International

04-07-2026 BEIRUT: Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Lebanon, with ‌more expected to follow in the coming week, the social affairs minister said on Tuesday, encouraged by a lull in the four-month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Yet many remain unable to go back. Since March, …

04-07-2026 OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA: The warning came booming over the airwaves, in a voice unmistakably from the American south: “Warship! Get out of our waters!” Norwegian Lieutenant Thomas Johannesen and his sailors were preparing for a simulated boarding operation, a core mission for their NATO maritime unit …

04-07-2026 DOHA/ DUBAI: Iran said on Tuesday it would not meet with top US envoys who flew to the region following an outbreak of hostilities, ‌clouding the prospects for a lasting peace between the two countries. Iranian officials also said the two sides must still sort out the terms of …

04-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India is likely to see below-average monsoon rainfall in July after logging its fifth-driest June since records began in 1901, the weather department said on Tuesday, raising concerns ‌over farm output and economic growth. The monsoon delivers about 70% of annual rains to replenish …

04-07-2026 ATHENS: Two people have been found dead as an out-of-control wildfire burns in northern Greece, forcing residents of a nearby village to evacuate. The body of a man was discovered in a charred area near Liti, about 15km (nine miles) north-west of the city of Thessaloniki. A second body, …

04-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that children born in the US “to parents unlawfully or temporarily present” are …

04-07-2026 BERLIN: There are plans in Berlin to tear down one of the last remnants of Adolf Hitler’s power centre. Almost nothing remains of the Nazi leader’s chancellery in central Berlin, except a bunker but now there are plans to demolish it to build flats and offices. The New Reich …

03-07-2026 PRETORIA: Police officers have been deployed across South Africa because of fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged demonstrators to refrain from “intimidation, threats or ultimatums”. The protests mark an unofficial deadline set by campaigners for all undocumented foreigners to leave the country. Many …

03-07-2026 NEW YORK/ BEIJING: Guo Wengui, who was once believed to be one of China’s richest businessmen, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail in the US for running a billion dollar scam. The former property tycoon fled China to the US in 2017, where he reinvented himself as …

03-07-2026 CARACAS: “Silencio” the rescuers scream turning towards the road with their fists up in the air, motioning to everyone to remain silent. The vehicles on the road stop plying. People stop talking. The diggers fall silent. A rescuer puts his ear to a hole they’ve just managed to drill …