06-06-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two Israeli-Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military says. Judi Weinstein Haggai, 70, who was also a Canadian citizen, and her husband Gadi Haggai, 72, were murdered …

06-06-2025 KYIV/ MOSCOW: A NATO official has echoed President Donald Trump’s warning that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will seek revenge for Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russia’s military airfields. Following his phone call with the Russian president, Trump said Putin “will have to respond” to the attack on airfields, which …

06-06-2025 DAMASCUS/ DERAA: On the morning of 9 May, I was part of a BBC Arabic team which left the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the southern province of Deraa. From there we planned to go to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. We wanted to get close to the …

06-06-2025 LONDON: A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, painted in 1931 in the UK will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British rule in India and his teachings have inspired millions. Most Indians revere him as the “father of …

06-06-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has signed a new travel ban restricting travel to the US from 19 countries with “hostile attitudes” or a “significant terrorist presence,” a policy reminiscent of the deeply controversial “Muslim travel ban” he introduced during his first term. “We don’t want them,” Trump declared on …

05-06-2025 JERUSALEM/ UNITED NATIONS: The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will not give out any aid on Wednesday as it presses Israel to boost civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites, a day after dozens of Palestinians seeking aid were killed. The GHF said it has asked the Israeli …

05-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile attendance at a global airlines conference this week underscores how much India is banking on a boom in aviation to support wider development goals but headwinds to its ambitions are gathering force. Undeterred by the uncertainty gripping the aviation sector …

05-06-2025 NEW YORK: A group gathered in Boulder, Colorado, to raise awareness for hostages held in Gaza was attacked, leaving 12 people injured. The suspect, Mohammed Sabry Soliman, accused of throwing incendiary devices at them, allegedly planned the attack for a year, and told police he wanted to “kill all …

05-06-2025 KHARTOUM/ EL-FASHER: Five members of a United Nations convoy carrying aid to the war-torn Sudanese city of el-Fasher have been killed in an attack, UN agencies have said. Several people were also injured and multiple trucks burnt in Monday night’s assault, which took place near el-Koma in the state …

05-06-2025 AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government has collapsed after Geert Wilders withdrew his far-right party from the governing coalition following a row over migration. Prime Minister Dick Schoof confirmed he was stepping down on Tuesday and offered the resignation of the cabinet to King Willem-Alexander. In televised remarks following an emergency …