International

21-04-2025 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of creating an “impression” of a ceasefire while still taking military actions in some places in Ukraine. In the first six hours of the “Easter truce” as ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin-Zelensky said there had been 387 shellings and …

20-04-2025 WASHINGTON: World’s richest man Elon Musk said he will be visiting India later this year and said it was an honour to speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Musk’s announcement comes after he held a teleconference with Modi on Friday. The prime minister said they discussed matters of shared …

20-04-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cast doubt over the intentions of the United States a day before a second round of nuclear talks is set to take place with Washington. The new round will come a week after the two countries held their highest-level negotiations since US …

20-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: Medical sources tell media that at least 64 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Friday. The UN’s World Food Program issues an urgent warning that “Gaza needs food now” as hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of hunger. A …

20-04-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration could be held in criminal contempt of court for disobeying an order to stop the deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members who could not challenge their deportation, federal judge James Boasberg said on Wednesday. Boasberg has given the US government one week to …

20-04-2025 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Police in Pakistan have made dozens of arrests following a string of protests targeting KFC branches across the country which led to one man being killed. Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have been urging a boycott of the chain, claiming it’s a symbol …

20-04-2025 ISTANBUL: A trial of nearly 200 people, among them students and journalists, arrested over Turkiye’s biggest protests in more than a decade opened in Istanbul on Friday. In the dock are 189 suspects who were rounded up in a government crackdown on the protests, which erupted following the March …

19-04-2025 NEW YORK: The 2025 World Press Photo of the Year has been awarded to Samar Abu Elouf, a Doha-based Palestinian photographer, for her poignant image of Mahmoud Ajjour, a young boy severely injured while fleeing an Israeli attack in Gaza. Captured for The New York Times newspaper, the photograph …

19-04-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India is planning to ease its nuclear liability laws to cap accident-related penalties on equipment suppliers, three government sources said, in a move mainly to attract US firms that have been holding back due to the risk of unlimited exposure. The proposal by Prime Minister …

19-04-2025 MOSCOW: Russia’s Supreme Court has suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than 20 years as “a terrorist organization”. The latest move is aimed at normalizing ties with the de facto rulers of Afghanistan. Thursday’s ruling prompted by a request from the prosecutor general …