27-08-2025 NEW YORK: Oil prices climbed around 2% on Monday, continuing last week’s gains, as traders anticipated more US sanctions on Russian oil and Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure that could disrupt supplies. Brent crude futures settled up $1.07, or 1.58%, at $68.80, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures …

27-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ SEOUL: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally. “I’d like to meet him this year,” …

27-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has shared a warning on possible cross-border flooding with neighbor Pakistan, Pakistani officials and a source in New Delhi said on Monday, as the arch enemies grapple with deadly floods and relentless monsoon rains. The information-sharing has come as a surprise because New …

27-08-2025 DAMASCUS/ CAIRO: Syria said on Monday that Israel had sent 60 soldiers to take control of an area inside the Syrian border around Mount Hermon in an operation that violated its sovereignty and posed a further threat to regional security. An Israeli military spokesperson said troops carried out a …

27-08-2025 HANOI: A powerful typhoon is battering Vietnam’s coastal areas with strong winds and heavy rain. Typhoon Kajiki has delivered gusts up to 118-133 km/h (73-82 mph) and could trigger flash floods and landslides, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting says. In the coming hours, winds may rapidly ease but …

26-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ BALTIMORE: Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, was again detained by US immigration officials in Baltimore on Monday, his lawyer said, while facing the possibility of being deported again, this time to Uganda. …

26-08-2025 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has warned that his country can no longer provide additional support for the 1.5 million Rohingya refugees it shelters, calling on the international community to work on a roadmap for the voluntary return of the persecuted minority back to their homeland in Myanmar. …

26-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: Press freedom groups and rights advocates express outrage over Israel’s killing of five Palestinian journalists, including one from Al Jazeera, in an attack that killed 20 people at a Gaza hospital. Hussam al-Masri (Reuters), Mohammad Salama (Al Jazeera), Mariam Abu Daqqa (freelance), Ahmed Abu Aziz and Moaz …

26-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s parliament has passed a sweeping bill banning online gambling, after government figures showed companies had stripped $2.3bn annually from 450 million people. The ban affects platforms for card games, poker and fantasy sports, including India’s wildly popular homegrown fantasy cricket apps. It also leaves …

26-08-2025 MOSCOW: Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia, forcing a sharp fall in the capacity of a reactor at one of Russia’s biggest nuclear power plants and sparking a huge blaze at the major Ust-Luga fuel export terminal, Russian officials said. Despite talk of peace by Russia and Ukraine, …