25-07-2025 KHARTOUM: In June, the Sudanese Armed Forces appointed Prime Minister Kamil Idris to lead the civilian cabinet in Port Sudan, the wartime capital on the Red Sea coast. Idris wanted an overhaul, to appoint a team of technocrats to run the new government but Gebreil Ibrahim and Mini Arko …

24-07-2025 NEW YORK: The Israelis certainly owe Bret Stephens a favor. Yesterday, The New York Times opinion columnist took to the pages of the United States newspaper of record to promote his latest deranged argument, headlined: “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza”. Never mind that numerous global institutions, …

24-07-2025 BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ HONG KONG: India will resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens from July 24 this year, its embassy in China said on Wednesday, the first time in five years as both countries move to repair their rocky relationship. Tensions between the two countries escalated following a …

24-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 10 Palestinians have died of forced starvation in the past 24 hours in Gaza, bringing the death toll from hunger to 111, including at least 80 children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza as 109 aid groups call for action …

24-07-2025 Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence DAMASCUS/ SUWEIDA: Syrian government forces have been accused of carrying out a massacre at a hospital during sectarian clashes which erupted just over a week ago. The media has visited Suweida’s National Hospital, where staff claim patients were killed inside wards. The …

24-07-2025 WASHINGTON/ TOKYO: President Donald Trump says the US has agreed to a “massive” trade deal with Japan, one of the country’s largest trading partners. Japan has agreed to invest $550bn (£407bn) in the US while its goods sold to America would be taxed at 15% when they reach the …

24-07-2025 VIENNA: When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbour 10 years ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest – tall stands of staghorns branched into yellow antlers, plate corals layered like canopies, and clouds of darting fish wove through the labyrinth. …

24-07-2025 TEHRAN: Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear program including uranium enrichment despite the “severe” damage caused by US strikes to its facilities, the country’s foreign minister said ahead of renewed talks with European powers. Iran is scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, …

24-07-2025 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: A United States government employee has been prevented from leaving China after visiting the country for personal reasons, Washington has said. The employee of the US Patent and Trademark Office, an agency within the US Department of Commerce, was subject to an “exit ban” while travelling in …

23-07-2025 TEHRAN: Iran could withhold security commitments if European states invoke a UN mechanism to re-impose international sanctions on the Islamic Republic, a member of Iran’s parliamentary national security commission said on Monday, according to Borna news. “We have many tools in our disposition. We can withhold our commitment to …