International

22-10-2025 LA PAZ: Polls have closed in Bolivia in a presidential election run-off between two pro-market candidates, marking the end of nearly two decades of socialist rule and the start of a likely realignment towards the United States. Voting stations opened at 8am local time (12:00 GMT) and closed at …

22-10-2025 KINSHASA: The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province, according to the United Nations health agency. The patient is the 19th to recover out of 64 total cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in …

22-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and injured 230 others since the start of the ceasefire, and violated the truce agreement 80 times, the Gaza Government Media Office says. The Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians in a wave of air raids that it said …

21-10-2025 PARIS: French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Sunday reported a theft at the Louvre in Paris as the world-renowned museum said it was closing for the day. “A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” she wrote on social media. The Louvre said it …

21-10-2025 BEIJING: China has accused the US of stealing secrets and infiltrating the country’s national time centre, warning that serious breaches could have disrupted communication networks, financial systems, the power supply and the international standard time. The US National Security Agency has been carrying out a cyber-attack operation on the …

21-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Soaring gold prices led Indian buyers to choose coins and bars over jewelry during the Dhanteras festival on Saturday, fueled by hopes that the precious metal’s glittering rally would continue, industry officials told media. Dhanteras, which marks the start of the five-day …

21-10-2025 NEW YORK: Huge crowds have taken part in “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s policies in cities across the US, including New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. Thousands packed New York City’s iconic Times Square and streets all around, with people holding signs with slogans …

21-10-2025 DOHA: Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told media, adding he could not commit to the group disarming, positions that reflect the difficulties facing U.S. plans to secure an end to the war. Hamas politburo member Mohammed Nazzal also …

21-10-2025 By Ismail Salahuddin As violence against Muslims becomes public spectacle, India’s majoritarian politics has turned hate into entertainment and silence into complicity. NEW DELHI: Every morning in today’s India begins with two parallel news cycles. One, broadcast on television screens, is carefully curated; panel debates on Pakistan, Hindu pride, …

21-10-2025 BAGHDAD: In a statement last month, Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr said his movement would boycott the November elections, hinting he wants to “change the faces and save Iraq”, reportedly his endgame since he withdrew his bloc from parliament in June 2022. He also took aim at political rivals, …