International

28-05-2025 MOSCOW: The Kremlin claimed Donald Trump was showing signs of “emotional overload” after he called Vladimir Putin “absolutely crazy” following Moscow’s largest aerial assault on Ukraine. The US president said on Truth Social on Sunday that “something has happened” to Putin, after Russia killed 13 in Ukraine with 367 …

28-05-2025 OTTAWA: King Charles and Queen Camilla have landed in Ottawa, at the start of a two-day visit to Canada seen as bringing a message of support for the country in the face of threats and taunts from US President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently won a …

28-05-2025 ATHENS: A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. Up to 650 people were feared to have drowned when the overcrowded Adriana fishing vessel sank near Pylos, off the Greek coast, in the early hours …

Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is part of a delegation visiting Gulf countries, has been admitted to a hospital. Kuwait’May 28: Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and president of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), has been admitted to a hospital in Kuwait. He …

The delegation also called on Minister of Law and Second Minister of Home Affairs Edwin Tong and discussed the new normal in India’s policy against terrorism. Singapore’May 27: On Tuesday, all-party parliamentary delegations made it clear that India will not accept any form of nuclear blackmail and will respond with …

27-05-2025 HONG KONG/ LONDON: Hong Kong’s Education Bureau said that it had called on universities in the Chinese territory to attract top talent following a ban on Harvard University enrolling foreign students. US President Donald Trump’s administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students and is forcing current foreign …

27-05-2025 KINSHASA: Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo are optimistic they can reach a deal with Washington next month to secure US investment in critical minerals alongside support to end a Rwandan-backed rebellion in the country’s east, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum …

27-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will push the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, to add arch-rival Pakistan back to its “grey list” and oppose upcoming World Bank funding to Islamabad, a top government source in New Delhi said on Friday. India announced a slew …

27-05-2025 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a senior rescue service official and a journalist, local health authorities said. The latest deaths in the Israeli campaign resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia …

27-05-2025 SYDNEY: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the start of a cleanup operation in eastern Australia after record-breaking floods killed five people and stranded tens of thousands of people. Damage assessments are under way for the coastal region of New South Wales in the east, where at least 10,000 …