2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (308+ words) Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc, which backs Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson for prime minister, was leading Sunday’s parliamentary election, with the Social Democrats on 28.1% of the vote in preliminary results from the Swedish Election Authority. The Sweden Democrats were in…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (287+ words) COTABATO: Three people were killed and 15 others wounded as gunfire erupted hours before polls were to open Monday in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines set to choose its first elected parliament. The vote is the culmination of an…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago   (742+ words) The Taoiseach has defended a decision not to describe the situation in Gaza as a “genocide” when meeting US President Donald Trump, arguing he had focused on the delivery of aid. Micheál Martin met Mr Trump in Dublin and Clare…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (569+ words) MIDDLE East diplomacy faltered on Monday as Oman postponed a meeting between Iran and Gulf states, while attacks around the region’s two key oil transit routes heightened fears of further disruption to global energy supplies. Reuters reported Oman’s Foreign Minister…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (712+ words) DUBAI, Sept 13 — Within a matter of days, Yemen’s Houthis have swept south and seized the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, cementing their rise as a force to be reckoned with in the constellation of Iran-backed armed groups across the Middle East....

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (602+ words) BANJARMASIN - Rescuers in Indonesia said at least six people were killed and 129 others were missing after a ferry capsized in rough seas on Sunday, with one survivor recounting scenes of panic as passengers scrambled for life jackets. The Virgo Transport…...

11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (833+ words) AS rearmament trumps European security, aging population and escalating climate damages are set to present an unprecedented, compounding threat to the future well-being of Europeans. ON Aug. 27, 2026, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen gave a speech noting that…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (758+ words) VIENTIANE, Sept 14 — Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the “Battery of South-east Asia”, powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. Exports of electricity to neighbouring countries including Thailand and…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago   (141+ words) Newswav Nato sends jet to airport ‘drone sighting’ that turned out to be flock of birds The world’s most free-thinking newspaper - Vilnius airport was briefly closed and a NATO fighter jet scrambled following a suspected drone sighting in Lithuanian airspace....

11+ hour, 24+ min ago   (617+ words) THE bodies of 41 victims of the worst Philippine ferry disaster in over a decade made their way through the blue waters of Coron in Palawan on Sunday, bound for a dock where forensic investigators awaited them. Days after a fire…...