International

19-10-2025 SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla’s proposed $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk has come under renewed scrutiny after proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) urged investors to vote against what could be the largest compensation plan ever awarded to a company chief. ISS’s comments on Friday marks the second …

19-10-2025 LONDON: Britain’s Prince Andrew says he will give up using his title of Duke of York following years of criticism about his behavior and connections to the late United States sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The reputation of Andrew, 65, the younger brother of King Charles and second son of …

19-10-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO/ GAZA: Hamas has handed over the remains of an additional captive it recovered in the ravaged Gaza Strip, as the Palestinian group urges mediators and the international community to pressure Israel to open border crossings and allow aid in. The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, …

19-10-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has said that he will commute the sentence of former Republican Representative George Santos, who was serving a prison sentence for fraud and identity theft. In a social media post on Friday, Trump acknowledged that Santos had made mistakes but he celebrated Santos …

18-10-2025 CHICAGO/ LAS VEGAS: A US governor took home $1.4m (£1m) in a gambling windfall last year, a copy of his recent tax filing shows. JB Pritzker is reported to have won the sum while playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas while on holiday with his wife and …

18-10-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel’s prime minister has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is “determined” to secure the return of the dead hostages still in Gaza, and that the country will continue to fight terrorism with “full force”. Benjamin Netanyahu made the …

18-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India has refused drug-makers’ requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had …

18-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ KYIV/ MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, as Trump weighs whether to arm Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep into Russia. Their meeting comes a day after Trump said “great progress” was made during a phone call …

18-10-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Tensions are mounting between Pakistan and Afghanistan amid reports of a brutal border attack on the former’s troops as a fragile temporary truce between the neighbors, and once allies, has expired. A 48-hour ceasefire between the two sides, which came into effect this week …

18-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Palestinians in Gaza say they are still desperate for food, water and other necessities of life despite the week-old ceasefire. An Israeli government agency says the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for the movement of people will continue to be delayed. United States …