International

09-07-2026 JERUSALEM: The son of a prominent Palestinian doctor abducted and held by Israel without charge has issued an urgent appeal for his father’s release, warning that his health has sharply deteriorated after more than 555 days in prison, as a rights group warned that his life was in danger. …

09-07-2026 CARACAS: Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster. Fatalities jumped by more than 300 from Friday to 2,954, following the June 24 disaster that has left …

09-07-2026 MADRID: Hundreds of firefighters battled forest infernos in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as temperatures rose again in heatwave-scarred Europe. The latest wildfires have already devastated more than 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land twice the size of Manhattan across the three countries where temperatures in some places …

09-07-2026 BEIJING/ MOSCOW: The Chinese and Russian navies will hold joint exercises in the waters and airspace off China’s eastern coast soon. In a statement on Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Defence said the annual drills off the major port of Qingdao would be followed by joint maritime patrols in …

08-07-2026 DOHA: US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law ‌Jared Kushner are in Doha to discuss the US-Iran negotiations with mediators, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman says, but they will not meet Iranian officials there. Majed al-Ansari told reporters that no high-level meetings or direct talks between the …

08-07-2026 LONDON: Artificial intelligence (AI) will be used on the NHS app to determine which service is most appropriate for patients in England, the health service has announced. A new triage tool will ask patients a series of questions, and will use the responses to direct them to a GP …

08-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BANGALURU: Police in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru have arrested a creche worker for allegedly abusing toddlers at a daycare centre set up for children of the employees of a major tech company. The arrest was made days after videos, allegedly showing female creche …

08-07-2026 ADDIS ABABA: Residents of an Ethiopian town have been forced to kill hundreds of their own dogs after three children died from rabies. Powerful community groups in the central town of Hossana told residents they would be fined and arrested if their dogs were not killed, even if the …

08-07-2026 LIMA: Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s tight presidential election, nearly a month after the vote took place. The 51-year-old won 50.135% of voters’ support in the runoff, held on 7 June, to 49.865% for left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez, a margin of less than …

08-07-2026 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week’s NATO summit in Turkey but host Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn on his close ties with the US leader to secure his presence at the Ankara event, an appearance that may …