International

17-09-2025 DUBLIN: Conor McGregor has announced he is withdrawing from the race to become Ireland’s next president. The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) star hit out at Ireland’s “fixed” democracy, which he said only allowed “establishment-approved candidates” to get on to the ballot. He posted on social media; “following careful reflection …

16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH: The Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges next week, according to the governor, from an act of violence widely seen as a foreboding inflection point in US politics. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Thursday night …

16-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab accelerated to 2.07% in August as food prices inched higher over the previous month but stayed well within the central bank’s tolerance band, leaving room for another interest rate cut this year. Annual retail inflation quickened from a …

16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH/ ARIZONA: A memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be held on 21 September at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, a venue which can seat more than 60,000 people. Turning Point USA, the organization Kirk co-founded, made the announcement on social media, inviting the public to …

16-09-2025 LONDON/ KABUL: An American woman detained by the Taliban alongside a British couple has told the BBC they are “literally dying” in prison and that “time is running out”. Faye Hall was arrested with Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76 on 1 February when returning to Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, …

16-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ MASCOW: US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia but only if NATO countries meet certain conditions which include stopping buying Russian oil. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said he was “ready to do major sanctions on …

16-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s major political parties have demanded the country’s president reinstates the parliament he dissolved following deadly anti-corruption protests. In a statement, eight parties including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Centre, said President Ram Chandra Poudel acted unconstitutionally. Poudel dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday upon the …

16-09-2025 JERUSALEM: Families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas have said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “one obstacle” preventing their return and reaching a peace deal. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum; Bring Them Home Now wrote on social media that Israel’s strike on Qatar last week …

15-09-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further strikes on Hamas leaders following last week’s attack in Qatar, saying they would not have immunity “wherever they are”. Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said every country …

15-09-2025 DOHA, QATAR: Foreign dignitaries from across the Arab and Muslim world have gathered in Doha, and observers are expecting them to deliver a decisive response to Israel after its attack on Qatar. The emergency summit of the Arab League (AL) and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opens on Monday, …