International

27-05-2026 NAIROBI: Not even heavy rain can keep shoppers away from Gikomba, a lively Kenyan market that stands as the largest open-air trading hub in East Africa. Sections of the site were waterlogged, yet shoppers, some wearing rubber boots, still inched their way through the congested pathways, hunting for Gikomba’s …

24-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi as part of a four-day visit to the country. Rubio arrived in the eastern city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) on Saturday morning before travelling to the capital. He …

27-05-2026 BELGRADE: Tens of thousands of people, led by university students, have rallied in the Serbian capital to protest against the government and call for early elections. The Novi Sad rail station disaster in November 2024, which killed 16 people, sparked anticorruption protests, calling for a transparent investigation, forcing then-Prime …

27-05-2026 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli ⁠air ⁠strike has killed at least five police ⁠officers and a 13-year-old boy, Gaza police say, as Israel continues its attacks across the Gaza Strip despite the “ceasefire” in place. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City on Saturday, said that the police officers …

26-05-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The US military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines. US Central Command said in a statement the strikes were taken in “self-defense”, and were designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian …

26-05-2026 MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has promised retaliation after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine. Six people were killed and 39 injured in the overnight strike in the town of Starobilsk, in the Luhansk region, the Russian President …

26-05-2026 SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA: A spiraling political conflict is threatening social stability in Bolivia. Just six months after the new administration took office, President Rodrigo Paz is facing a wave of demonstrations, highway blockades and growing calls for his resignation. The unrest began a little more than a month ago …

26-05-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Earlier this month, as Indian television channels and government leaders were celebrating the anniversary of the war against Pakistan in May 2025, one of the most influential ideologues of the political movement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads struck a …

26-05-2026 Warning: This article contains details of alleged abuse some may find distressing JERUSALEM: Pro-Palestinian activists who were deported after their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have alleged they were subjected to abuse while held in detention. Canada said it had received information detailing …

26-05-2026 WASHINGTON: Tulsi Gabbard will resign from her position as the US director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, citing her husband’s recent bone cancer diagnosis. “His strength and love have sustained me through every challenge,” she wrote in her resignation letter on Friday. “I cannot in good conscience …