22-04-2025 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88 There’s palpable shock at the Vatican, where the Pope had addressed crowds at an Easter Sunday service, Sofia Bettiza reports Tributes pour in from world leaders, including from King Charles, Italy’s …

22-04-2025 SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador’s president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country, if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners. Nayib Bukele appealed directly to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a post on social media. He said many of the …

21-04-2025 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has appeared at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square to wish “Happy Easter” to thousands of worshippers. The Pope, 88, came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds below, saying: “Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Easter.” His …

21-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces continue to bomb camps for displaced people, a day after killing at least 54 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to intensify the war on Gaza after Hamas rejects an Israeli proposal for a temporary truce. The Palestinian group demands …

21-04-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members under a rarely used wartime law, but the government urged the justices to lift their order. The court issued the decision after lawyers for …

21-04-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s call money market faces risks of dwindling liquidity, posing challenges for monetary policy transmission, the Nation’s Central Bank Chief said in a speech published on Sunday. Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra expressed concern about “asymmetries which arise on occasions between different …

21-04-2025 QUITO: Police in Ecuador say they have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in which 12 people died. Weapons and replica police and army uniforms were seized during police raids in the north-western Manabi province on Friday, a day after the …

21-04-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA. KARACHI: Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month, among more than 80,000 who have left ahead of a 30 April deadline, according to the UN. Pakistan has accelerated its drive to expel undocumented Afghans and those who had temporary …

21-04-2025 WASHINGTON: Thousands took to the streets across the US on Saturday to protest over recent actions by President Donald Trump. Known as “50501”, for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement”, the demonstrations were intended to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War. From …

21-04-2025 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of creating an “impression” of a ceasefire while still taking military actions in some places in Ukraine. In the first six hours of the “Easter truce” as ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin-Zelensky said there had been 387 shellings and …