International

22-06-2025 LONDON: The British parliament has narrowly voted in favor of a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, marking a landmark moment of social reform in the country’s history. The legislation passed by a vote of 314-291 in the House of Commons on Friday, clearing its biggest …

21-06-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA/ KARACHI: In January 2024, Pakistan and Iran fired missiles into each other’s territory in a brief military escalation between the neighbors. Yet 17 months later, after Israel attacked Iran with strikes on the latter’s nuclear facilities, and assassinated multiple Iranian generals and nuclear scientists, …

21-06-2025 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: The US joining Israeli strikes would cause “hell for the whole region”, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister has told media. Saeed Khatibzadeh said this is “not America’s war” and if US President Donald Trump does get involved, he will always be remembered as “a president who entered a …

21-06-2025 LOS ANGELES: A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles, despite objections from city leaders and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Trump deployed the troops in response to widespread protests against his immigration crackdown. Local officials …

21-06-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Amazon India’s investment aims to support network expansion and upgrades for faster and more reliable deliveries, improve employee and associate well-being, and advance technology and innovation. As part of its commitment to building and operating India’s safest, fastest and most reliable operations network, …

21-06-2025 WASHINGTON: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have signed a provisional agreement aimed at stopping the conflict in eastern DRC, according to a joint statement from the two countries and the United States Department of State. The development late on Wednesday in Washington, DC, came after …

21-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 92 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as desperate Palestinians continue to seek food amid an ongoing hunger crisis. Among those killed since dawn on Thursday, 64 were in Gaza City and the north and 16 others were waiting for …

21-06-2025 PARIS: Conditions for grape-pickers in France’s champagne business lie at the heart of a human trafficking trial that has opened in the eastern city of Reims. Three people, a woman from Kyrgyzstan, a man from Georgia and a Frenchman are accused of exploiting more than 50 seasonal workers, mainly …

20-06-2025 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA: A SpaceX rocket has exploded before launch, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. Starship 36 was preparing for its 10th test flight at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas, when the incident occurred on Wednesday evening. During takeoff procedures just after …

20-06-2025 JERUSALEM: A hospital in the Israeli town of Beersheba has been hit by an Iranian missile on the seventh day of the conflict between the two countries. Iran said the strike had targeted a military site close to the hospital, not the facility itself. At least 89 people were …