09-07-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Army Chief rejected recent Indian military claims Islamabad received real-time support from China during the May 2025 conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, calling the insinuations “factually incorrect” and a “shoddy attempt” to deflect from its battlefield failures. The remarks came during an address by …

09-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he believes Iran can resolve its differences with the United States through dialogue but trust would be an issue after US and Israeli attacks on his country, according to an interview released yesterday. “I am of the belief that we could very much …

09-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he wanted peace with Palestinians but described any future independent state as a platform to destroy Israel and for that reason sovereign power of security must remain with Israel. Speaking at the White House, where he met US President Donald …

09-07-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says he has delayed imposing higher tariffs on goods entering the US from 14 countries, including Japan and South Korea. The latest development on global trade by Trump comes as a 90-day pause the White House placed on some of its most aggressive import taxes …

09-07-2025 VIENNA: Oil prices eased on Tuesday after rising almost 2% in the previous session, as investors assessed new developments on US tariffs and a higher-than-expected OPEC+ output hike for August. Brent crude futures dropped 21 cents at $69.37 a barrel by 0041 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude fell …

08-07-2025 NAIROBI: Eleven people have been killed nationwide during antigovernment protests in Kenya on the 35th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising, the country’s police has said. A statement from the police on Monday added that 52 police officers had been injured. Police fired live rounds and water cannon at protesters …

08-07-2025 DOHA: The latest round of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have ended without a breakthrough, a Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told media. According to the official, the session lasted for nearly three and a half hours and took place in two separate buildings in Doha. …

08-07-2025 GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council has rejected Eritrea’s attempt to shut down an independent investigation into alleged rights abuses, in a move hailed as vital to preventing impunity. Eritrea’s rare bid to scrap the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on its human rights record was defeated …

08-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India is ready to make trade deals in the national interest, but not just to meet deadlines, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday when asked whether a deal could be reached with the US in time for a July 9 deadline set …

08-07-2025 NEW YORK: On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days earlier, Trump had enacted a proclamation barring citizens …