06-05-2025 LONDON: British counter-terrorism police have arrested eight men including seven Iranians in two separate operations, officers said, in what the interior minister called some of the biggest investigations of their kind in recent years. Five men, four of them Iranian nationals, were arrested on Saturday over a suspected plot …
Read More »Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US
06-05-2025 KIGALI/ NAIROBI: Rwanda is in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants deported from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on television late on Sunday. Rwanda has in recent years positioned itself as a destination country for migrants that Western countries would like to remove, …
Read More »Cardinals could pick Filipino Tagle as next pope
06-05-2025 VATICAN CITY: Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and spontaneity with words. Like the late Argentine pope, he hails from a country far from the Catholic Church’s traditional power base of Europe and came to Rome with …
Read More »India starts work on hydro projects
06-05-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: India has begun work to boost reservoir holding capacity at two hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, sources with knowledge of the matter told media, after fresh tension with Pakistan led it to suspend a water-sharing pact. The work represents …
Read More »Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
06-05-2025 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. In a message on his Truth Social site on Sunday, President Trump said that “for too long America has been plagued by …
Read More »Peru kidnapping leaves 13 dead in gold mine
06-05-2025 LIMA: Thirteen miners have been found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped several days earlier. They were working at a gold mine owned by Peruvian mining company Poderosa, which is based in Pataz province, north of the capital Lima. The victims had been sent out to …
Read More »Israel security cabinet approves plan to ‘capture’ Gaza
06-05-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas which includes the “capture” of Gaza and the holding of its territory, according to an Israeli official. It is also said to include moving the 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza towards the …
Read More »King Charles on military parade to mark VE Day anniversary
05-05-2025 LONDON: Britain’s King Charles and senior royals will join veterans and crowds to watch a grand military parade and flypast at the start of four days of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of “VE Day”, the end of fighting in Europe in World War Two. The unconditional surrender …
Read More »Israeli cabinet backs plans to expand Gaza operation
05-05-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for an expanded operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported, adding to signs that attempts to stop the fighting and return hostages held by Hamas have made no progress. The decision came after comments from both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Read More »‘Australia to focus on economy amid chaos of Trump tariffs’
05-05-2025 SYDNEY: Australia’s Labor government will prioritize dealing with the “dark shadow” of the US-China trade war following its resounding reelection victory, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday, after a campaign that highlighted concerns over US trade policy and the global economy. Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, Australia’s first Prime …
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