International

09-05-2025 MOSCOW: Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Wednesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin and a pomp-filled visit that Kyiv has made clear it opposes after Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow shortly before he touched down. Xi, whose country buys more Russian oil and gas than any other, …

09-05-2025 BEIRUT: Israel launched dozens of airstrikes in south Lebanon on Thursday, in one of its heaviest bombardments of the region since a ceasefire ended last year’s war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The Israeli military said it had hit a Hezbollah infrastructure site in the south. There was no immediate …

09-05-2025 TEHRAN/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called for restraint between India and Pakistan upon landing in New Delhi on Thursday, state media reported, a day after India targeted what it says are “terrorist camps” in Pakistan in retaliation for a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir …

09-05-2025 LONDON: The United States and Britain will announce a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, the first such agreement since US President Donald Trump sparked a global trade war with universal levies. In posts on Truth Social, Trump said he would hold an Oval Office news …

09-05-2025 VICTORIA: The auction house Sotheby’s has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha’s remains, after a threat of legal action by the Indian government. The sale of the collection described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern …

09-05-2025 NEW YORK: New York police have arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters after they occupied part of the main library at Columbia University on Wednesday. Two university security officers were injured when protesters forced their way into Butler Library on Wednesday, according to a statement from the university president, who …

09-05-2025 NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Both sides made allegations a day after India struck Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in a series of missile strikes. Pakistan says it has shot down 25 drones overnight, while India has said it has neutralized “drones” and “missiles”. The media has not independently verified the claims …

08-05-2025 BAMAKO: Mali’s military government has suspended the activities of political parties “until further notice”, days after a rare pro-democracy rally. The decree signed on Wednesday by the transitional president, General Assimi Goita, cited “reasons of public order” and covered all “associations of a political character”, according to state media. …

08-05-2025 BERN/ WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States and China will hold trade talks in Switzerland this week, officials have said, as the world’s two largest economies seek to de-escalate tensions that have led to a de facto mutual trade embargo. The talks would be the first official engagement between Washington …

08-05-2025 SANA’A: A ceasefire deal between Yemen’s Houthis and the United States does not include any operations against Israel, the group’s chief negotiator has announced. Mohammed Abdulsalam told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that attacking Israel was not included in “any way, shape or form” in the agreement mediated …