International

16-03-2026 KATHMANDU: A three-year-old party won Nepal’s general elections by a landslide, authorities said, positioning its candidate Balendra Shah to become the next prime minister, with a mandate for the rapper-turned-politician to restore political stability. The March 5 election was the ‌Himalayan nation’s first vote since demonstrations against corruption last …

Tehran, March 15: Around 500 people have been arrested in Iran on charges of providing information to enemy countries, according to Iran’s police chief, Ahmad Reza Radan. According to the police chief, nearly half of the registered cases against the suspects are of a serious nature. These include individuals accused …

16-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will hold off on signing a trade deal with the United States for several months, four ​Indian sources said, as fresh investigations by President Donald Trump’s administration into what it calls excess industrial capacity among trading partners add ‌new friction after an early understanding, …

16-03-2026 DOHA: Qatar has rejected claims in sections of Israeli media that it had stopped its LNG production to affect energy prices in the US, calling such accusations an attempt to “drive a wedge” between Qatar and the US. In a statement on Thursday, a senior Qatari official told media …

16-03-2026 ISLAMABAD/ DOHA: Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries on Wednesday condemned Israel’s continued closure of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan, calling the move a violation of international law and the historical status quo governing the holy site. The foreign ministers …

15-03-2026 Warning: This story contains graphic sexual descriptions. NEW YORK: “If I had disobeyed my mother and gone to New York, what might have happened to me?” asks Glaucia Fekete. In 2004, as a 16-year-old living in the Brazilian countryside, she was taking her first steps in the modelling world. …

15-03-2026 TEHRAN/ HEBRON: Two tankers were ablaze in Iraqi waters on Thursday, an apparent escalation in Iranian attacks that have cut off Middle East energy supplies, defying President Donald Trump’s claim to have already won the war he launched two weeks ago. Images, verified by media as having been filmed …

15-03-2026 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s parliament has convened for the first time since a deadly 2024 uprising plunged the country into political turmoil and triggered landmark elections last month. “After more than a decade and a half of fascist and subservient rule, the activities of parliament are beginning today with representatives elected …

15-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has allowed the country’s first case of passive euthanasia, withdrawal of artificial life support for a 32-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than 12 years. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan on …

15-03-2026 JAKARTA: Indonesia and Australia are planning to expand their security cooperation to include Japan and Papua New Guinea (PNG), Jakarta’s Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said after a meeting with his Australian counterpart, according to reports. After meeting with Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Thursday, Sjafrie said that trilateral …