International

25-10-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would “advance non-stop”, state media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim made the comments during a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia’s …

25-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are poised to sharply curtail imports of Russian oil to comply with new US sanctions on two top Russian producers, industry sources said on Thursday, potentially removing a major hurdle to a trade deal with the United States. The change comes …

25-10-2025 PARIS: Around 2,000 gold and silver coins worth around €90,000 (£78,000; $104,000) were stolen during a raid at another French museum, just hours after the audacious theft of some of the French crown jewels at the Louvre in Paris. The incident happened at a museum dedicated to French philosopher …

25-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticized a move by Israel’s parliament towards annexation of the occupied West Bank. On Wednesday, far-right politicians in the Knesset took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill applying Israeli law in the …

25-10-2025 KYIV: EU leaders agreed to help support Ukraine’s “financial needs” for the next two years on Thursday night but stopped short of releasing billions of euros in frozen Russian cash to help fund the country’s defence. A decision to use €140bn (£122bn) in Russian assets held in a Belgian …

24-10-2025 TOKYO: The new junior party in Japan’s ruling coalition is likely to give Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the green light she needs for a big spending package, but will stop short of supporting a revival of Abenomics-style fiscal and monetary policies. Takaichi made history this week becoming the country’s …

24-10-2025 NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: The Indian government has reduced the number of officials who can order content to be taken down from the internet, a move that follows a bitter legal battle with Elon Musk’s X that centered on a contentious policy. X, Musk’s social media platform, had been in …

24-10-2025 RICHMOND: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared a state of emergency to help maintain food aid for state residents as a three-week-long United States government shutdown threatens to halt federal benefits. Youngkin said on Thursday that the move would allow him to use emergency funds to assist Virginians in …

24-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: As Israel keeps restricting the entry of sufficient levels of aid, Palestinian families struggle to find adequate shelter, enough food, and essential water amid the destruction, according to Al Jazeera’s team on the ground. The World Health Organization says 15,000 Palestinians who are desperately in need of …

24-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: US is preparing to investigate China’s adherence to the terms of a trade deal signed during President Donald Trump’s first term, the New York Times reported on Thursday citing a person familiar. The Section 301 probe could be announced as early as Friday, the Times reported, and …