International

11-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is ​facing mounting anger over a mandatory 20% ethanol-blended fuel policy, with vehicle owners demanding choice and an opposition politician asking ‌carmakers Maruti Suzuki and Toyota to provide clarity. The 20% ethanol-blended petrol, called E20, became the only fuel …

11-07-2026 HAVANA: Cubans in several locations on the island banged pots on Tuesday evening to express their anger about the latest nationwide power cut. While public dissent in the Communist-run country is often punished with long prison sentences, there have been spontaneous protests in areas worst affected by the outages. …

11-07-2026 BRUSSELS: Twelve countries, including the UK, are set to spend more than £37bn ($50bn) over the next 10 years on a new long-range missile to protect Europe. The Deep Precision Strike project has just been unveiled by No 10 and is due to be discussed later on Wednesday at …

11-07-2026 BEIJING: On Sunday, heavy rain began falling on Renhe village in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. The villagers were used to it but the rain didn’t stop and the water suddenly rose. By the early hours of Monday, the water had reached their knees. By dawn, it had …

11-07-2026 WASHINTON/ TEHRAN: United States President Donald Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is “over”, describing Iranian leaders as “sick people” after Iran and the US exchanged military attacks. “I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore, they’re scum,” Trump said on Wednesday at a NATO …

11-07-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is searching for a Boeing cargo aircraft missing over the Arabian Sea with five crew members on board. The Karachi-bound 737-400 plane operated by a Pakistani carrier took off from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and lost contact with …

10-07-2026 BEIJING: A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior official in the eastern city of Nanjing to death for accepting bribes. Yang Youlin illegally accepted money and property totaling more than 2.2 billion yuan ($324m) while holding various government posts from 1993 to 2023, the Changzhou Intermediate People’s Court …

10-07-2026 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: A number of Lebanon’s Christian villages released a statement on Monday, refuting claims by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they had requested Israeli annexation. “Christian villages in Lebanon, some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them against Hezbollah, Hezbollah …

10-07-2026 NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Feroz Aslam* sports an abashed smile whenever he hears the clink of a teacup on a saucer. He cannot see, but he knows it is his father. “For the past 10 years, it has been my parents ailing themselves who have been serving me food,” the …

10-07-2026 MUSCAT: A tanker caught fire off the coast of Oman on Monday night after being struck by an “unknown projectile” in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). Separately citing two unnamed US officials, news outlet Axios reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard …