International

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 …

25-05-2026 WASHINGTON/ TAIPEI: A top United States military official has said Washington is pausing a $14bn arms sale to Taiwan to conserve munitions for its war on Iran. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the update to lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Thursday, a week after the weapons sale …

25-05-2026 NEW DELHI/ Brazzaville/ KAMPALA: Next week’s India-Africa Forum Summit has been cancelled due to the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The fourth edition of the summit, which fosters diplomatic interactions between India and countries of the African continent, was set to be held in …

25-05-2026 WASHINGTON/ WARSAW: United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland. Trump announced the surprise deployment on social media late on Thursday, citing his friendship with right-wing Polish President Karol Nawrocki. The move came days after a planned deployment to Poland was …

25-05-2026 ISTANBUL: The 2023 party congress where Ozgur Ozel was elected leader of Turkey’s opposition CHP has been declared null and void. The ruling is a legal victory for President Erdogan, but Ozel has vowed not to give in. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was handed a considerable boost on …

25-05-2026 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: More than 2,000 people have gathered in a park in San Diego, California, to mourn a security guard and two other men murdered as they tried to stop this week’s attack on the city’s largest mosque. Mourners, including police officers in uniform, stood in rows for …

24-05-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: United States President Donald Trump has said that a Memorandum of Understanding in ceasefire talks to end the US-Israel war with Iran “has been largely negotiated”. Trump said on Saturday that the agreement will include reopening the Strait of Hormuz, adding …

24-05-2026 WASHINGTON: The suspect in a shooting near the White House was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening, officials have confirmed. BBC’s US media partner CBS has named the suspect as Nasire Best, a 21-year-old man who was known to the Secret Service …

24-05-2026 BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin have signaled a united front against Washington during a summit in Beijing, warning against a global return to the “law of the jungle”. In a joint statement, China and Russia took aim at US President Donald Trump’s plans …

24-05-2026 JERUSALEM: Israel says it has deported all the foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week, following global outcry over their treatment in custody. “All foreign activists from the PR flotilla have been deported from Israel. Israel will not permit any breach …