International

27-04-2026 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said a US-mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless a day after it was extended for three weeks, as Lebanese authorities reported two people killed by an Israeli strike and Hezbollah downed an Israeli drone. US President Donald ‌Trump announced the three-week extension …

27-04-2026 WASHINGTON: The Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Friday, removing an obstacle to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the central bank. The move by Pirro, a Trump ally and the top …

27-04-2026 LONDON: A UK government unit responsible for documenting Israel’s possible war crimes during its genocidal war in Gaza has been shut down amid funding cuts, the Guardian has reported. The London-based newspaper on Thursday reported that cuts within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have forced the international …

27-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Comments shared by United States President Donald Trump referring to India as a “hellhole” were “in poor taste” and at odds with the countries’ relationship, an Indian official has said. Trump did not make the remark himself, but reposted it without comment on his Truth …

27-04-2026 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Ukraine has succeeded in depriving Russia of much of the windfall profits it would have made from oil exports during March and April, as the war in the Gulf sent prices soaring to above $100 a barrel, a series of sources suggest. Ukraine intensified a long-range strike …

27-04-2026 DAMASCUS: A key suspect in one of the most notorious killings of the Syrian civil war has been arrested, Syria’s interior minister has said. Amjad Youssef was wanted over the mass killing of civilians in April 2013 in the Tadamon district of Damascus. Footage emerged in 2022 showing Syrian …

27-04-2026 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has undergone successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, after a small tumor was discovered during a routine checkup. The information was published on Friday in Netanyahu’s annual medical report, with the Israeli leader posting on social media to explain that doctors …

26-04-2026 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has been evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired outside the event. Trump was rushed offstage at the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday evening after gunfire broke out outside the ballroom where the annual media gala …

26-04-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations with the UK. When asked in a phone interview whether the visit could help repair the relationship, Trump said: “Absolutely. He’s fantastic. He’s a fantastic man. Absolutely the …

26-04-2026 DODOMA: A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from “unnatural causes” including 197 who were shot dead, in the widespread protests that followed last year’s general election, the commission of inquiry set up to investigate the violence has announced. However, commission chairman Mohamed Chande Othman did not say …