International

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 …

13-07-2026 DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities say they have arrested the cell responsible for recent bombings in Damascus and the suspects are affiliated with ISIL (ISIS). “Preliminary investigations into the members of the cell involved in the July 7 Damascus bombings have shown that the cell was affiliated with the IS group,” …

12-07-2026 KINSHASA: At least 600 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, as the number of confirmed cases of the illness rose to 1,759, according to government data. The total numbers, released on Wednesday, were confirmed as of Tuesday, while 51 new cases and …

12-07-2026 SYDNEY: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Melbourne on Thursday, with the two leaders expected to discuss critical minerals, trade, defence and security cooperation. Modi, who previously ‌visited Australia in 2023, touched down Wednesday night to a red-carpet welcome in Melbourne, where …

12-07-2026 BERLIN: A German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients. A court in Berlin found the 41-year-old man, named only as Johannes M. in line with German privacy rules, guilty of murdering 12 women and 3 men between September 2021 and …

12-07-2026 WASHINGTON. JERUSALEM: Democrat Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago mayor who is expected to launch a 2028 presidential bid, has told Israel that it should no longer expect unconditional aid from the United States. His address, delivered on Wednesday to Tel Aviv University, also included pointed criticism of Israeli Prime …

12-07-2026 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: The United States says it will remove Syria’s designation as a “state sponsor of terrorism”, a decades-old label that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in President Ahmed al-Sharaa. “This is yet another historic step by President Trump to give the Syrian people a …

12-07-2026 JAKARTA: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s signature free meals program is escalating into one of Indonesia’s biggest corruption scandals in years as officials struggle to rein in the $15bn initiative amid allegations of graft and mismanagement. Launched in 2025, the “Free Nutritious Meals” program aims to address the chronic issue …