05-06-2025 NEW YORK: A group gathered in Boulder, Colorado, to raise awareness for hostages held in Gaza was attacked, leaving 12 people injured. The suspect, Mohammed Sabry Soliman, accused of throwing incendiary devices at them, allegedly planned the attack for a year, and told police he wanted to “kill all …
Read More »Five killed in attack on UN aid convoy in Sudan
05-06-2025 KHARTOUM/ EL-FASHER: Five members of a United Nations convoy carrying aid to the war-torn Sudanese city of el-Fasher have been killed in an attack, UN agencies have said. Several people were also injured and multiple trucks burnt in Monday night’s assault, which took place near el-Koma in the state …
Read More »Dutch gov’t collapses after far-right leader quits coalition
05-06-2025 AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government has collapsed after Geert Wilders withdrew his far-right party from the governing coalition following a row over migration. Prime Minister Dick Schoof confirmed he was stepping down on Tuesday and offered the resignation of the cabinet to King Willem-Alexander. In televised remarks following an emergency …
Read More »Musk calls Trump’s tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’
05-06-2025 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a “disgusting abomination”. The legislation which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and more defence spending while also allowing the US government to borrow more money was passed by the House of …
Read More »Mushroom murders accused breaks down in Australian court
05-06-2025 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms wept as she was questioned over expletive-laden messages about the victims on Tuesday, in a case that has captivated the country. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged …
Read More »‘Court ruling will not stop migration crackdown in Germany’
04-06-2025 BERLIN: Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday a court ruling that German authorities acted unlawfully when border police expelled three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it altogether. People would continue to be turned away at the German border, he said. A …
Read More »Over 4 million refugees have fled Sudan civil war: UN
04-06-2025 GENEVA/ KHARTOUM: The number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023 has surpassed four million, UN refugee agency officials said on Tuesday, adding that many survivors faced inadequate shelter due to funding shortages. “Now in its third year, the 4 million …
Read More »“US-India nearing trade deal as talk’s progress”
04-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Trade negotiations between the United States and India are making progress and a deal could be finalized soon, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Monday, as both sides push to conclude talks ahead of a July deadline. “You should expect a deal between United …
Read More »Mongolia’s PM resigns over son’s lavish spending
04-06-2025 ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia’s Prime Minister (PM) has resigned after social media photos of his son’s lavish lifestyle sparked an anti-corruption investigation and weeks of mass protests. Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, who has denied wrongdoing, lost a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday. The viral photos purport to show Oyun-Erdene’s son and the …
Read More »New Madeleine McCann search under way in Portugal
04-06-2025 LISBON: Portuguese and German authorities have started a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal, nearly two decades after her disappearance. Madeleine was three years old when she vanished from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve during a family holiday on 3 May 2007. The …
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