International

01-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ BALTIMORE: The Trump administration is formally announcing a refugee admissions ceiling of just 7,500 people for Fiscal Year 2026, the lowest in US history while primarily using those limited slots for Afrikaners from South Africa. The Presidential Determination, to be published Oct. 31 in the Federal Register, cites …

01-11-2025 PORT-AU-PRINCE/ HAVANA: The scale of devastation left by Hurricane Melissa is becoming clear after the record-setting storm tore through Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, leaving at least 34 people dead. Although downgraded from a category five to a category two storm, Melissa gathered speed as it swept through the Bahamas …

01-11-2025 KHARTOUM: The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has declared an investigation into what he called violations committed by his soldiers during the capture of el-Fasher. The announcement by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, came after escalating reports of civilian killings following the RSF takeover …

01-11-2025 GYEONGJU: President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had instructed the Defense Department to “immediately” start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other nations. “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump …

01-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian companies have received licences for importing rare earth magnets from China, India’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, signaling some easing in Beijing’s export control. Rare earths, a group of 17 elements that play a crucial role in cars, planes and weapons, have become one …

01-11-2025 ANKARA: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Germany over what he called its ignorance of Israel’s “genocide” and attacks on Gaza. At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan noted Israel’s access to nuclear and other weapons, saying it was using …

31-10-2025 RIO DE JANEIRO: More than 60 dead bodies were lined up on a street in Rio de Janeiro’s Penha favela on Wednesday morning, according to a witness, after one of the most lethal police operations in the Brazilian city’s history. State authorities said on Tuesday that at least 64 …

31-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Air India’s CEO vowed on Wednesday to improve internal practices after a plane crash in June killed 260 people, in his first public comments about the accident that he said would contribute to a “challenging” year for the airline. The Tata Group-owned carrier has been …

31-10-2025 KINGSTON: Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared Jamaica a “disaster area” after Hurricane Melissa barreled across the Caribbean island as one of the most powerful storms on record, leaving behind a trail of devastation. The hurricane which made landfall as a Category 5 storm on Tuesday, ripped off the …

31-10-2025 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has warned that excluding her Awami League party from next year’s elections would deepen divisions in the country as millions of her supporters are set to boycott the vote. Now exiled in India, the 78-year-old is currently being tried for crimes against …