International

05-10-2025 ROME: Workers in Italy joined a general strike on Friday, not for better pay or conditions, but in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Large crowds took to the streets of multiple cities amid a growing wave of protest across Europe at Israel’s bombardment and blockade of the Gaza …

05-10-2025 MUNICH: Germany’s Munich airport has halted flights for the second time in 24 hours, after more unconfirmed drone sightings. In a statement on Friday evening, the airport said that flights were suspended at 21:30 local time (20:30 GMT), with around 6,500 passengers affected. At least 17 flights were also …

05-10-2025 WASHINGTON: A coalition of unions, employers and religious groups has filed a lawsuit seeking to block United States President Donald Trump’s bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers. The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco on Friday is the first …

05-10-2025 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Hamas says that it accepts several parts of US President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, but that some elements of the proposal require further negotiations. The armed group handed over its response to Trump’s 20-point plan to halt …

04-10-2025 TEL AVIV: The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. The organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said the Marinette was …

04-10-2025 JAKARTA: Indonesia’s shrimp industry suffered a 30-35% drop in processing absorption after a radioactive contamination was detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the US in August, the country’s shrimp farmers’ association said on Friday. The shrimp was processed at an industrial estate near Jakarta that was later …

04-10-2025 CANTERBURY: The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold the 1,400-year-old office, prompting criticism from conservative Anglicans mainly based in Africa who oppose women bishops. Mullally will also become the ceremonial head of 85 million Anglicans worldwide …

04-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India downed five Pakistani fighter jets of the F-16 and JF-17 class during the intense fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbors in May, Indian Air Force Chief Amar Preet Singh said on Friday. Although Singh had previously said that five Pakistani fighter jets and another military …

04-10-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: The United States’ 20-point plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza is not the same as the draft proposed by a group of Arab and Muslim countries, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said. “I made it clear that the 20 points that President (Donald) Trump …

04-10-2025 RABAT: Moroccan authorities have arrested more than 400 people during violent protests demanding reforms in the public health and education sectors, the Ministry of Interior says. A fifth night of youth protests was under way on Wednesday in cities across the North African country, but authorities said the fourth …