International

12-03-2025 JERUSALEM/ DOHA/ GAZA STRIP: Qatar and Jordan say that Israel is aiming to “impose starvation” on Gaza by tightening its siege, and cutting the only remaining power line to the Gaza Strip, used to operate a desalination plant. Hamas says Israeli troops are still occupying the border area between …

12-03-2025 BERLIN: Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Germany as airport workers stage a nationwide strike over pay, posing a major disruption for air travelers. The industrial action, led by the trade union Verdi, began unexpectedly on Sunday at Hamburg Airport, before expanding to a nationwide strike. Passengers at …

12-03-2025 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: America’s top diplomat has said that he sees promise in Ukraine’s proposal for a partial ceasefire to end the war with Russia, ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia between US and Ukrainian officials. “I’m not saying that alone is enough but it’s the kind of concession you …

12-03-2025 EAST YORKSHIRE: Thirty-six people have been brought ashore after a cargo vessel collided with an oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast. Both ships are on fire, the coastguard says. A crew member from the cargo vessel is missing, and one person was taken to hospital, it adds. It’s …

12-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria’s defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country’s western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been killed. Security forces had “neutralized” loyalists of former president Bashar al-Assad in several towns in Latakia and Tartous provinces and were …

11-03-2025 BUCHAREST: Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member. The cancellation on December 6 of the presidential election due to allegations of Russian …

11-03-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India needs to buy more defence products and lower its tariffs on US products for the two countries to be able to sign a “grand” bilateral deal, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told India Today television on Friday. India’s import tariffs, among the …

11-03-2025 NEW YORK: US immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University, the student workers’ labor union said on Sunday. The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by US …

11-03-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) were beginning the clean-up on Sunday after the storm caused widespread flooding and knocked …

11-03-2025 PYONGYANG: Hackers thought to be working for the North Korean regime have successfully cashed out at least $300m (£232m) of their record-breaking $1.5bn crypto heist. The criminals, known as Lazarus Group, swiped the huge haul of digital tokens in a hack on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago. Since …