025

Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organisation”, a label that, under a 2015 la...

Indonesia death toll rises to 248 after catastrophic flooding in Sumatra 

29 November 2025

News|Weather Rescue workers in Indonesia are continuing to battle to reach victims in several devastated areas submerged...

Hong Kong mourns victims of blaze as search for remains continues 

29 November 2025

People in Hong Kong are mourning the deaths of at least 128 people who died in the region’s largest blaze in decades i...

Belarus president becomes only second leader to visit Myanmar since coup 

29 November 2025

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in Myanmar on a goodwill visit seen as lending support to the Sout...

S African ex-leader Zuma’s daughter quits parliament over Russia war claims 

28 November 2025

A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned from parliament amid allegations that she lured 17 ...

US pauses visas for all Afghan passport holders, halts asylum requests 

28 November 2025

The US State Department has announced it is “immediately” pausing issuing visas for individuals travelling on Afghan...