06-06-2025 LONDON: A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, painted in 1931 in the UK will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British rule in India and his teachings have inspired millions. Most Indians revere him as the “father of …

06-06-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has signed a new travel ban restricting travel to the US from 19 countries with “hostile attitudes” or a “significant terrorist presence,” a policy reminiscent of the deeply controversial “Muslim travel ban” he introduced during his first term. “We don’t want them,” Trump declared on …

05-06-2025 JERUSALEM/ UNITED NATIONS: The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will not give out any aid on Wednesday as it presses Israel to boost civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites, a day after dozens of Palestinians seeking aid were killed. The GHF said it has asked the Israeli …

05-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile attendance at a global airlines conference this week underscores how much India is banking on a boom in aviation to support wider development goals but headwinds to its ambitions are gathering force. Undeterred by the uncertainty gripping the aviation sector …

05-06-2025 NEW YORK: A group gathered in Boulder, Colorado, to raise awareness for hostages held in Gaza was attacked, leaving 12 people injured. The suspect, Mohammed Sabry Soliman, accused of throwing incendiary devices at them, allegedly planned the attack for a year, and told police he wanted to “kill all …

05-06-2025 KHARTOUM/ EL-FASHER: Five members of a United Nations convoy carrying aid to the war-torn Sudanese city of el-Fasher have been killed in an attack, UN agencies have said. Several people were also injured and multiple trucks burnt in Monday night’s assault, which took place near el-Koma in the state …

05-06-2025 AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government has collapsed after Geert Wilders withdrew his far-right party from the governing coalition following a row over migration. Prime Minister Dick Schoof confirmed he was stepping down on Tuesday and offered the resignation of the cabinet to King Willem-Alexander. In televised remarks following an emergency …

05-06-2025 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a “disgusting abomination”. The legislation which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and more defence spending while also allowing the US government to borrow more money was passed by the House of …

05-06-2025 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms wept as she was questioned over expletive-laden messages about the victims on Tuesday, in a case that has captivated the country. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged …

04-06-2025 BERLIN: Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday a court ruling that German authorities acted unlawfully when border police expelled three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it altogether. People would continue to be turned away at the German border, he said. A …