International

16-08-2026 ETTRICK, VIRGINIA: Multiple people were injured in a shooting at Virginia State University (VSU), police said on Saturday morning, with several suspects still at large. The campus, about 20 miles (32km) south of Richmond, was temporarily put on lockdown as police released initial details about the shooting. “A shooting …

15-08-2026 BEIRUT: An Israeli air strike has killed seven people in southern Lebanon, the nation’s prime minister has said, in one of the deadliest attacks since an agreement aimed at reducing hostilities was announced in June. The strike hit a house on the outskirts of Ansar at about 04:30 (01:30 …

15-08-2026 SYDNEY: Mourners gathered in Australia’s Alice Springs on Saturday to bid farewell to a five-year-old Indigenous ‌girl whose death in April shocked the nation and sparked violent clashes in the outback town. The killing of Kumanjayi Little Baby, the name by which the ​victim is known according to Indigenous …

15-08-2026 JAKARTA: At least 38 people have been killed after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia early on Saturday, the nation’s disaster mitigation agency has said. The official death toll has been rising as a search and rescue operation gets under way. The BNPB agency said several people had been injured …

15-08-2026 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Website of Press Media of India (PMI) has restored in Pakistan after 25 days unofficial ban, a source related to foreign ministry told PMI on anonymity condition. The website https://pressmediaofindia.com/ was either banned officially or some other reasons by unknown hackers. Replying to a question, …

TEHRAN, August 9: Iran has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will not be fully reopened until the United States changes its policies and meets a series of demands issued by Tehran. Iranian forces on Saturday targeted a vessel owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the …

21-07-2026 HOUSTON: Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern ​US from the Great Lakes to Washington, DC on Friday, floodwaters tore through Texas’s Hill Country for a third day and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large ‌blazes now burning in 15 states. Millions of Americans faced hazardous …

21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: What if launching a satellite was as easy as calling a cab? That’s the vision behind an Indian private rocket company that achieved its first orbital launch on Saturday. Skyroot Aerospace, which recently became India’s first space tech unicorn after reaching $1.1bn valuation, launched Vikram-1 …

21-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The White House has defended the Argentinian football team’s right to free speech after they controversially waved a banner in support of their country’s territorial claim to the Falkland Islands while celebrating their World Cup win against England. Argentina face potential disciplinary action from FIFA over the incident …

21-07-2026 KYIV: “My operation is scheduled for tomorrow,” says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries. “I hope when I wake up after the anaesthetic, Fedorov will be back at the Ministry of Defence,” the unnamed soldier says in a video posted on Telegram. “Otherwise, everything I was …