International

12-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening on Tuesday an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X. The changes amend India’s 2021 …

12-02-2026 TEHRAN/ MUSCAT: Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has met with Oman’s ruler, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, in the wake of nuclear talks held in the country between Tehran and Washington, Omani state media reported. The two leaders “discussed the latest developments in the …

2-02-2026 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: After more than a week of deadlock, negotiations and meetings, Pakistan has agreed to end its boycott of the match against India at the T20 World Cup, bringing an end to one of the biggest crises in cricket’s history. Barring the final, the India-Pakistan …

12-02-2026 GAZA STRIP: Medical sources said Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinians, including a child and a woman, and injured many others in several parts of the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians, including one woman, were killed and several others injured near Deir al‑Balah in central Gaza. According to …

12-02-2026 WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH: A white supremacist who killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques has appeared in court to try and withdraw his guilty plea. Australian Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence with no parole after admitting to murdering the 51 people and attempting to murder another 40 …

11-02-2026 WASHINGTON: Survivors of late sex offender Jeffrey’s Epstein have appeared in an advert calling for the release of more files related to him. In the 40 second video from the World Without Exploitation group, released in the US on Super Bowl Sunday, survivors held up photographs of their younger …

11-02-2026 TOKYO: Japanese stocks surged to a record high on Monday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) basked in a historic election victory. The LDP secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday’s election, the first time a single party has won a two-thirds lower house majority …

11-02-2026 VICTORIA CITY: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon, has been jailed for 20 years for colluding with foreign forces under the city’s controversial national security law. Rights groups called it a death sentence for the 78-year-old, whose family has raised concerns about his health, but Hong Kong’s leader …

11-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian farm unions and opposition parties have called for nationwide protests against the new India-US trade framework, saying it risks hurting the farm sector by allowing more US imports, although the government says key staples are protected. The agreement has become a political flashpoint, reviving …

11-02-2026 TEHRAN: Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, according to her lawyers and a group that supports her. Mohammadi, 53, was on ⁠a week-long hunger strike that ended on Sunday, the Narges Foundation said …