01-05-2026 DUBAI: A superyacht linked to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s key allies has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, despite the ongoing blockade of the critical shipping channel. The 142m-long (465 ft) multi-deck luxury boat, named Nord, is linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov. It travelled from …
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01-05-2026 Warning: this piece contains descriptions of alleged child abuse. JAKARTA: For years, Noorman had entrusted his two young children to Little Aresha, a daycare centre near his home in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta which advertises its well-equipped facilities and variety of play activities. So it came as a …
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01-05-2026 DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting the OPEC and OPEC+ groups of major oil producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership. The UAE said its decision would help it meet growing global energy demand in the long term after recent investments to boost its …
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01-05-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI/ STOCKHOLM: Virtusa Corp, a global information technology services firm owned by Swedish private equity giant EQT, is exploring an initial public offering in India that could value it at $7 billion or more, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The …
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01-05-2026 LONDON: Amnesty International has called for a United States air strike on a migrant detention centre in Yemen to be investigated as a possible war crime. In a report released on Tuesday, the rights group said the strike on April 28, 2025, hit a detention facility in Saada in …
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01-05-2026 By SAJ Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities say Pakistani mortars and missiles struck a university and residential neighborhoods in the eastern province of Kunar on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 80. Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said the strikes hit …
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30-04-2026 VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo’s four-nation Africa tour featured firm denunciations by the pontiff of despotism and war and also unprecedented attacks from US President Donald Trump that grabbed headlines but a smaller moment, in which the pope said the Catholic Church should priorities questions of inequality and justice over …
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30-04-2026 OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is developing a government-owned investment fund. Carney said on Monday that the fund, a first for the country, will invest in major Canadian industrial projects in areas such as energy, infrastructure, mining, agriculture and technology. It will begin at 25 …
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30-04-2026 LONDON: Six tankers loaded with Iranian oil have been forced back to Iran by the US blockade in recent days, ship-tracking data shows, underscoring the impact the Iran war is having on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major global oil export route. Between 125 and 140 ships …
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30-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi has been appointed as India’s next high commissioner to Bangladesh, replacing career diplomat Pranay Verma. The rare political appointment comes as New Delhi and Dhaka seek to repair strained ties following political upheaval in Bangladesh. Trivedi’s political roots in West …
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