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 …

20-04-2025 WASHINGTON: World’s richest man Elon Musk said he will be visiting India later this year and said it was an honour to speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Musk’s announcement comes after he held a teleconference with Modi on Friday. The prime minister said they discussed matters of shared …

20-04-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cast doubt over the intentions of the United States a day before a second round of nuclear talks is set to take place with Washington. The new round will come a week after the two countries held their highest-level negotiations since US …

20-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: Medical sources tell media that at least 64 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Friday. The UN’s World Food Program issues an urgent warning that “Gaza needs food now” as hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of hunger. A …