International

03-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: A “mass casualty influx” of people, many with gunshot or shrapnel wounds, was received at a Red Cross field hospital in southern Gaza, the organization said, following disputed reports about an incident near an aid distribution centre in Rafah. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …

03-06-2025 CANBERRA: Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles has called on China to explain why it needs to have “such an extraordinary military build-up”. He said Beijing needs to provide greater transparency and reassurance as it is the “fundamental issue” for the region. Meanwhile, the Philippines defence minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr …

03-06-2025 ABUJA: The death toll after deadly floods hit the Nigerian town of Mokwa on Thursday has risen to more than 200, officials say. There are still 500 people missing in the town in north-central Niger State, as a search mission continues. The deputy chairman of Mokwa Local Government, Musa …

02-06-2025 PARIS: Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. The vandalism, discovered early Saturday morning, targeted the Shoah Memorial, two synagogues and a Jewish restaurant in the city’s historic Marais district, as well as a third synagogue in …

02-06-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court swept away this week another obstacle to one of President Donald Trump’s most aggressively pursued policies, mass deportation again showing its willingness to back his hardline approach to immigration. The justices, though, have signaled some reservations with how he is carrying it out. Since …

02-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SINGAPORE: India switched tactics after suffering losses in the air on the first day of conflict with Pakistan earlier this month and established a decisive advantage before the neighbors announced a ceasefire three days later, India’s highest ranking general said on Saturday. The heaviest fighting …

02-06-2025 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war. While the US does not “seek to dominate or strangle China”, it would not be pushed …

02-06-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA STRIP: Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners, while requesting some amendments to the plan. The group repeated its demands for a permanent truce, …

02-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: Crowds of civilians have rushed aid trucks in Gaza, the World Food Program (WFP) has said, as hunger and desperation create chaotic scenes. The humanitarian organization said it had brought 77 trucks loaded with flour into Gaza overnight and early on Saturday. “All trucks were stopped along …

02-06-2025 BRUSSELS: The EU has said it “strongly” regrets Donald Trump’s surprise plan to double US tariffs on steel and aluminium in a move that risks throwing bilateral trade talks into chaos. The US president told a rally in the steel-making city of Pittsburgh that the tariffs would rise from …