International

18-06-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: US President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian have electronically signed a memorandum of understanding to end the US and Israel’s war on Iran. Both sides say the deal is in effect, and US officials say it includes Iran not developing or buying a nuclear weapon, …

18-06-2026 JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue Israel’s occupations of Lebanese and Syrian territory, despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran that links to those hostilities. Netanyahu told a press conference on Monday that Israel’s forces will remain in Lebanon, where …

18-06-2026 OSLO: Marius Borg Hoiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in prison. The three judges in courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court cleared him of two other counts of rape but found him …

18-06-2026 GENEVA/ KHARTOUM: Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) admits its staff were accused of sexually abusing at least 59 Sudanese refugees who had fled the civil war in search of safety. Young girls were exploited in some cases and often food or jobs were offered in exchange for sex. …

18-06-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and suggested that details of the agreement are set to be published “pretty soon”. “I am very happy to say it’s signed, the deal is all signed,” he said …

18-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Soon after Nidhi Agarwal got married, she and her partner decided not to have children. Nine years later, that’s a decision they still stick by. “Before marriage, we never discussed kids. We spoke about finances and our career goals,” the 41-year-old, who runs a …

18-06-2026 BEIRUT: On Monday morning, people in Lebanon woke up to yet another ceasefire agreement. An agreement announced between the United States and Iran includes Lebanon, according to Iranian and Pakistani officials but statements from Israeli officials cast doubt over whether the war that has been ravaging southern Lebanon since …

18-06-2026 LONDON: Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s proscription of the activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organization was lawful, overturning a decision by a lower court. The ruling on Monday came after the government lodged an appeal challenging a High Court ruling in February that …

17-06-2026 LONDON/ MOSCOW: British forces have seized a Russian shadow-fleet oil tanker that was trying to transit the English Channel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. “This successful operation ⁠⁠delivers yet another ⁠⁠blow to Russia and reminds those fueling ⁠(Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s war in ⁠⁠Ukraine that ⁠⁠we will not let …

17-06-2026 AUCKLAND: On New Year’s Eve 1998, a few hundred people gathered for a dance party on a clifftop above the black sands of Karioitahi beach, south of Auckland. It was wild and lo-fi. Inspired by outdoor raves in Goa, India, and New Year’s Eve parties in the hills of …