International

15-06-2026 GAZA STRIP: A video of a seven-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza who suffers from a severe visual impairment crying over his shattered glasses has drawn widespread attention across social and international media. The footage of Ayoub Junaid has shone a light on the plight of the many visually impaired …

15-06-2026 AUSTIN: When Elon Musk’s SpaceX debuts on Wall Street on Friday, the controversial tech titan will almost certainly step into the history books as the world’s first trillionaire. Musk already holds the crown of the world’s wealthiest man worth roughly $696bn before SpaceX announced its record-breaking initial public offering …

15-06-2026 ABUJA: Nigeria’s military has “neutralised” more than 13,000 “terrorists” in the past year, the president says, as armed groups and criminal gangs continue to carry out mass attacks and kidnappings in the country. In a televised national address on Friday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said the death toll from …

15-06-2026 BEIJING: China says it is holding an American citizen accused of espionage, identifying the man as a political analyst at a policy think tank focusing on neighboring Myanmar. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the arrest of the man on suspicion of “spying” and “endangering national security” on Friday, …

15-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUSCAT: Three Indian sailors are confirmed killed as the country reports a separate incident involving a vessel ⁠⁠off Shinas port in Oman, the third attack linked to the United States this week. The latest maritime incident against Guinea-Bissau flagged MT Jalveer came the day after …

14-06-2026 BAGHDAD: It was his first speech in front of parliament as Iraq’s prime minister, and Ali al-Zaidi was quick to set out his stall. “(I am committing to) reforming the security apparatus by restricting weapons to state control and strengthening the capabilities of the security forces,” al-Zaidi pledged in …

14-06-2026 BELFAST, NORTH IRELAND: When violence broke out in east Belfast near Zeinab’s home, as a mother of three from Sudan, she felt terrified. Anti-immigrant rioters have carried out a wave of racist attacks in the Northern Irish capital after a knife attack on Wednesday. The alleged assailant, a 30-year-old …

14-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Miten Patel remembers the day hospital staff in Ahmedabad drew two vials of his blood to help identify his parents. He had landed in the Indian city hours earlier with his brother, carrying dental records for Ashok and Shobhana Patel. “We had to fly Air …

14-06-2026 BANGKOK: Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who had been in a coma for more than three years, has died, the royal household has announced. She was 47. She collapsed in December 2022 while exercising her dogs. Her doctors attributed it to a severely irregular heartbeat, caused by a mycoplasma infection in …

14-06-2026 JERUSALEM: There is the loud din of a demolition below Jerusalem’s walled Old City and from a hillside I watch a large Israeli excavator tearing into a Palestinian house. Some 59 properties have now been destroyed in the al-Bustan area of the Silwan neighborhood since late 2023. With world …