International

26-05-2026 MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has promised retaliation after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine. Six people were killed and 39 injured in the overnight strike in the town of Starobilsk, in the Luhansk region, the Russian President …

26-05-2026 SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA: A spiraling political conflict is threatening social stability in Bolivia. Just six months after the new administration took office, President Rodrigo Paz is facing a wave of demonstrations, highway blockades and growing calls for his resignation. The unrest began a little more than a month ago …

26-05-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Earlier this month, as Indian television channels and government leaders were celebrating the anniversary of the war against Pakistan in May 2025, one of the most influential ideologues of the political movement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads struck a …

26-05-2026 Warning: This article contains details of alleged abuse some may find distressing JERUSALEM: Pro-Palestinian activists who were deported after their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have alleged they were subjected to abuse while held in detention. Canada said it had received information detailing …

26-05-2026 WASHINGTON: Tulsi Gabbard will resign from her position as the US director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, citing her husband’s recent bone cancer diagnosis. “His strength and love have sustained me through every challenge,” she wrote in her resignation letter on Friday. “I cannot in good conscience …

26-05-2026 KINSHASA/ GENEVA: The public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been raised from “high” to “very high” by the World Health Organization (WHO). In an update on Friday, WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the risk in the wider …

26-05-2026 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the biggest-ever Starship rocket a day after its highly anticipated test flight was delayed. The un-crewed Starship V3 rocket blasted off from its launch-pad in Texas just after 17:30 (2230 GMT) on Friday, days after SpaceX revealed plans for a record-breaking stock market …

25-05-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: A suicide car bomb attack on a train carrying soldiers in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, has killed at least 24 people and wounded more than 50 others. The Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group, has …

25-05-2026 EDMONTON/ OTTAWA: Alberta will hold a referendum on whether the province should remain in Canada or move ahead with a second binding vote on separation, marking the first significant test of the country’s unity in decades. Thursday’s announcement by Premier Danielle Smith comes after a citizen-led petition calling for …

25-05-2026 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Russia’s attempts at escalation via Belarus, where it has delivered more nuclear weapons and held highly publicized joint war games, come as its ground war falters in Ukraine. Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii told Militarnyi magazine that Ukraine has seized the tactical initiative, as Ukrainian offensive assaults on …