20-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 72 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire across Gaza since dawn, including 29 people who were waiting for aid trucks, Palestinian health officials say, the latest carnage hitting people desperate to secure food for their hungry families. The latest incidence of the daily killing …

20-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Hidden away in a mountainside south of Tehran is an enrichment plant that is vital to Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israel’s attempts to dismantle them. Israel may have achieved dominance over Iran’s skies but the Fordo nuclear facility, believed to be deeper underground than the Channel Tunnel …

19-06-2025 NEW DELHI/ TEHRAN: India’s benchmark indexes fell on Tuesday as investors stayed on edge after US President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, stoking fears of a broader regional conflict amid ongoing Israel-Iran hostilities. The Nifty 50, opens new tab was down 0.37% to 24,853.4 and the BSE …

19-06-2025 BEIJING/ WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will visit China from Tuesday, looking to foster trade ties and woo tourists and students, although thorny issues of security and defence will figure on his agenda in meetings with top leaders. Making his first visit to China since becoming prime …

19-06-2025 LONDON: Britain’s parliament voted on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales to stop a growing number of women from being investigated by police for terminating pregnancies under legislation dating back to the mid-19th century. Abortions have been legal in England and Wales for almost 60 years but …

19-06-2025 BEIJING: Oil prices ticked up in early trading on Wednesday after ending the previous session up more than 4% on worries that the Iran-Israel conflict could disrupt supplies. Brent crude futures rose 19 cents, or 0.25%, to $76.64 a barrel by 0029 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures …

19-06-2025 SHANGHAI: Drug research and development firms in China including WuXi AppTec, opens new tab and WuXi Biologics, opens new tab are changing project plans, stockpiling supplies and discussing testing locally, said sources with knowledge of the matter, as they seek to mitigate the impact of US-China trade tensions. China’s …

19-06-2025 KANANASKIS: The leaders of India and Canada held on Tuesday what they called a productive first bilateral meeting since then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi in 2023 of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist. Relations have been poor for almost two years but there was …

19-06-2025 SYDNEY: Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday the country would commence negotiations on a security and defence partnership with the European Union and was also hopeful of a “symbolically important” trade deal. Albanese met with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President …

19-06-2025 JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the air war between the two longtime enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from US President Donald Trump for Iran’s unconditional surrender. The Israeli military said two barrages of Iranian missiles were …