International

13-06-2025 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: Israeli military says it launched a wave of strikes against Iranian military and nuclear sites in a major escalation against Tehran. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military operation will continue as long as necessary. Iranian authorities suspend flights at Tehran’s international airport, as news outlets …

13-06-2025 VATICAN CITY/ BEIJING: Pope Leo XIV has appointed the first Chinese bishop of his papacy, signaling that he will continue a historic agreement that sought to improve relations between the Vatican and China. Both sides have hailed the appointment of Fuzhou Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as an affirmation …

13-06-2025 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency has found Iran in breach of its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, according to a copy of the adopted resolution seen by the media. Iran responded with a statement condemning the move as politically motivated and “unjustified, …

13-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s rice stocks in government warehouses rose 18% from a year ago to a record high for the start of June, while wheat stocks have hit their highest level in four years on higher procurement from farmers, official data showed on Wednesday. Record rice …

13-06-2025 LONDON: The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former Minister of Land, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Chowdhury, a political ally …

13-06-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced a major boost to defence spending in its new budget, just weeks after coming to the brink of a fifth war with archrival India. The budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026, announced by the government on Tuesday, ramps up defence spending to 2.55 …

13-06-2025 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have said their fighters have seized a strategic zone on the border with Egypt and Libya, as the regular government-aligned army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), announced its withdrawal from the area. The announcements on Wednesday came a day after SAF accused …

13-06-2025 LOS ANGELES: An uneasy calm has descended over Los Angeles after the first night of a curfew lifted on Wednesday, as cities across the US brace for more protests. In Los Angeles, nearly 400 people have so far been arrested including 330 undocumented migrants and 157 people arrested for …

13-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependents in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said. Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal, however, in recent days talks over Iran’s nuclear program appear to have stalled. …

13-06-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria’s Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis, a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet or other “decent” clothes at public beaches and swimming pools. The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were “aimed at enhancing public safety standards …