International

09-12-2025 BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said the United States remains Europe’s “biggest ally” despite stinging criticism of the continent in a major strategy document amid ongoing ceasefire talks on the Ukraine war. Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Saturday, Kallas said some of …

09-12-2025 TOKYO: Japanese Minister of Defence Shinjiro Koizumi has accused Chinese fighter jets of directing their fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft during two separate incidents over international waters near the island of Okinawa. In a post on social media early on Sunday, Koizumi said that Tokyo has lodged a “strong …

08-12-2025 OTTAWA: Canada has removed Syria from its list of states that support “terrorism”, citing a similar move by the United States as well as efforts by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government to “advance” the country’s stability. The announcement on Friday comes as Syria prepares to mark one year since …

08-12-2025 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has accused the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of waging an attack on a border town near Chad as war in the country rages on deep into its third year. The RSF alleged the SAF used drones in the attack at the …

08-12-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic. The message, recounted by five sources familiar with the …

08-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Global private equity firm Advent International’s talks to acquire US giant Whirlpool’s India unit for up to $1 billion have collapsed due to disagreements over valuation, four people familiar with the matter told media. Advent had emerged as the frontrunner to acquire a 31% …

08-12-2025 COLOMBO/ BANGKOK: Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of Asia, as the official death toll from the ongoing climate-fueled disaster has climbed to more than 1,750 people in the worst-affected countries of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and …

08-12-2025 WASHINGTON: Since early September, the United States has carried out at least 22 declared military strikes targeting alleged drug-trafficking vessels off the coast of Latin America. Legal experts and international officials say that the attacks, which have killed at least 86 people, are a violation of the law and …

08-12-2025 DOHA: The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops withdraw from the Palestinian territory under a peace plan backed by Washington and the United Nations, mediator Qatar’s Prime Minister (PM) said yesterday. “Now we are at the critical moment … A ceasefire …

07-12-2025 SAN FRANCISCO: An alert that Nevada had been rocked by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake early Thursday sent phones buzzing briefly before the US Geological Survey quickly deleted the warning from its website and said it had been sent in error. The alert for what would have been one of the …