07-07-2025 SINJIL, WEST BANK: A five-metre-high metal fence slices across the eastern edge of Sinjil, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Heavy steel gates and roadblocks seal off all but a single route in and out of the town, watched over by Israeli soldiers at guard posts. “Sinjil …

06-07-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the start of Iran’s conflict with Israel, according to state media. State television footage showed him greeting worshippers at a mosque on Saturday during a ceremony a day before the Shia festival of Ashura. Khamenei’s …

06-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk says he is launching a new political party, weeks after a dramatic falling out with US President Donald Trump. The billionaire announced on his social media platform X that he had set up the America Party and billed it as a challenge to the Republican and …

06-07-2025 BOGOTA/ WASHINGTON: The United States and Colombia have called home their respective top diplomats in an acceleration of worsening ties, against the backdrop of an alleged plot against Colombia’s left-wing leader. Washington, DC went first, recalling its charge d’affaires John McNamara on Thursday, “following baseless and reprehensible statements from …

06-07-2025 BEIJING/ LANZHOU: Northern and western China remain on high alert as torrential rain threatens to bring more flash flooding and landslides, following weather-related deaths in other parts of the country. Red alerts were in force on Thursday as rains made their way to Gansu province in the northwest and …

06-07-2025 ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: Pakistan’s army has said it has killed 30 fighters who tried to cross the border from Afghanistan, just days after a suicide attack in the same region killed 16 Pakistani soldiers. The fighters, who all died in the last three days, belonged to the Pakistan Taliban or …

06-07-2025 NEW YORK: If he wins the general election in November, Zohran Mamdani could become New York City’s first South Asian mayor and the first of Indian origin but the same identity that makes him a trailblazer in United States politics has also exposed him to public outcry in India …

06-07-2025 ISTANBUL: One of Sweden’s most wanted gang leaders, Ismail Abdo, has been arrested in Turkey, the Swedish prosecutor’s office said on Friday. The dual Swedish-Turkish national has an extensive list of drug-related charges against him according to the global police agency, Interpol. The 35-year-old, nicknamed The Strawberry, is a …

06-07-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA STRIP: Hamas says it has delivered a “positive response” to mediators on the latest proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal put forward by the US. The Palestinian armed group added in a statement that it was “seriously ready to enter immediately into a …

06-07-2025 HOUSTON: Frantic searches are under way in the US state of Texas after flash floods kill at least 23 people. More than 20 girls at a summer camp are still missing, according to Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. “Within 45 minutes, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet and it …