International

04-11-2025 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday the Lebanese government must fulfill its commitment to disarm Hezbollah and remove it from southern Lebanon, as Israel continued to intermittently attack the group in the south of the country. The Israeli military said that it had killed four …

04-11-2025 HUKOU: Taiwan does not want China’s “one country, two systems” and must uphold its freedom and democracy, and resolve to defend itself, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, rejecting Beijing’s latest push to get the island to come under Chinese control. China said this week it “absolutely will not” …

04-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States and China have agreed to set up military-to-military channels to “deconflict and deescalated any problems” following the “historic” meeting between the countries’ leaders, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, according to the US defence secretary. In a statement on social media on Saturday, Pete Hegseth …

04-11-2025 TEHRAN: President Masoud Pezeshkian unveiled a “Gen Z adviser” about a month ago, posing for a smiling photo with him that went viral online. The adviser, Amirreza Ahmadi, told local media that he sees his mission as listening to the youth of Iran, “from Tehran to the borders of …

04-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel has only allowed a fraction of the aid deliveries agreed on as part of the US-brokered ceasefire, an average of 145 trucks per day instead of the 600 it pledged to allow into the besieged Gaza Strip. An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon has killed four …

03-11-2025 DODOMA: President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania’s presidential election, securing another term amid days of unrest across the country. Samia won 98% of the votes in Wednesday’s poll, the electoral commission said. In her Saturday victory speech she said the election was “free and …

03-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ ABUJA: US President Donald Trump has threatened to carry out attacks in Nigeria in response to purported anti-Christian violence, saying he instructed the recently renamed Department of War to “prepare for possible action”. In a social media post on Saturday, Trump said the United States would immediately cut …

03-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India collected 1.96 trillion rupees ($22.3 billion) in gross goods and services taxes in October, about 5% more than the same month last year, the government said a statement on Saturday. After refunds, the government’s net tax collections were 1.69 trillion rupees, or 0.6% more …

03-11-2025 KHARTOUM: Starved and abused civilians have recounted harrowing stories after fleeing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in western Sudan’s Darfur, while thousands more remain missing. The capital of North Darfur state was the last Sudanese army stronghold in the vast region before falling to the RSF after 18 months …

03-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump will host Syria’s interim leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, for talks on November 10, according to Washington’s envoy to Damascus, in what would mark the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the US capital. Tom Barrack, the US envoy to Syria, told the Axios …