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10-09-2025 Bureau Report LAHORE: New evacuation orders have been issued in low-lying areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province amid a heavy flood warning, with the region experiencing its worst flooding on record. The Pakistan Meteorological Department posted on social media on Monday that rains were persisting across the country as “another …

10-09-2025 BRISBANE: The Australian woman convicted of killing three lunch guests with the world’s most toxic mushrooms was sentenced to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday, bookending a real-life crime drama that’s gripped Australia and spawned multiple podcasts and documentaries. Erin Patterson, 50, was …

10-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will roll out a package of measures to help exporters hurt by a surge in US tariffs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. The new US duties slapped on Indian goods last month included a 25% punitive levy over New Delhi’s Russian oil …

10-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a Gaza deal could come soon to secure the release of all the hostages held by Hamas, after earlier issuing what he called his “last warning” to the Palestinian militant group. Trump, speaking to reporters after landing in the Washington …

10-09-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Four million people have been affected by devastating floods in Pakistan and thousands of farmers across the border in India are also experiencing the loss of their crops as experts say global warming has worsened the scale of …

10-09-2025 SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for a drone strike against Israel’s Ramon Airport near the Red Sea city of Eilat that injured two people. The attack on Sunday, which targeted the arrivals hall, had halted operations at the airport for around two hours. “A drone targeted Ramon …

10-09-2025 TEHRAN” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Britain, France and Germany of pursuing a “reckless” strategy on his country’s nuclear program, warning that their alignment with Washington will only diminish Europe’s global standing. Araghchi said the decision by the so-called E3 to trigger a process that could reinstate …

09-09-2025 SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Like many Australians, Rach grew up “terrified of the sun” in the country with the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Her childhood was characterized by the infamous “no hat, no play” rule that is commonplace in Australian schools, 90s advertisements that warned the sun …

09-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Delhi and Washington still shared “very positive” ties, after US President Donald Trump reaffirmed their personal friendship and downplayed his earlier remarks about “losing India” to China. The exchange comes amid strains after Washington imposed …

09-09-2025 ABUJA: The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State, local officials say. On Friday night militants struck the village of Darul Jamal, home to a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, killing at least five soldiers. The …