International

14-12-2025 KHARTOUM: A women’s rights organization has documented nearly 1,300 cases of endemic sexual and gender-based violence across war-torn Sudan, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) blamed for the overwhelming majority of attacks. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) released findings on Thursday showing …

13-12-2025 KINSHASA: More than 400 civilians have been killed following the recent surge in fighting as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to regional officials. The M23 consolidated control over the strategic town of …

13-12-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SYDNEY: The number of Indigenous people who have died in custody in Australia has hit the highest level since records began in 1980. New data from the Australian Institute of Criminology showed 33 of the 113 people who died in custody in the 12 …

13-12-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Renewed fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has entered its fourth day, as deaths rise on both sides, with both countries accusing one another of violating international law as they await a promised phone call from United States President Donald Trump. Three Thai civilians were killed as …

13-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI/ MILAN: Prada, opens new tab will make a limited-edition collection of sandals in India inspired by the country’s traditional footwear, selling each pair at around 800 euros ($930), Prada senior executive Lorenzo Bertelli told media, turning a backlash over cultural appropriation into a collaboration …

13-12-2025 WASHINGTON: The US has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, …

13-12-2025 NAYPYIDAW: Dozens of people, including patients, have been killed, and about 70 wounded after an air strike by the country’s military government hit a major hospital in western Myanmar, according to a rebel group, aid workers and a witness. Myanmar has been gripped by attritional fighting in a raging …

13-12-2025 GAZA STRIP/ DEIR-EL-BALAH: After a night of relentless rain, Arafat al-Ghandour and his wife, Nour, finally exhaled in relief as the morning sun emerged, if only briefly, over the soaked displacement camp. The couple, parents of five, live in a worn tent riddled with holes. They spent the night …

12-12-2025 VILNIUS: The Lithuanian government has declared a “nationwide emergency situation” in response to a series of incursions from neighboring Belarus by weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes. Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene condemned the balloon incursions as a “hybrid attack” by Belarus that posed a real risk to national security and …

12-12-2025 BRUSSELS: The EU has opened an investigation into Google over its artificial intelligence (AI) summaries which appear above search results. The European Commission said it would examine whether the firm used data from websites to provide this service and if it failed to offer “appropriate compensation” to publishers. It …