International

15-02-2026 GENEVA/ BISSAU: The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as “unethical,” because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving vaccine against hepatitis B from some newborns in Guinea-Bissau, Africa. “In its current form, and based on publicly available information, …

15-02-2026 KADUNA: Gunmen on motorcycles have rampaged through three villages in northern Nigeria, killing at least 32 people and abducting several more, according to witnesses and local police. The raids on Saturday in the Borgu area of Niger State came amid a complex security crisis in northern Nigeria, featuring armed …

15-02-2026 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have killed at least eight Palestinians in new attacks across Gaza, in yet another violation of the United States-brokered “ceasefire” in October, according to medical sources. Four of the victims were killed in an Israeli attack on Sunday in the southern city of Khan Younis, …

15-02-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD:  India and Pakistan will clash in the Twenty20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday, still feeling the aftershocks of a tumultuous fortnight in which Pakistan’s boycott threat, later reversed nearly blew a hole in the tournament’s marquee fixture. With bilateral cricket a …

15-02-2026 DUBAI: Two sitting Philippine senators have been identified as “co-perpetrators” in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), documents released by prosecutors show. Senators Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go are among eight current and former officials named in a …

15-02-2026 DHAKA: As rickshaw puller Anwar Pagla turned into the road leading to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) office in Gulshan, Dhaka, on the afternoon after the parliamentary election, a small commotion stirred. His rickshaw had a Bangladeshi flag fixed to one side of the hood and the BNP’s flag …

14-02-2026 WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has voted to rescind US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. In a 219 to 211 vote, six Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to back a resolution that seeks to end the tariffs Trump imposed on Canada last year. The vote is largely …

14-02-2026 BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare public reference to a recent crackdown which saw the country’s top military general removed. General Zhang Youxia, who was widely seen as Xi’s closest military ally, was removed from his post in January. He was accused of “serious violations of …

14-02-2026 MELBOURNE: Palestine protesters rallied in Melbourne on Thursday on the final day of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s trip to Australia, following protests in the capital Canberra and violent clashes between protesters and police in Sydney. Herzog is visiting Australia this week following an invitation from Australian Prime Minister Anthony …

14-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian shares fell on Thursday, with information technology shares hovering near a 10-month low, on concerns over artificial intelligence disruption while fading expectations of a near-term US rate cut also weighed. Rapid advances in AI, triggered in part by Anthropic’ s latest automation push, have …