18-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: The majority of Australian voters want the current Labor government out of office, posing a threat to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s re-election plans just months ahead of a national election as his approval rating hit its lowest point, a widely watched poll showed on …

18-02-2025 BEIJING: China’s military on Monday condemned the sailing of a Canadian warship in the Taiwan Strait, saying its air and naval forces had monitored and warned the ship, a mission that came just a few days after US Navy ships made a similar mission. The US Navy, and occasionally …

18-02-2025 NAIROBI: Uganda will attack the town of Bunia in neighboring eastern Congo unless “all forces” there surrender their arms within 24 hours, the chief of Ugandan defence forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said in a post on X on Saturday. Kainerugaba, who has a history of posting provocative comments on …

18-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The ePlane Company, an Indian electric aircraft startup, said on Monday it has agreed to supply 788 air ambulances in a deal valued at more than $1 billion, at a time when the country is grappling with worsening traffic congestion in busy cities. …

18-02-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel’s prime minister has said he is working to make US President Donald Trump’s plan to remove and resettle Gaza’s population “a reality”. Benjamin Netanyahu said he was co-operating with the US on a “common strategy” for the Palestinian territory after a meeting with US Secretary of State …

18-02-2025 KINSHASA: Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing the regional governor’s office. Some people lined the streets to clap and cheer the fighters as they marched and drove into the city centre without resistance. It is the second city …

18-02-2025 KYIV: Kyiv has not been invited to talks between the US and Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian government source has told media. The US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg had said Kyiv would be involved in Monday’s talks in Saudi Arabia, but …

18-02-2025 MUNICH: A series of US declarations rocked last week’s Munich Security Conference and caused discord among the European politicians in attendance. Now US and Russian officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia next week to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. However, Ukraine and European politicians …

17-02-2025 PARIS: European leaders will gather in France tomorrow for an emergency summit amid US efforts to agree a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Governments on the continent fear the White House could strike a deal which damages European security and will seek to present a …

17-02-2025 TAIPEI: The US State Department has removed a statement on its website that it does not support Taiwan independence, among changes that the island’s government praised on Sunday as supporting Taiwan. The fact sheet, opens new tab on Taiwan retains Washington’s opposition to unilateral change from either Taiwan or …