International

27-03-2026 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Immigration enforcement agents will be deployed across major United States airports from Monday, President Donald Trump has announced, in an extraordinary move to ease a security crisis triggered by a prolonged political standoff in Washington. Trump confirmed the plan in a social media post on Sunday, …

26-03-2026 WASHINGTON: A statue of Christopher Columbus has been erected outside of an ornate federal office building on the White House grounds, the latest sign of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape cultural and historical representations across the nation’s capital. The installation of the statue which is a replica of …

26-03-2026 LJUBLJANA: Right-leaning Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) and liberal Freedom Movement (GS) were tied in Slovenia’s parliamentary vote on Sunday, according to preliminary results of the ‌state election commission based on the most votes counted. Neither party even with its existing coalition partners looked likely to secure the 46 seats …

26-03-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian equities dropped and the rupee slid to a record low on Monday, mirroring a broad risk-off move across Asia as an escalating Middle East conflict kept oil prices elevated and deepened concerns ‌over growth and earnings outlook. The Nifty 50 was down …

26-03-2026 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: The Israeli military says plans for the expansion of ground and air attacks against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have been approved, amid fears in Lebanon that Israel is preparing a large-scale ground invasion of the country. Israel has intensified its campaign against Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia …

26-03-2026 NEW YORK: The Earth’s climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN’s weather agency has warned. The World Meteorological Organization says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases such as …

26-03-2026 TOKYO: Stock markets in the Asia Pacific have fallen sharply amid US President Donald Trump’s ultimatum warning Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the annihilation of its energy infrastructure. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s KOSPI plunged 4 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively, in early …

26-03-2026 PARIS: The Socialist Party’s Emmanuel Gregoire has won the Paris mayoral race, as the results of nationwide municipal elections showed gains for the traditional left and right, and a major win for the far right in the city of Nice. Sunday’s run-off votes in more than 1,500 communes saw …

25-03-2026 THE HAGUE: Judges have cleared the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, of all wrongdoing after an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct, Middle East Eye reports. A report by Middle East Eye published on Saturday said a panel of three judges submitted a confidential report …

25-03-2026 HAVANA: More than 10 million people have had power cut to their homes and businesses across Cuba after the country’s national electrical grid collapsed for the second time in a week. Cuba’s energy ministry said “a total disconnection of the National Electrical System has occurred”, in a statement posted …