14-08-2025 SEOUL: A South Korean court has approved the arrest of Kim Keon-hee, the wife of jailed and impeached ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol, making her the country’s only former first lady to be arrested. Kim had earlier appeared in court on Tuesday for a five-hour hearing in which the prosecution requested …

14-08-2025 ATHENS: Greece is facing its hardest days yet of this year’s wildfire season, a senior firefighting official said, after dozens of new blazes erupted in a single day and extreme weather hampers extinguishing efforts. Strong winds, prolonged dryness and intense heat have worsened conditions across much of the mainland …

France, Germany, UK willing to reinstate sanctions on Iran 14-08-2025 PARIS/ BERLIN/ LONDON: France, Germany and the United Kingdom have told the United Nations they are prepared to reinstate sanctions on Iran, according to a joint letter. The letter, sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council, …

13-08-2025 LONDON: Britain’s jobs market has weakened again, official data showed, with payrolls falling for a sixth month and vacancies dropping further but wage growth stayed strong, underscoring why the Bank of England is so cautious about cutting interest rates. With the central bank’s policymakers split over the risks of …

13-08-2025 MADRID/ LISBON: Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of Europe. Global warming is giving the Mediterranean region hotter, drier summers, scientists say, with wildfires surging each year …

13-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation in July eased below 2% for the first time in eight years, on the back of falling prices of food items including vegetables and pulses, hurting some farmers, but will have limited impact on the central bank’s policy decision. Annual retail inflation …

13-08-2025 CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, is “in denial” about the suffering inflicted on Gaza, and the international community is now saying, “Enough is enough”. A day after announcing that Australia will recognize Palestinian statehood at the United Nations next month, Albanese …

13-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States and China have extended their tariff deadline for another 90 days, preventing an escalation of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, with markets rallying after President Donald Trump announced the pause. With the extension, the imposition of higher tariffs on China …

13-08-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The United States has upped pressure on the Pakistan-based Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), labelling it a “foreign terrorist” organization. The designation, announced by the Department of State on Monday, comes after the BLA, which is also known as the Majeed Brigade, was …

13-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 89 Palestinians, including 31 aid seekers, have been killed and 513 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. As Israel keeps pounding Gaza, five more Palestinians, including two children, have starved to death in the …