27-12-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hit out at a new nuclear submarine deal between the United States and South Korea, describing it as a threat to the stability of the Korean Peninsula as he toured his country’s submarine production facility, according to North Korean state media. …

27-12-2025 GAZA STRIP: Mustafa and Nesma al-Borsh’s wedding party was, understandably, a modest affair, considering the conditions in the Gaza Strip. Nesma went to a beauty salon, rented a white dress, and took some photos with her groom, Mustafa. The ceremony and party were held in a tent in eastern …

27-12-2025 ALGIERS: Algeria’s parliament has unanimously passed legislation declaring France’s colonization of the country a crime. On Wednesday, lawmakers stood in the chamber draped in scarves bearing the national colors, chanting “Long live Algeria” as they approved the bill. Parliament also formally demanded an apology and reparations from Paris in …

26-12-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Military officials from Thailand and Cambodia began talks on Wednesday, both countries said, days after the neighbors agreed to discuss resumption of a ceasefire after 16 days of fierce border clashes that have killed at least 86 people. The talks come two days after a special …

26-12-2025 DEIR DIBWAN/ WEST BANK: The Jewish settler outpost of Or Meir is small. A handful of prefabricated white shelters, it sits at the end of a short dirt track on a hill leading up from Road 60, a major route that dissects the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Over time, similar …

26-12-2025 UNITED NATIONS: UN experts and 400 prominent women have urged Iran not to execute Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer and women’s rights activist. Ms Tabari was arrested in April and accused of collaborating with a banned opposition group, the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI), according to her …

26-12-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Venezuela has accused the United States of the “greatest extortion” at an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York. Washington’s seizure of two Venezuelan oil tankers was “worse than piracy,” the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN said. The emergency meeting of the Security Council …

26-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: In an attempt to prevent a repeat of the recent IndiGo fiasco, the Indian government has given the green light to two new airlines. The move comes on the heels of a disruption that left thousands of flyers stranded and showed just how risky too …

26-12-2025 LONDON: The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure US tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. The Europeans, described by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations, fell afoul of a new visa …

26-12-2025 CAIRO: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secretary-general of the Arab League, has praised a peace plan presented by Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris to the United Nations Security Council earlier this week. Gheit said on Wednesday that the 22-member league backed the recently unveiled initiative, which calls for a ceasefire …