International

14-07-2026 BEIJING: More than 600,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in China as Typhoon Bavi barrels towards the country after hitting Japan’s Sakishima islands and grazing northern Taiwan. Chinese authorities said on Saturday more than half a million people were evacuated in the eastern Zhejiang province and another …

14-07-2026 GAZA STRIP: Omar Abu Atwa, a 30-year-old driver, was walking home from work one day in central Gaza last month when an explosion shook the street around him. Bloodied and confused, he was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, where doctors examined injuries to his hand. As …

14-07-2026 ABUJA: Nigeria’s military announced on June 29 that several senior commanders from terrorist groups had surrendered in the northeast. Captain Mohammed Goni, acting military information officer for Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) against these groups, said the surrenders followed sustained military pressure and that those involved were being held in …

14-07-2026 BEIJING: China has recovered the first stage of an orbital rocket for reuse for the first time, joining the United States as the only countries to have pulled off the feat. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said Friday it successfully recovered the first stage of its Long …

13-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Indian police said on Friday they had arrested dozens of people for violence and vandalism during protests this week over ‌the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in an eastern state. Police said one innocent person had been lynched by angry crowds. Protesters …

13-07-2026 MADRID: At least 12 people have died in a wildfire in southern Spain, with early indications suggesting four of the victims are British, according to a local official. Hundreds of emergency responders are working to extinguish the blaze around Los Gallardos, Almeria, officials say they’ve never had such a …

13-07-2026 LONDON: Andy Burnham, the Labour politician widely seen as the United Kingdom’s prime minister-in-waiting, has issued an apology for his party’s stance on Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and says he will increase pressure on Israel. Burnham, the former Manchester Mayor who re-entered parliament in June by winning a …

13-07-2026 NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return to the country from exile in December, despite a death sentence passed during her two-year stay in India. The 78-year-old former leader told the Reuters news agency in an interview published on Friday that she …

13-07-2026 MANILA: Dozens of people have been killed in landslides in the Philippines as Typhoon Bavi bears down on the region. A landslide early on Friday killed 10 people as it hit Malapatan in the southern Sarangani province of the island of Mindanao, according to the Philippine News Agency. At …

13-07-2026 LONDON: British police are investigating at least 500,000 pounds ($670,000) in donations made to the far-right Reform UK party, adding to a widening campaign-finance scandal that prompted party leader Nigel Farage to abruptly resign his seat in parliament this week. Police said on Friday that they were investigating potential …