28-10-2025 DUBLIN: Catherine Connolly has been elected as the president of Ireland after a landslide victory. She has become the 10th president of the Republic of Ireland after defeating Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys, who had already conceded to her rival. The result, long clear from early tallies, was officially declared …
Read More »Trump raises tariffs on Canadian goods in response to Reagan advert
27-10-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he is increasing tariffs on goods imported from Canada after the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan. In a post on social media on Saturday, Trump called the advert a “fraud” and lashed out at Canadian …
Read More »The fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe
28-10-2025 MANAUS: Tomas Anez Dos Santos was working in a small clearing in the Peruvian Amazon, when he heard footsteps approaching in the forest. He realized he was surrounded, and froze. “One was standing, aiming with an arrow,” he says, “and somehow he noticed I was here and I started …
Read More »Trump witnesses Thai-Cambodian ceasefire signing
28-10-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: US President Donald Trump has presided over a “peace deal” between Thailand and Cambodia, who have a long-standing border dispute that he calls “historic.” Trade pressure from Trump led to a ceasefire in late July, ending five days of clashes that killed over two dozen people. The …
Read More »Hundreds protest in Tunisia over worsening pollution crisis
27-10-2025 TUNIS: Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a severe environmental crisis, opens new tab caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, as protests that began there widen outside the southern city. The protest is the latest in a series of …
Read More »Russia’s top Indian oil buyer to comply with Western sanctions
27-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s top importer of Russian oil, the conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, says it will abide by Western sanctions, ending several days of speculation about how the company will manage new measures targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies. Reliance “will be adapting the refinery operations to …
Read More »Israeli military conducts ‘targeted strike’ in central Gaza
27-10-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli forces carried out a “targeted strike” on an individual in central Gaza who was planning to attack Israeli troops, Israel’s military said on Saturday. A US-backed ceasefire is in force between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas more than two years after the war in the …
Read More »Pakistan warns of open war with Afghan if peace talks fail
27-10-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ DHOHA/ KABUL: Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan have met in Istanbul for talks on how to ensure a recent ceasefire deal between the two countries holds, with the Pakistani defence minister warning of “open war” should the efforts fail. The discussions, which …
Read More »Trump thanks Qatar for mediation efforts on Gaza plan
27-10-2025 DOHA: States President Donald Trump has thanked Qatar for its efforts in securing a ceasefire deal in Gaza as Israeli forces continued attacks on the Palestinian territory, killing at least one person and wounding four others. Trump made the comments on Saturday as he welcomed Qatari Emir Tamim bin …
Read More »Gaza father finds unexploded Israeli bomb under family’s tent
27-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: A Palestinian man returning to his Gaza neighborhood destroyed by Israeli bombardment has found an unexploded Israeli armored vehicle amid the rubble where he has had to set up temporary shelter. Families began returning to the southern city of Khan Younis following the ceasefire that took effect …
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