International

14-11-2025 CANBERRA: Australia and Indonesia say they are close to signing a “watershed” defence treaty that will upgrade their already close collaboration on security issues. The treaty was approved on Wednesday by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who is on his first state visit to …

13-11-2025 LONDON: A woman, said by police to have bought cryptocurrency now worth billions of pounds using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, is due to be sentenced this week for money laundering. After fleeing China, she moved to a mansion in Hampstead, north London. The Metropolitan Police raided …

13-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: Syria has signed up to join the international coalition led by the United States to combat the ISIL (ISIS) armed group. The announcement, made by Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa and US officials, came shortly after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Washington and was welcomed at …

13-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian police on Tuesday launched an investigation into a deadly car blast near the historic Red Fort in the heart of the Indian capital that killed at least eight people. In the aftermath of the blast, which happened Monday afternoon on a bustling street, authorities …

13-11-2025 NEW YORK: Muslim voters in the United States overwhelmingly favored Democratic candidates in last week’s elections, amid mounting anger at President Donald Trump’s policies, a new exit poll suggests. The survey, released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday, shows 97 percent of Muslim voters in New …

13-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian capital territory of Delhi have invoked an ‘anti-terror’ law as they probe a deadly car explosion near the historic Red Fort on Monday in which at least nine people were killed, local media reported. Indian television channels reported that at least …

13-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least two people including a child have been killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to media reporters in the besieged Palestinian territory. Hamas condemned Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month, accusing …

13-11-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States has issued a new waiver to lift the most serious sanctions against Syria, as interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Washington. The move on Monday coincided with al-Sharaa’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, underscoring Damascus’s push to forge strong economic ties …

12-11-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to be on the rise again after both countries’ capitals were rocked by deadly blasts just a day apart from each other, fueling fears of another full-blown clash this year. On Tuesday afternoon, a …

12-11-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader’s plans to join a US-led coalition to fight the militant group that he has long battled. The sources, a senior Syrian security official and …