International

24-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza martyred dozens more people on Wednesday, an attack that Israel said targeted militants operating from within the complex. Since a January ceasefire collapsed on March 18, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,600 Palestinians, many …

24-04-2025 VATICAN CITY/ PETER’S BASILICA: Mourners are paying their respects to Pope Francis, whose body was moved from his Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral on Saturday. The Pope’s open coffin was carried on Wednesday morning in a solemn procession through St Peter’s Square where as many …

24-04-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PAHALGAM: An Indian naval officer on honeymoon, a tourist guide who was sole breadwinner for his family, and a businessman holidaying with his wife and children were among the victims of the horrific attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir. A group …

24-04-2025 WEST BANK: Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs” in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over control of Gaza in order to end the war with Israel. The president of the Palestinian Authority told …

24-04-2025 VATICAN CITY: Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world’s 1.4 billion baptized Roman Catholics. It also promises to be a highly unpredictable and open process for a host of reasons. The College of Cardinals will meet …

23-04-2025 ISTANBUL: Several earthquakes have hit Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, the strongest with a magnitude of 6.2. The tremors, also felt in the Turkish capital 275 miles away, sparked panic as people fled shaking buildings. Fifty-one aftershocks have been recorded but no significant damage has been reported so far. At …

23-04-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: US Vice President JD Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted progress in talks for a trade deal between the two countries, their offices said on Monday, as New Delhi rushes to avoid US tariffs and court Trump’s administration. Vance arrived in India earlier …

23-04-2025 BEIJING: China has warned it will hit back at countries that make deals with the US that hurt Beijing’s interests, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies threatens to drag in other nations. The comments come after reports that the US plans to pressure governments to …

23-04-2025 GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: Israeli forces killed at least 29 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, medics say, including four in an attack on a tent camp in Gaza City. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised “a powerful response” to Yemen’s Houthis after the rebels claimed more attacks …

23-04-2025 VATICAN CITY/ COLOMBO: The Vatican has recognized 167 Sri Lankan Catholics killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings as ‘witnesses of faith’, six years after the attacks that killed over 260 people. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has said that the Vatican has recognized 167 of its members …