International

26-06-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, state-affiliated news outlet Nournews reported. The move follows an air war with Israel in which Iran’s longtime enemy said it wanted to prevent Tehran developing a nuclear weapon. The bill, which must be …

26-06-2025 BOGOTA: One afternoon, as Isabella left school for the day, someone thrust a leaflet into her hand. “Do you want to make money with your beauty?” it asked. She says a studio looking for models seemed to be targeting teenage pupils in her area in Bogota, Colombia’s capital. At …

26-06-2025 MELBOURNE: A journalist has won her case against Australia’s national broadcaster, with a court ruling she was unfairly sacked over a social media post about the war in Gaza. Antoinette Lattouf said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) cut short her stint as a fill-in radio presenter in December 2023 …

26-06-2025 NEW YORK: Life-threatening heat is impacting more than 145 million people across the United States with triple-digit temperatures from Texas to New England. In New Jersey, a pair of outdoor graduation ceremonies landed 16 attendees in the hospital. Dozens of people have been hospitalized for heat-related illnesses as the …

25-06-2025 SANTIAGO: A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of the universe. In one picture, vast colorful gas and dust clouds swirl in a star-forming region 9,000 light years from Earth. The Vera C Rubin …

25-06-2025 WELLINGTON/ SYDNEY: New Zealand said on Monday there has been a rush in applications for its new foreign investor migrant visa as the centre-right government looks to lure higher net-worth individuals to the country to stimulate economic growth. The government in April relaxed rules for the visa, including lowering …

25-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Protecting India’s interest remains “supreme” in bilateral trade talks with the United States, a senior Indian trade ministry source said on Monday, as New Delhi pushes to finalize a deal before the expiry of the pause on steep reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald …

25-06-2025 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: Israel has struck Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and damaged parts of the facility, which holds many political detainees, Iran’s judiciary says. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported that the situation was “under control” following the attack, which it said violated international law. State TV footage showed first …

25-06-2025 TEHRAN/ DOHA: Iranian missiles targeted the largest US military base in the Middle East, Al-Udeid, in what it said was a response to the US bombing three of its nuclear program facilities on Saturday evening. Al-Udeid is home to the US military’s headquarters for all air operations in the …

25-06-2025 ATHENS: A state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Chios where five separate wildfires are burning and being fanned by strong winds. Residents in 17 communities have been evacuated and an arson investigation has been launched into what caused the different fronts to start is …