18-07-2025 BRUSSELS: The European Union failed for a second day to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday as Slovakia continued to seek concessions over gas supplies, four EU diplomats told media. Slovakia vetoed the approval of the sanctions during a meeting of EU countries’ ambassadors, the …

18-07-2025 DURBAN: G20 finance chiefs will meet in South Africa on Thursday under the shadow of President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and questions over their ability to tackle global challenges together. The club, which came to fore as a forum for international cooperation to combat the global financial crisis, has …

18-07-2025 NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper cited people familiar with US officials’ early …

18-07-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom set up a secret plan to resettle thousands of Afghans in Britain after an official accidentally disclosed the personal details of more than 33,000 people, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban, court documents have showed. A judge at London’s High Court said …

18-07-2025 PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people in raids on cyber-scam compounds. The suspects were arrested in raids in at least five provinces between Monday and Wednesday, according to statements from Information Minister Neth Pheaktra and police. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a directive made …

18-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Food intended to feed 27,000 starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will soon be incinerated in the wake of President Donald Trump’s closure of the United States’ aid agency. A senior US official on Wednesday said nearly 500 tons of high-energy biscuits, to be used as emergency food …

18-07-2025 DHAKA: Bangladeshi security forces clashed with supporters of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leaving at least three people dead and many injured. Violence broke out Wednesday in the southern town of Gopalganj when members of Hasina’s Awami League tried to disrupt a rally by the National Citizens Party (NCP), …

17-07-2025 GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in what the US-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators. The GHF, which is supported by Israel, said 19 people were trampled and …

17-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Israel has vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw. Syrian government troops were dispatched to the Sweida region on Monday to quell fighting between Druze fighters and Bedouin armed men but ended up clashing with the Druze militias …

17-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: Britain has lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing them to apply to resume flights to and from the United Kingdom as Pakistan steps up efforts to privatize its beleaguered national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The UK Air Safety Committee decided …