International

10-06-2026 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: The world’s coastal mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find. For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing but …

10-06-2026 BEIRUT: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has launched an investigation after confirming it attacked a vehicle carrying Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Army said Saturday’s “aggressive and barbaric” strike had killed a brigadier-general, a captain and a private. The IDF said the vehicle was “moving …

10-06-2026 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia says Ukraine has launched an “unprecedented attack” on and around St Petersburg, as the city hosted the final day of an economic forum. More than 140 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said, while the city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, urged …

10-06-2026 TEHRAN: Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting down of dissent. With peace not yet secured, the debates within …

10-06-2026 MADRID: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called for an end to “polarizing narratives” and “sterile simplifications” on a week-long visit to Spain expected to focus on the divisive issue of immigration. Leo also thanked Spain, whose Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has clashed with US President Donald Trump over Iran …

09-06-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE: After years spent detained in Syria, the freedom of the Islamic State group-linked families who landed back in their homeland of Australia this week was dramatically short lived. Three of the women were swiftly arrested. The fourth was left to confront a frenzied …

09-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: On a day that Nandini Harinath describes as the most important of her life, the Indian space scientist turned up to the office in a vibrant red and blue silk sari. That sari is now in pride of place in the Smithsonian’s National Air …

09-06-2026 BEIRUT: High-ranking Lebanese army officers are among at least 12 people martyred in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, days after the countries agreed to a conditional ceasefire during United States-mediated talks. Lebanon’s army said a brigadier general, a captain and a soldier, died in an Israeli strike on a …

09-06-2026 TEHRAN/ LOS ANGELES: Iran has accused the US of denying visas to “integral” members of its national football team’s backroom staff, hours after Washington confirmed Iranian players had been given permission to travel to the upcoming World Cup. US officials said visas had been issued to all players and …

09-06-2026 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office. The pardon was dated Thursday and released by the White …