International

30-05-2026 WASHINGTON: The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed a guideline for federal workers that would require the employees to sign non-disclosure agreements to prevent them from speaking to journalists without prior authorization. The new proposal, announced on Tuesday by the Office of Personnel Management, says that the …

30-05-2026 MELBOURNE: A group of 19 women and children with alleged links to ISIL (ISIS) has returned to Australia, with the government warning that anyone found to have engaged in criminal activity will be prosecuted. The six women and 13 children arrived from a Syrian refugee camp on Tuesday, with …

29-05-2026 WASHINGTON: The US and Iran still need to work out several sticking points before an agreement on the war can be reached, Vice-President JD Vance has said. Asked by media if President Donald Trump was close to signing a deal, Vance said it was too early to say “when …

29-05-2026 LONDON: A UK radio station has apologized to Britain’s King Charles III and its listeners after accidentally and incorrectly announcing the death of the monarch. “Due to a computer error at our main studio the Death of a Monarch procedure, which all UK stations hold in readiness while hoping …

29-05-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement that its forces downed an MQ-9 Reaper drone and opened fire on an F-35 fighter jet and another drone that that had entered Iranian airspace. In a statement, the IRGC did not reveal when the incidents took place. …

29-05-2026 Warning: You may find some of the graphic detail in this story disturbing PARIS: A school assistant will go on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of sexual mistreatment of young children in his care. It is the latest case in a year-long scandal that has shaken the school …

29-05-2026 TAIPEI: Taiwan has said it is monitoring the second Chinese “joint combat readiness patrol” near the island in a week, accusing Beijing of being the sole source of instability in the Asia Pacific. In a post on social media on Tuesday, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence said its forces …

29-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: In late April, India’s Sun Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $11.75bn (£8.59bn) to acquire New York-listed women’s health and biosimilar firm Organon & Co. It marked the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian company in nearly two decades and followed a string of high-profile international deals …

29-05-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The US said it launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines. The strikes were taken in “self-defense” and were designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces”, US Central Command said in a statement. Central …

29-05-2026 SYDNEY/ QUEENSLAND: Australia has recorded its first diphtheria death in almost a decade as the country grapples with the worst outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease in decades. In March, the Northern Territory (NT) declared an outbreak of diphtheria with cases also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. Cases …