By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices edged lower on Friday, heading for a weekly loss of nearly 3% after the IEA forecast a growing glut and U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to meet again to discuss Ukraine. Brent crude futures were down 15 cents, or 0.25%, at $60.91 a…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday said that Islamabad at heart remains a “military society” with a “strong Islamist streak” while India is totally different. Participating in the NDTV World Summit in New Delhi on Friday, Abbott took an aim at Pakistan for supporting terrorism and…
The restaurant chain will launch its ‘International Flavour Heist’ from October 22 across its stores in the UK and Ireland. The new McDonald’s menu will feature items popular in the chain worldwide, but never before available in the UK. It will see meals from the likes of Japan, Canada, Australia, Poland, Malaysia, and more all…
Updated on: Oct 17, 2025 04:25 pm IST The Kremlin said the content of Putin’s recent phone call with Trump must remain out of the media. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Hungary soon for talks with US President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine, despite facing an International Criminal…
A team of scientists was on an expedition on a remote Indonesian island in 2023 when it met a fisher who had caught something interesting. In between Sumatra and Borneo, the local had pulled up a trap to find a critically endangered Malaysian giant turtle — which became the “first official record” of the species,…
By Tim Cocks ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar’s coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday to cheers, blaring trumpets and raised swords, days after taking control of the island nation in the wake of youth-led protests that forced out his predecessor. Ex-leader Andry Rajoelina, whom lawmakers impeached after he fled abroad at…
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Authorities concluded the latest effort to locate a four-year-old boy, whose disappearance in the rugged outback of South Australia gripped the nation. The operation to find Gus Lamont covered…
An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him fleeing from the country into hiding. His ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were taking power…
By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After a wild week, Sanae Takaichi may have found the political support she needs to become Japan’s next prime minister – but the new cross-party alliances come with risks that her economic plans get mired in an increasingly fragmented legislature. Japan’s lower house of parliament is set…
Former indian foreign service officer Amar Jit Singh, who has served as India’s consul general in Afghanistan, has warned that Pakistan’s recent actions could lead to “yet another war” with potentially disastrous consequences for the country. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif looks on during a business and investment conference in Kuala Lumpur.(AP file) In a…