International

15-09-2025 DOHA, QATAR: Foreign dignitaries from across the Arab and Muslim world have gathered in Doha, and observers are expecting them to deliver a decisive response to Israel after its attack on Qatar. The emergency summit of the Arab League (AL) and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opens on Monday, …

15-09-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BRUSSELS: Trade talks between India and the European Union have entered a crucial phase and negotiators are working intensively to meet a year-end deadline for signing the free trade pact, a top European Union Official said on Tuesday. The EU is India’s biggest …

15-09-2025 BEIJING: China’s military said on Sunday it had conducted routine patrols in the South China Sea and warned the Philippines against any provocations. The two countries have been engaged in a long-running maritime standoff in the strategic waterway that has included regular clashes between coast guard ships and massive …

15-09-2025 WASHINGTON: Group of Seven nations’ finance ministers discussed in a call on Friday further sanctions on Russia and possible tariffs on countries that they consider “enabling” its war in Ukraine, as the US called on its allies to impose tariffs on purchasers of Russian oil. Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe …

15-09-2025 DOHA/ GAZA: Artillery shelling and gunfire by Israeli forces reported in Gaza City, as well as shelling from boats. Israel continues demolishing buildings across Gaza. Qatar is hosting a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders on Sunday and Monday to plot a course of action after Israel’s “cowardly” attack …

15-09-2025 LONDON: More than 110,000 people protesting against immigration have marched through the United Kingdom’s capital, London, in one of the country’s biggest right-wing demonstrations, with some protesters clashing with the police and wounding at least 26 officers. The violence at the “Unite the Kingdom” march on Saturday came as …

15-09-2025 TUNIS: An international convoy of boats, the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), has set sail from Tunisia, aiming to defy Israel’s siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. The GSF, which departed Bizerte Port, includes more than 40 vessels carrying between 500 and 700 activists from more than 40 countries, …

15-09-2025 CARACAS: Venezuela has accused the United States of illegally boarding and occupying one of its fishing vessels in the country’s special economic zone, further escalating tensions between Caracas and Washington. In a statement on Saturday, Venezuela’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the vessel, carrying nine “humble” and “harmless” fishermen, …

14-09-2025 GENEVA: Urgent funding is needed to scale up life-saving support for families forced to sleep outdoors following powerful earthquakes that recently struck eastern Afghanistan, the UN’s migration agency said on Thursday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for $16.8 million, in line with the United Nations joint …

14-09-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to India said on Thursday that Washington and New Delhi are “not that far apart” on tariffs at a hearing in which he and Trump’s fellow Republicans described warm bilateral ties despite recent tensions. In a highly unusual move, Secretary …