International

10-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will roll out a package of measures to help exporters hurt by a surge in US tariffs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. The new US duties slapped on Indian goods last month included a 25% punitive levy over New Delhi’s Russian oil …

10-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a Gaza deal could come soon to secure the release of all the hostages held by Hamas, after earlier issuing what he called his “last warning” to the Palestinian militant group. Trump, speaking to reporters after landing in the Washington …

10-09-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Four million people have been affected by devastating floods in Pakistan and thousands of farmers across the border in India are also experiencing the loss of their crops as experts say global warming has worsened the scale of …

10-09-2025 SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for a drone strike against Israel’s Ramon Airport near the Red Sea city of Eilat that injured two people. The attack on Sunday, which targeted the arrivals hall, had halted operations at the airport for around two hours. “A drone targeted Ramon …

10-09-2025 TEHRAN” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Britain, France and Germany of pursuing a “reckless” strategy on his country’s nuclear program, warning that their alignment with Washington will only diminish Europe’s global standing. Araghchi said the decision by the so-called E3 to trigger a process that could reinstate …

09-09-2025 SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Like many Australians, Rach grew up “terrified of the sun” in the country with the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Her childhood was characterized by the infamous “no hat, no play” rule that is commonplace in Australian schools, 90s advertisements that warned the sun …

09-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Delhi and Washington still shared “very positive” ties, after US President Donald Trump reaffirmed their personal friendship and downplayed his earlier remarks about “losing India” to China. The exchange comes amid strains after Washington imposed …

09-09-2025 ABUJA: The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State, local officials say. On Friday night militants struck the village of Darul Jamal, home to a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, killing at least five soldiers. The …

09-09-2025 GAZA CITY: Israeli forces continue to bombard Gaza, killing at least 17 people in overnight strikes on a school, tents and a home. Families and supporters of Israeli captives take to the streets, demanding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sign a deal to secure the release of their loved …

09-09-2025 WASHINGTON: Tensions between President Trump and Illinois leaders escalated on Saturday when the White House posted an image on social media depicting Trump with helicopters, billowing flames and the Chicago skyline. “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” read the post, titled “Chipocalypse Now,” …