International

18-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ DUBAI: India and the United Arab Emirates agreed the framework for ‌a strategic defence partnership on Friday, the Indian foreign ministry said, as they seek to deepen ties amid the Iran war. The two countries also signed pacts on strategic petroleum reserves and supply of …

18-05-2026 OTTAWA: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting Alberta, days after a separatist movement in the western province faced a major legal setback in its push for a referendum on the issue. Carney’s visit on Friday was officially to unveil a new agreement laying the groundwork for a crude …

18-05-2026 GENEVA: There are currently 10 global cases of hantavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, lowering its earlier figure of 11 after a person who was thought to have contracted hantavirus was confirmed to be negative. Maria Van Kerkhove, the director of the WHO’s department for epidemic and …

18-05-2026 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump labeled a reporter “treasonous” and “fake” for his coverage of the ongoing Iran war during a tense exchange aboard Air Force One. While en route to Washington after a three-day summit in Beijing, Trump was pressed about the situation in Iran where the conflict is …

17-05-2026 BEIRUT/ TEHRAN/ LONDON: Lebanon has welcomed a deal with Israel to extend a nominal ceasefire, which was due to expire on Sunday, by 45 days after talks in the United States, while Israeli forces continued attacking southern Lebanese towns and villages, killing at least a dozen people on Friday, …

17-05-2026 DAKAR: Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are heading for a diplomatic battle over the leadership of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), with both fielding rival candidates as ‌fighting grinds on in eastern Congo. Friday is the deadline to submit candidacies for the position of secretary general …

17-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURE: India has raised fuel prices by about 3 percent as the energy crisis driven by the Iran war and closure of the Strait of Hormuz starts to bite on the economy. The government in New Delhi announced the 3 rupees ($0.03) per litre price …

17-05-2026 LONDON: The “Great British People” Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing “the overwhelming scale of mass immigration” and asking viewers if they miss …

17-05-2026 SYDNEY: A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian Trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the Giggle for Girls app, for blocking her account on the grounds of gender …

17-05-2026 HAVANA: CIA director John Ratcliffe has met his Cuban counterpart at the interior ministry in Havana, after the US renewed an offer of $100m (£74m) of aid to ease the effects of its oil blockade. A Cuban statement said the meeting was an attempt to improve dialogue and American …