International

26-05-2026 KINSHASA/ GENEVA: The public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been raised from “high” to “very high” by the World Health Organization (WHO). In an update on Friday, WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the risk in the wider …

26-05-2026 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the biggest-ever Starship rocket a day after its highly anticipated test flight was delayed. The un-crewed Starship V3 rocket blasted off from its launch-pad in Texas just after 17:30 (2230 GMT) on Friday, days after SpaceX revealed plans for a record-breaking stock market …

25-05-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: A suicide car bomb attack on a train carrying soldiers in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, has killed at least 24 people and wounded more than 50 others. The Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group, has …

25-05-2026 EDMONTON/ OTTAWA: Alberta will hold a referendum on whether the province should remain in Canada or move ahead with a second binding vote on separation, marking the first significant test of the country’s unity in decades. Thursday’s announcement by Premier Danielle Smith comes after a citizen-led petition calling for …

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 …