05-02-2025 OREBRO: Eleven people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country’s deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called a “painful day.” Police said the gunman was believed to be among those killed and a search for other …

05-02-2025 WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia reiterates its stance against normalizing relations with Israel before a two-state solution has been reached, after US President Donald Trump said earlier that Riyadh has not made the establishment of a Palestinian state a condition for a peace deal with Israel. A statement from Saudi Arabia’s …

05-02-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that the US would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere and develop it economically, a move that would shatter decades of US policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Trump unveiled his surprise plan, without providing specifics, at a …

05-02-2025 KINSHASA: The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on Tuesday. In a statement, the group which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels cited “humanitarian reasons” for the ceasefire, after it has been capturing territory in eastern parts of the country. …

05-02-2025 ABUJA: Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working on her farm, beating and stabbing her to death. Abubakar’s family went to …

05-02-2025 FIRA: Thousands of residents are fleeing the Greek island of Santorini amid a wave of seismic activity. Some 6,000 people have left the island by ferry since Sunday, according to local media, with emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday. More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the …

04-02-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to introduce laws against artificial intelligence tools used to generate sexualized images of children, in an attempt to curb a phenomenon that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said was increasing. The government announced on Saturday that it would make …

04-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has unveiled an annual budget focused on appealing to the country’s middle class and spurring economic growth by boosting agriculture and manufacturing. Announcing the annual budget in parliament on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said people earning up to …

04-02-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to introduce laws against artificial intelligence tools used to generate sexualized images of children, in an attempt to curb a phenomenon that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said was increasing. The government announced on Saturday that it would make …

04-02-2025 KHARTOUM: Shelling at a busy market near Sudan’s capital has filled a mortuary with bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says. MSF and the Sudanese authorities said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for Saturday’s attack in the city of Omdurman, which killed and injured more …