International

13-04-2026 BUDAPEST: On the eve of Hungary’s bitterly fought and highly significant election, the two main rivals are taking their campaigns to the wire, as Peter Magyar attempts to end 16 years of continuous rule by Viktor Orban’s party Fidesz. “We’re at the gates of a two-thirds majority victory. Let’s …

13-04-2026 PERM: A 20-year-old man has been arrested by San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman early on Friday morning. Police in the United States said the suspect targeted the property at about 4am local time (11:00 GMT), …

13-04-2026 BOGOTA: Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has announced it will raise tariffs on neighboring Ecuador to 100 percent from 30 percent. The sum, confirmed on Friday, will match the rate Ecuador set a day earlier, amid an escalating trade and diplomatic spat between the two South American …

13-04-2026 WASHINGTON: NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have returned safely to Earth, completing the first crewed mission to travel around the Moon in more than 50 years. The Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 5:07pm local time (00:07 GMT) on Friday, following a …

13-04-2026 LIMA, PERU: A record 35 candidates are vying for the presidency in Peru on Sunday. Only one, however, pitched himself as the most pro-Donald Trump option. Rafael Lopez Aliaga, a chubby-cheeked business magnate and former mayor who goes by the nickname “Porky”, had been the race’s frontrunner since August. …

12-04-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: The United States and Iran have failed to reach a peace deal after high-stakes talks in the Pakistani capital, with Vice President JD Vance saying Tehran refused to accept Washington’s terms after 21 hours of talks in Islamabad. “The bad news …

12-04-2026 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has expressed support for the United States’ decision to suspend strikes on Iran, but said the two-week truce will not extend to Israel’s ongoing military operations in Lebanon. In a statement on social media on Wednesday, Netanyahu said Israel backed US …

12-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian government has proposed changes to extend its regulatory framework to a wider range of online news voices, including influencers and podcasters on platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and X. Last week, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) suggested amendments to India’s …

12-04-2026 LONDON: Three Russian submarines conducted a “covert” operation over cables and pipelines in waters north of the UK, Defence Secretary John Healey said. A British warship and aircraft were deployed to deter the “malign” activity by Moscow and there was “no evidence” of any damage to UK infrastructure in …

12-04-2026 GAZA STRIP/ DOHA: Al Jazeera has condemned the killing of one of its Palestinian journalists in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, describing it as a “deliberate and targeted crime”. Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for the Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, and one other person were killed in a …