International

10-12-2025 WEST BANK: For two years during the Gaza war, all public celebrations for Christmas were cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank where Christians believe Jesus was born but after the recent ceasefire, the holy city decided that this year the festivities would return as symbolized by the …

10-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Amnesty International has said India’s review of a telecom industry proposal to mandate always-on satellite location tracking on phones for better lawful surveillance was “deeply concerning” and puts data of human rights defenders at risk. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has long …

10-12-2025 BEIJING: China’s annual trade surplus in goods has topped $1 trillion for the first time, with plunging exports to the United States amid a tariff war more than compensated for by shipments to other markets, new data shows. Figures released by China’s General Administration of Customs on Monday showed …

10-12-2025 KHARTOUM: A prominent Sudanese doctor’s group has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raping at least 19 women as they fled the city of el-Fasher in Darfur. The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Sunday that it documented the rapes among women who had fled …

10-12-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Residents on both sides of Thailand’s and Cambodia’s border evacuated in droves on Monday as fresh clashes erupted, killing at least five people. Both sides have each accused the other of starting the violence, which is the most serious confrontation between the two countries since they …

09-12-2025 SYDNEY: Australia activated disaster relief for residents impacted by wildfires that have burnt properties, infrastructure and thousands of hectares of bushland in the country’s most populous state. The Albanese and Minns Governments have activated disaster assistance to communities in 6 Local Government Areas (LGAs) following a number of bushfires …

09-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance, a move opposed by Apple, Google and Samsung due to privacy concerns, according to documents, emails and five sources. …

09-12-2025 ATHENS: The bodies of at least 17 migrants and asylum seekers have been found in a partially deflated boat off the Greek island of Crete, according to the country’s coastguard. The victims, as well as two survivors, were discovered on Saturday, some 26 nautical miles (48km) southwest of Crete. …

09-12-2025 MADRID/ LIMA: Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado have rallied in countries around the world to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize win ahead of Wednesday’s award ceremony Thousands of people marched through Madrid, Utrecht, Buenos Aires, Lima, Brisbane and other cities on Saturday in support of 58-year-old …

09-12-2025 KHARTOUM: The death toll from an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a kindergarten and other sites in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan has risen to at least 114 people, including 46 children, according to a local official. The executive director of Kalogi locality in told …