24-05-2026 WASHINGTON: The suspect in a shooting near the White House was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening, officials have confirmed. BBC’s US media partner CBS has named the suspect as Nasire Best, a 21-year-old man who was known to the Secret Service …

24-05-2026 BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin have signaled a united front against Washington during a summit in Beijing, warning against a global return to the “law of the jungle”. In a joint statement, China and Russia took aim at US President Donald Trump’s plans …

24-05-2026 JERUSALEM: Israel says it has deported all the foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week, following global outcry over their treatment in custody. “All foreign activists from the PR flotilla have been deported from Israel. Israel will not permit any breach …

24-05-2026 KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled its pre-World Cup training camp in the capital, Kinshasa, because of an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country. Preparations have been moved to Belgium amid the upsurge, which is thought to have killed more than 130 people. The World …

24-05-2026 MOSCOW/ VILNIUS: Russia on Thursday delivered nuclear munitions to field facilities in Belarus and showcased elements of its strategic nuclear ‌forces, as tensions with European NATO members rose over the Ukraine war and drone activity in the Baltic. Moscow is conducting some of its biggest nuclear exercises in years, …

24-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A five-day-old group that channels Gen Z concerns has gone viral in India, overtaking Instagram followers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), discussing issues like politics, inflation and unemployment with a touch of humour. The Cockroach Janta Party ‌has amassed nearly 15 million followers …

24-05-2026 TEHRAN: Tehran says it is reviewing the latest responses from the United States to its proposal to end the nearly three-month US-Israel war on Iran as mediator Pakistan steps up efforts to achieve progress in the talks that US President Donald Trump has warned are on the “borderline” between …

24-05-2026 MANILA: The Philippine justice secretary has ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by ⁠the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity, a day after the country’s top court rejected his bid to block his arrest. Senator ⁠Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the former police chief and …

23-05-2026 ABUJA: Armed men abducted 39 students and seven ⁠teachers in an attack targeting several schools in Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo State last week, officials and a Christian association have said. The attack took place on Friday in ⁠Ahoro Esinele community in Oriire district, targeting a secondary school and two primary …

23-05-2026 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has said 15,850 people, including 791 children, have been killed in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the neighboring country in February 2022. The “actual figures are likely significantly higher”, Kayoko Gotoh, Europe and Central Asia director of the UN’s Department of Political and …