International

30-09-2025 BRUSSELS/ LONDON: Sweeping UN economic and military sanctions have been reimposed on Iran, 10 years after they were lifted in a landmark international deal over its nuclear program. The new measures took effect as the three European partners to the deal, the UK, France and Germany, activated the so-called …

30-09-2025 KYIV: A Russian aerial bombardment that lasted more than 12 hours has killed at least four people and injured at least 70 others in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the deaths all occurred in the capital, Kyiv, where many of the projectiles were aimed, and the victims included a …

30-09-2025 HANOI: Vietnam has mobilized some 100,000 military personnel to help 250,000 people evacuate as intensifying Typhoon Bualoi barrels towards the country, forcing the government to shut down several airports. Bualoi, the 10th typhoon to affect Vietnam this year, is currently at sea, generating winds of 130km/h (80mph) and is …

29-09-2025 KATHMANDU/ NEW DELHI: At least 33 of the demonstrators killed during anti-corruption protests in Nepal this month were struck by “live bullets” fired from “high-velocity firearms,” the medical institute that conducted the postmortem examinations told Reuters. The findings were described to media by a member of the forensic medicine …

29-09-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fiscal year as the Republican president pursues his “America First” agenda. The case raises questions involving the degree to which …

29-09-2025 BEIRUT: Efforts to reach a security pact between Syria and Israel have hit a last-minute snag over Israel’s demand that it be allowed to open a “humanitarian corridor” to Syria’s southern province of Sweida, four sources familiar with the talks said. Syria and Israel had come close in recent …

29-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred 75 billion rupees ($845 million) to women in election-bound Bihar on Friday under an employment plan launched by his ruling alliance as it tries to retain power in the crucial eastern state. India’s third most populous state and also …

29-09-2025 BRUSSELS: European Union defence ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to detect, track and intercept violations of their airspace, according to the bloc’s defence chief. Friday’s announcement comes after rogue drones entered Polish airspace on September 10, rattling eastern EU …

29-09-2025 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution drafted by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran. In a 4-9 vote, with two abstentions, world leaders on Friday opted to reimpose sanctions owing to Iran’s nuclear program. The …

29-09-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s military has killed dozens more Palestinians across Gaza in its latest attacks, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “finish the job” against Hamas during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Medical sources told media that 60 people were killed …