International

31-08-2025 WASHINGTON: A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda. The ruling affects Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, imposed on most countries around the world, as well as other tariffs …

30-08-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: India on August 20 announced that it had successfully test-fired Agni-V, its intermediate-range ballistic missile, from a test range in Odisha on its eastern Bay of Bengal coast. The Agni-V, meaning “fire” in Sanskrit, is 17.5 metres long, weighs 50,000kg, and can …

30-08-2025 ABUJA: Millions of children across four African countries could die of malnutrition in the next three months, Save the Children has warned, as emergency food supplies dwindle as a result of international aid cuts. Save the Children said on Thursday that Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan were expected …

30-08-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for his political opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris, White House officials have told several news agencies. The change revealed on Thursday means that Harris will lose protection from the federal law enforcement agency on September 1, according …

30-08-2025 MOSCOW: Russia and China have condemned a decision by Britain, Germany and France to launch a process that could re-impose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The three European countries, known as the E3, launched the so-called “snapback mechanism” on Thursday over accusations that Iran has …

30-08-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: In a sprawling market in the Indian capital, Anuj Gupta sits in a corner of his shop as silence hangs over it. Gupta sources and exports garment accessories, like laces and buttons to major global brands. But punishing tariffs imposed by United …

30-08-2025 WASHINGTON: Twenty years ago, the floodwalls protecting the city of New Orleans crumbled when Hurricane Katrina made landfall, killing almost 1,500 people. Scenes of desperation were broadcast worldwide on August 29, 2005, from across the southern United States city of about 500,000 people, particularly from its inundated and predominantly …

30-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s Health Ministry has recorded five deaths “due to famine and malnutrition” in the past 24 hours, including two children, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths to 322, including 121 children. At least 51 Palestinians, including children and aid seekers, have been killed since dawn in …

29-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on imports from India to as much as 50% took effect as scheduled on Wednesday, dealing a serious blow to ties between the two countries that became strategic partners after the turn of this century. A punitive 25% tariff …

29-08-2025 ROME: Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory amid preparations by Israel for a new military offensive. Leo was interrupted twice by applause as he …