International

05-06-2025 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a “disgusting abomination”. The legislation which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and more defence spending while also allowing the US government to borrow more money was passed by the House of …

05-06-2025 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms wept as she was questioned over expletive-laden messages about the victims on Tuesday, in a case that has captivated the country. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged …

04-06-2025 BERLIN: Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday a court ruling that German authorities acted unlawfully when border police expelled three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it altogether. People would continue to be turned away at the German border, he said. A …

04-06-2025 GENEVA/ KHARTOUM: The number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023 has surpassed four million, UN refugee agency officials said on Tuesday, adding that many survivors faced inadequate shelter due to funding shortages. “Now in its third year, the 4 million …

04-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Trade negotiations between the United States and India are making progress and a deal could be finalized soon, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Monday, as both sides push to conclude talks ahead of a July deadline. “You should expect a deal between United …

04-06-2025 ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia’s Prime Minister (PM) has resigned after social media photos of his son’s lavish lifestyle sparked an anti-corruption investigation and weeks of mass protests. Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, who has denied wrongdoing, lost a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday. The viral photos purport to show Oyun-Erdene’s son and the …

04-06-2025 LISBON: Portuguese and German authorities have started a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal, nearly two decades after her disappearance. Madeleine was three years old when she vanished from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve during a family holiday on 3 May 2007. The …

04-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have killed at least 27 Palestinians and injured 90 more as they opened fire close to an aid distribution site in Rafah, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. The latest killings came early on Tuesday at the Flag Roundabout, near an aid hub …

03-06-2025 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: At least 45 to 50 inmates have escaped from the Malir Jail in Karachi in what appears to be one of the most serious jailbreaks in recent years, according to Sindh’s Home Minister, Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar. During the earthquake tremors that rocked Karachi on Monday, inmates …

03-06-2025 GUATEMALA CITY: A top Guatemalan court has sentenced three former paramilitaries to 40 years each in prison after they were found guilty of raping six Indigenous women between 1981 and 1983, one of the bloodiest periods of the Central American nation’s civil war. The conviction and sentencing on Friday …