International

02-06-2026 BEIRUT: At least 14 people have been martyred in Israeli air strikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon, according to state-run media, as Lebanese and Israeli military delegations hold security talks at the Pentagon. The attacks on Friday came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had crossed the …

02-06-2026 ACCRA: The parliament in Ghana has approved a new bill criminalizing homosexuality and the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities. Identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender or queer can be punished by up to three years’ imprisonment. The bill also introduces a “duty to report” prohibited acts to police. Religious leaders …

02-06-2026 BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) commissioners will meet on Friday for crunch talks aimed at imposing new restrictions on imports from China amid growing concern that Beijing is fueling conditions for US-style rust belt towns in Europe. The surge in imports of everything from electric cars to key components in …

02-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Thumping his fist on a lectern, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a direct challenge to the leaders of Pakistan. “India has been successful in isolating you and we will intensify those efforts,” he said, addressing a large rally of supporters in the southern Indian …

02-06-2026 GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemala has requested US military cooperation spanning access to equipment, training and experts to assist Guatemalan operations against drug trafficking, the country’s president, Bernardo Arevalo, said on Thursday. The joint plans stopped short of US military operations on Guatemalan soil and fall within existing bilateral agreements, the …

01-06-2026 UNITED NATIONS/ JERUSALEM: The United Nations has “added Israel to the blacklist of sexual violence in conflict zones”, prompting Israel to cut ties with UN chief Antonio Guterres, the country’s ambassador to the UN says. “We are done with this secretary-general,” Israeli ambassador Danny Danon added in a video …

01-06-2026 ROME: Historic messages and documents obscured by incomprehensible ciphers can be found in libraries and archives all over the world. Artificial intelligence is helping historians crack open these mysterious texts. Deep in the archives of the Vatican library, a mysterious hand-written book, scrawled with strange symbols, had lain unread …

01-06-2026 You may find some of the details of Messina Denaro’s crimes disturbing ROME: Anti-mafia investigators in Italy have seized cash, companies and other assets worth more than €200m (£175m) in an operation they say targeted the network of notorious late Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. The funds, described …

01-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: On a scorching afternoon in one of Delhi’s busiest markets, two different worlds exist side by side. One is inside brightly-lit, air-conditioned showrooms, where customers move slowly between racks of clothes, escaping the worst of the summer heat. The other is outside, under a blazing …

01-06-2026 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase control of Gaza to 70%. Speaking at a conference on Thursday, he said: “We are currently squeezing Hamas; we now control 60% of the territory of the Strip, you know this. We …