International

21-06-2025 WASHINGTON: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have signed a provisional agreement aimed at stopping the conflict in eastern DRC, according to a joint statement from the two countries and the United States Department of State. The development late on Wednesday in Washington, DC, came after …

21-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 92 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as desperate Palestinians continue to seek food amid an ongoing hunger crisis. Among those killed since dawn on Thursday, 64 were in Gaza City and the north and 16 others were waiting for …

21-06-2025 PARIS: Conditions for grape-pickers in France’s champagne business lie at the heart of a human trafficking trial that has opened in the eastern city of Reims. Three people, a woman from Kyrgyzstan, a man from Georgia and a Frenchman are accused of exploiting more than 50 seasonal workers, mainly …

20-06-2025 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA: A SpaceX rocket has exploded before launch, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. Starship 36 was preparing for its 10th test flight at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas, when the incident occurred on Wednesday evening. During takeoff procedures just after …

20-06-2025 JERUSALEM: A hospital in the Israeli town of Beersheba has been hit by an Iranian missile on the seventh day of the conflict between the two countries. Iran said the strike had targeted a military site close to the hospital, not the facility itself. At least 89 people were …

20-06-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear to United States President Donald Trump that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the two militaries and not US mediation, a top …

20-06-2025 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Sirens have continued to sound in cities across Israel as Iranian missiles strike for a sixth consecutive day in response to Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear, military and other sites since Friday. On Wednesday morning, an Iranian missile sparked a fire in central Israel that appeared to …

20-06-2025 ABUJA: A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ …

20-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 72 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire across Gaza since dawn, including 29 people who were waiting for aid trucks, Palestinian health officials say, the latest carnage hitting people desperate to secure food for their hungry families. The latest incidence of the daily killing …

20-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Hidden away in a mountainside south of Tehran is an enrichment plant that is vital to Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israel’s attempts to dismantle them. Israel may have achieved dominance over Iran’s skies but the Fordo nuclear facility, believed to be deeper underground than the Channel Tunnel …