29-07-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, said the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process. Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA on Sunday that elections will take place between September 15 and 20. …

29-07-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to hold talks in Malaysia on Monday in an attempt to negotiate an end to a conflict that has lasted four days. Thailand said on Sunday a delegation led by acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai would attend, after US President Donald Trump …

28-07-2025 NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ WASHINTON: India’s trade deal with Britain is a sign of New Delhi’s new gradual shift to opening up its markets while shielding crucial sectors from competition and could be its template for future agreements, government officials and analysts said on Friday. Signed on Thursday and hailed …

28-07-2025 OTTAWA/ NEW YORK: An air quality health advisory has been issued for New York City and its surrounding areas because of smoke from wildfires in Canada. In a post on social media, New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of Health (DOH) issued the advisory for …

28-07-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Donald Trump said yesterday that he had called the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, pressing them for an immediate ceasefire following border clashes. At the beginning of a private visit to his Scottish golf courses, the US president wrote on Truth Social that both nations “have …

28-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Hackers have stolen personal information of a majority of insurance firm Allianz Life’s 1.4 million customers in North America, its parent company said. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America …

28-07-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ GILGIT/ LAHORE: Pakistan has issued a warning about glacial flooding in the northwest with more rain forecast in the coming week, as the country experiences above-average rainfall this monsoon season and continues to struggle to recover from devastating floods in 2022. Downpours are heavier in the …

28-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ QUETTA: As Israel loudly beat the drums of war one day before its unprovoked surprise attack on Iran, a small but significant piece of news slipped by almost unnoticed; the announcement of a new research project on the website of a Washington, DC think tank. On June 12, …

28-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PALAKKAD: On July 12, a new deadly Nipah virus infection was confirmed in a 52-year-old man in the Palakkad district of Kerala, marking the tenth instance of Nipah virus spillover (transmission of the pathogen from animals to humans) in the southern Indian state …

28-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s military says it has “recently” made an airdrop of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, following weeks of international pressure and a growing hunger crisis in the Palestinian territory. In a statement early on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the airdrop “included seven …