04-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian fuel retailers raised jet fuel and commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices on Wednesday, following a sharp spike in global prices due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. India, the world’s second-largest ‌LPG importer, is battling its worst gas crisis in decades, with the …

04-04-2026 DUBAI/ MANAMA: Iran’s drones have hit fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport, causing a large blaze and authorities in Bahrain have reported a fire at an undisclosed company facility, as the United States-Israel war on Iran continues for a fifth ⁠week. Abdullah al-Rajhi, a spokesman for the General Directorate …

04-04-2026 WASHINGTON: If you are born on United States soil, are you automatically a citizen of the country? This is the question that will be put before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, a response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to change longstanding interpretations of the country’s constitution amid …

03-04-2026 PARIS/ ROME: France and Italy have pushed back against some US-Israeli military operations, sources said on ‌Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump criticized NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the month-long war in Iran, highlighting divisions. The decisions came against a backdrop of tensions between Washington and key …

03-04-2026 WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if it did not make a deal. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hit back with a new threat, saying that they …

03-04-2026 PARIS: Eutelsat, Europe’s main rival to Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink, is in talks with India’s space agency about future satellite launches as it seeks to diversify beyond ‌SpaceX and Europe’s Ariane rockets. Jean-François Fallacher, CEO of France-based Eutelsat last June, told media that negotiations with the Indian …

03-04-2026 HAVANA/ MOSCOW: A Russian-owned tanker carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of crude oil has docked on the northern coast of Cuba, ending a near-total fuel blockade by the US on the communist-run island. The tanker’s arrival marks the first crude oil shipment to dock in one of Cuba’s ports …

03-04-2026 BANGKOK/ SEOUL: Known for its glitzy stage costumes and sometimes outlandish performances, the Eurovision Song Contest is now launching its first ever Asia edition. Broadcasters from 10 countries in the region, including South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines, have confirmed that they will be taking part. According to the …

03-04-2026 KHARTOUM: Hanaan was 18 years old when she was raped by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group accused of committing widespread “war crimes” during nearly three years of fighting against Sudan’s army. She was walking alongside a female friend to her makeshift home in an …

03-04-2026 GAZA STRIP/ WEST BANK: Israeli violence against Palestinians in the last week has killed at least 18 people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The majority of those killed were victims of Israeli air strikes in Gaza, even as the head of the US President Donald …