29-07-2025 STOCKHOLM: Top US and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm on Monday to resume talks to resolve longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world’s top two economies, aiming to extend a truce by three months. US Treasury Chief Scott Bessent was part of …

29-07-2025 EDINBURGH: The United States and European Union have reached a sweeping trade agreement, averting a full-blown transatlantic trade war days ahead of an August 1 deadline. The deal, which imposes a 15 percent tariff on most European goods, came after a private meeting on Sunday between US President Donald …

29-07-2025 JERUSALEM. GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have killed at least 63 people across Gaza, hours after the military announced it would begin “pausing” attacks for 10 hours daily in some areas to allow humanitarian aid to pass through. On Sunday, the Israeli army said it would temporarily halt military activity …

29-07-2025 BAGHDAD: At least one police officer was killed and 14 fighters detained after a gun battle erupted in Iraq’s capital with members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a state-sanctioned paramilitary umbrella that includes groups loyal to Iran. The violence on Sunday broke out in Baghdad’s Karkh district when …

29-07-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, said the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process. Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA on Sunday that elections will take place between September 15 and 20. …

29-07-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to hold talks in Malaysia on Monday in an attempt to negotiate an end to a conflict that has lasted four days. Thailand said on Sunday a delegation led by acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai would attend, after US President Donald Trump …

28-07-2025 NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ WASHINTON: India’s trade deal with Britain is a sign of New Delhi’s new gradual shift to opening up its markets while shielding crucial sectors from competition and could be its template for future agreements, government officials and analysts said on Friday. Signed on Thursday and hailed …

28-07-2025 OTTAWA/ NEW YORK: An air quality health advisory has been issued for New York City and its surrounding areas because of smoke from wildfires in Canada. In a post on social media, New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of Health (DOH) issued the advisory for …

28-07-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Donald Trump said yesterday that he had called the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, pressing them for an immediate ceasefire following border clashes. At the beginning of a private visit to his Scottish golf courses, the US president wrote on Truth Social that both nations “have …

28-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Hackers have stolen personal information of a majority of insurance firm Allianz Life’s 1.4 million customers in North America, its parent company said. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America …