International

12-03-2025 NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled support for a deal between Mauritius and Britain over the future of a US-British military base. Modi will be the chief guest at …

12-03-2025 AWRA AMBA, ETHIOPIA: Aregash Nuru pointed at the rolling green landscape in Ethiopia’s central Amhara region. “We used to watch sunset from the hills,” she said with a sigh, “but no more.” These days, it is too dangerous to risk leaving the safety of the village, according to Nuru, …

12-03-2025 NUUK. GREENLAND: Greenland’s most popular social media influencer announced her political bid just weeks ahead of Tuesday’s elections as she felt the winds of change blowing across the vast Arctic island. “This is truly a historic moment. I feel like we are finally voting on independence. This has primarily …

12-03-2025 JERUSALEM/ DOHA/ GAZA STRIP: Qatar and Jordan say that Israel is aiming to “impose starvation” on Gaza by tightening its siege, and cutting the only remaining power line to the Gaza Strip, used to operate a desalination plant. Hamas says Israeli troops are still occupying the border area between …

12-03-2025 BERLIN: Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Germany as airport workers stage a nationwide strike over pay, posing a major disruption for air travelers. The industrial action, led by the trade union Verdi, began unexpectedly on Sunday at Hamburg Airport, before expanding to a nationwide strike. Passengers at …

12-03-2025 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: America’s top diplomat has said that he sees promise in Ukraine’s proposal for a partial ceasefire to end the war with Russia, ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia between US and Ukrainian officials. “I’m not saying that alone is enough but it’s the kind of concession you …

12-03-2025 EAST YORKSHIRE: Thirty-six people have been brought ashore after a cargo vessel collided with an oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast. Both ships are on fire, the coastguard says. A crew member from the cargo vessel is missing, and one person was taken to hospital, it adds. It’s …

12-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria’s defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country’s western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been killed. Security forces had “neutralized” loyalists of former president Bashar al-Assad in several towns in Latakia and Tartous provinces and were …

11-03-2025 BUCHAREST: Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member. The cancellation on December 6 of the presidential election due to allegations of Russian …

11-03-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India needs to buy more defence products and lower its tariffs on US products for the two countries to be able to sign a “grand” bilateral deal, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told India Today television on Friday. India’s import tariffs, among the …