13-10-2025 MANILA: The Philippines accused Chinese maritime forces of using water cannon and ramming a Filipino vessel near the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, calling the actions a “clear threat” that escalates tensions in contested South China Sea waters. The Philippines Coast Guard said three Filipino vessels, including the BRP Datu Pagbuaya, …

13-10-2025 SYDNEY: Tens of thousands of people joined a pro-Palestinian rally in the business district of Australia’s most populous city, Sydney, on Sunday, organizers said, after a court this week blocked a move to hold the protest at the Sydney Opera House. Around 27 protests took place across Australia on …

13-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Rebuilding Gaza from the ground up is a task of almost unimaginable scale, but for Palestinians determined to return to their lives, there is no time to waste. Bulldozers are already out clearing the rubble to make way for returnees to reach what is left of their …

13-10-2025 VICTORIA: Seychelles’ opposition leader, Patrick Herminie, has won the country’s presidential race, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in a run-off vote, according to the electoral commission. Herminie won 52.7 percent of the vote, while Ramkalawan took 47.3 percent, official results announced early on Sunday showed. In his victory speech, …

13-10-2025 KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like in “the Middle East” during a phone call, saying if the United States president could stop one war, “others can be stopped as well.” Saturday’s call came a day after Russia launched a large-scale …

New Delhi, October 12 (PMI):The seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections has been finalized. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is overseeing the BJP’s campaign in Bihar, announced on Sunday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] will contest 101 seats each. Meanwhile, the …

12-10-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border. Casualties are not yet clear in what the Taliban government called “retaliatory operations”, after it claimed Pakistan had violated Afghan airspace and bombed a …

12-10-2025 CAIRO: Hamas is pressing Israel to include prominent Palestinians in a prisoner-release list, part of a ceasefire deal that will also see hostages returned from Gaza. Hamas’s insistence comes after the Israeli justice ministry published the names of 250 prisoners to be freed but excluded seven high-profile prisoners including …

12-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s largest bank is set to return to the rupee debt market after a year with plans to raise funds through Basel III-compliant tier II bonds this month, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. State Bank of India, opens new tab …

12-10-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korea unveiled its latest and “most powerful” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a military parade presided over by the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports. The parade on Friday in the capital Pyongyang featured some of North Korea’s most advanced …