on the Waqf Amendment Act, Owaisi opposed its provisions, arguing that they violated the Constitution. Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’April 28:AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday criticised Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari for his “blood would flow in rivers” remark, reminding him of the killing of his mother, Benazir Bhutto, by home-grown terrorists. He …

28-04-2025 MOSCOW: Russia’s military says it has regained full control of the country’s western Kursk region, a claim denied by Ukraine. Top Russian commander Valery Gerasimov said the last village held by Ukrainian troops had now been recaptured, eight months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion. He also praised the “heroism” of …

28-04-2025 LONDON: British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil has held its final demonstration in London, ending three years of high-profile climate protest stunts as they moved their focus away from civil disobedience. Yesterday everal hundred supporters walked peacefully through the centre of the UK capital, from parliament to the …

28-04-2025 JERUSALEM: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) opened its office in Palestine back in 1994. Its website, which is no longer available, used to boast that since then, it has “helped four million Palestinians lead healthier and more productive lives”. Now that the agency has been shuttered …

28-04-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Spraying pesticides on his parched vegetables one street away from the Indus River, Pakistani farmer Homla Thakhur is worried about his future. The sun is at its peak, the river is running very low, and India has vowed to cut supplies upstream …

28-04-2025 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran and the United States have agreed to continue nuclear talks next week, both sides said, as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he was “extremely cautious” about the potential success of the negotiations aimed at resolving a decades-long nuclear standoff. US President Donald Trump has signaled …

28-04-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA/ SANA’A: Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 40 Palestinians on Saturday, as aid officials sound the alarm over “full-scale famine conditions” amid Israel’s blockade. Hamas says it presented its “vision for reaching a comprehensive deal that achieves a ceasefire, prisoner exchange, and reconstruction” to mediators …

28-04-2025 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor’s practice in Australia. Outside her window, farmland rolls into rocky coastline, hemming a glasslike bay striped with turquoise and populated by showboating dolphins. Home to about …

27-04-2025 CAIRO: Hamas is open to a years-long truce with Israel in Gaza but is not willing to lay down its arms, an official said on Saturday, as leaders of the Palestinian Islamist militant group met mediators in Cairo for ceasefire talks. Sources close to the talks told media Hamas …

27-04-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Pakistan called on Saturday for a “neutral” investigation into the killings of mostly Indian tourists in Kashmir that New Delhi has blamed on Islamabad, saying it was willing to cooperate and favored peace. India has identified two of the three suspected militants …