International

09-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance, a move opposed by Apple, Google and Samsung due to privacy concerns, according to documents, emails and five sources. …

09-12-2025 ATHENS: The bodies of at least 17 migrants and asylum seekers have been found in a partially deflated boat off the Greek island of Crete, according to the country’s coastguard. The victims, as well as two survivors, were discovered on Saturday, some 26 nautical miles (48km) southwest of Crete. …

09-12-2025 MADRID/ LIMA: Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado have rallied in countries around the world to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize win ahead of Wednesday’s award ceremony Thousands of people marched through Madrid, Utrecht, Buenos Aires, Lima, Brisbane and other cities on Saturday in support of 58-year-old …

09-12-2025 KHARTOUM: The death toll from an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a kindergarten and other sites in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan has risen to at least 114 people, including 46 children, according to a local official. The executive director of Kalogi locality in told …

09-12-2025 BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said the United States remains Europe’s “biggest ally” despite stinging criticism of the continent in a major strategy document amid ongoing ceasefire talks on the Ukraine war. Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Saturday, Kallas said some of …

09-12-2025 TOKYO: Japanese Minister of Defence Shinjiro Koizumi has accused Chinese fighter jets of directing their fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft during two separate incidents over international waters near the island of Okinawa. In a post on social media early on Sunday, Koizumi said that Tokyo has lodged a “strong …

08-12-2025 OTTAWA: Canada has removed Syria from its list of states that support “terrorism”, citing a similar move by the United States as well as efforts by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government to “advance” the country’s stability. The announcement on Friday comes as Syria prepares to mark one year since …

08-12-2025 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has accused the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of waging an attack on a border town near Chad as war in the country rages on deep into its third year. The RSF alleged the SAF used drones in the attack at the …

08-12-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic. The message, recounted by five sources familiar with the …

08-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Global private equity firm Advent International’s talks to acquire US giant Whirlpool’s India unit for up to $1 billion have collapsed due to disagreements over valuation, four people familiar with the matter told media. Advent had emerged as the frontrunner to acquire a 31% …