International

13-09-2025 WASHINGTON: US space agency NASA has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities, a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres. Chinese nationals, who could only work at NASA as contractors or students contributing to research, found …

13-09-2025 PARIS: French children under 15 should be banned from social media and there should be an overnight “digital curfew” for 15-18 year olds, a parliamentary commission has recommended. The six-month inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors has found that the short video-sharing platform “knowingly exposes our …

12-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s army is resuming talks with protesters to pick an interim leader for the Himalayan nation, after violence that removed the government of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, according to an army spokesperson. Soldiers were patrolling the quiet streets of the capital Kathmandu for a second day on …

12-09-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Forum Malls, the retail arm of real estate developer Prestige Group, aims to nearly double its portfolio of shopping centres by opening 14 new malls across India’s top cities by 2029 as it bets on sustained demand, a top executive told media. The …

12-09-2025 DOHA: Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said that there must be a “collective response” to Israel’s attack on the Qatari capital Doha, as Arab leaders rushed to the Gulf nation to express solidarity. “There is a response that will happen from the region. …

12-09-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA/ LONDON: At least 63 Palestinians, including two young children, are among the latest deaths in Israel’s round-the-clock bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, adding to the 82 Palestinians killed over the last 24 hours, medical sources have said. Ten of those who were killed since dawn on …

12-09-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom has fired Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States over his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has said. Mandelson, a veteran Labour politician who was key to the party’s success under former …

12-09-2025 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: Israel had no intention of covering up its involvement in Tuesday’s attack on Doha within minutes of the explosions being heard in the Qatari capital, Israeli officials were claiming responsibility in the media and not long after, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly took …

12-09-2025 WARSAW: Polish and NATO forces have shot down drones violating the country’s airspace during a Russian aerial attack on neighboring Ukraine. Fighter jets were scrambled early on Wednesday as more than a dozen drones entered Polish airspace, the Polish military said. It is the first time that Polish and …

11-09-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israel has warned all residents of Gaza City to leave immediately in anticipation of a huge ground offensive. The military’s Arabic spokesman told as many as one million Palestinians living in Gaza’s biggest urban centre to evacuate southwards. “Remaining in the area is extremely dangerous,” he said. …