International

11-11-2025 WASHINGTON: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the United States for an official visit, according to state media, during which Washington hopes to enlist Damascus in its global coalition against ISIL, or ISIS. Al-Sharaa’s arrival in the US capital came late on Saturday as Syria’s Ministry of Interior …

Dubai, Nov 9 (Spl correspondent Gulf Zeeshan Abedi-PMI) India will continue to send 1,75,025 pilgrims for Hajj 2026, the same quota as last year, following an agreement signed in Jeddah between Saudi Arabia’s Hajj Minister Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah and India’s Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju. …

10-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: The United Nations has warned of “intensified hostilities” ahead in Sudan, despite paramilitary forces endorsing a truce proposal from mediators after more than two years of war with the regular army. “There is no sign of de-escalation,” UN human rights Chief Volker Turk said in a …

10-11-2025 BALI: Two Britons convicted of drugs offences in Indonesia, including a 69-year-old woman on death row, were repatriated early this morning, as part of a deal to return them to the UK on humanitarian grounds. Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release …

10-11-2025 KENTUCKY: American delivery firms UPS and FedEx have temporarily grounded part of their fleets of cargo planes after a mid-takeoff crash in Kentucky on Tuesday left at least 14 people dead. The UPS aircraft burst into flames as it careered off the runway and collided with neighboring business premises, …

10-11-2025 KYIV: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that more than 1,400 people from 36 African nations are known to be fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, urging governments to warn their citizens against joining a conflict where they are “quickly killed”. Speaking on Friday, Sybiha accused …

10-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India is the world’s second-largest producer of shrimp, predominantly for export after Ecuador. In the financial year ending in March 2025, it sent $5bn of frozen shrimp globally, with the US accounting for about 48 percent of its sales. It produces two commercial varieties of …

10-11-2025 By SJA Jafri KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have blamed Pakistan for a lack of results after mediated talks by Qatar and Turkiye in Istanbul, but have insisted a previously agreed ceasefire will hold despite recent clashes between the two neighboring countries. The end of the talks on Friday without …

10-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s war on Gaza has not only razed entire neighborhoods to the ground, displaced families multiple times and decimated medical facilities, but also poisoned the very ground and water on which Palestinians depend. Four weeks into a fragile ceasefire, which Israel has violated daily, the scale of …

09-11-2025 MANIOLA/ HANOI: Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 188 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, according to the latest figures from the two countries. The storm is now headed west to Cambodia and Laos after it barreled through central Vietnam on Thursday with winds of up to …