International

11-09-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States has sanctioned nearly 20 companies and individuals in Myanmar and Cambodia for their involvement in part of a multibillion-dollar global scam industry built on the back of enslaved human trafficking victims. The Treasury Department on Monday announced it had issued financial and diplomatic sanctions on …

11-09-2025 PARIS: The French government, led by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, has collapsed after losing a vote of no confidence, tipping the Eurozone’s second-biggest economy into a political crisis and casting doubt over President Emmanuel Macron’s future. France’s Parliament voted on Monday to bring down the government over its budget …

11-09-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: On February 15, thousands of men, women and children scrambled to board trains at New Delhi railway station, bound for the pilgrimage city of Prayagraj, which was playing host to the Kumbh Mela festival, one of Hinduism’s holiest gatherings. A deadly stampede followed, …

11-09-2025 TUNIS: The Global Sumud Flotilla says a drone has struck its main ship in Tunisia, causing a fire. All passengers and crew are safe. The “Family boat” was preparing to travel to Gaza, trying to break the Israeli blockade on the Palestinian enclave, where a famine has been declared. …

11-09-2025 KATHMANDU: At least 19 people were killed and over 100 injured in clashes with security forces after thousands of young people in Nepal took to the streets on Monday to protest against corruption and a government ban on social media websites. A curfew was imposed in parts of Kathmandu …

11-09-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Palestinians in Gaza City to “leave now”, as the United Nations human rights chief condemned Israel for what he described as the “mass killing” of civilians and deliberate obstruction of lifesaving aid. Volker Turk, the United Nations high commissioner …

10-09-2025 Bureau Report LAHORE: New evacuation orders have been issued in low-lying areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province amid a heavy flood warning, with the region experiencing its worst flooding on record. The Pakistan Meteorological Department posted on social media on Monday that rains were persisting across the country as “another …

10-09-2025 BRISBANE: The Australian woman convicted of killing three lunch guests with the world’s most toxic mushrooms was sentenced to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday, bookending a real-life crime drama that’s gripped Australia and spawned multiple podcasts and documentaries. Erin Patterson, 50, was …

10-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will roll out a package of measures to help exporters hurt by a surge in US tariffs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. The new US duties slapped on Indian goods last month included a 25% punitive levy over New Delhi’s Russian oil …

10-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a Gaza deal could come soon to secure the release of all the hostages held by Hamas, after earlier issuing what he called his “last warning” to the Palestinian militant group. Trump, speaking to reporters after landing in the Washington …