International

30-08-2025 MOSCOW: Russia and China have condemned a decision by Britain, Germany and France to launch a process that could re-impose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The three European countries, known as the E3, launched the so-called “snapback mechanism” on Thursday over accusations that Iran has …

30-08-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: In a sprawling market in the Indian capital, Anuj Gupta sits in a corner of his shop as silence hangs over it. Gupta sources and exports garment accessories, like laces and buttons to major global brands. But punishing tariffs imposed by United …

30-08-2025 WASHINGTON: Twenty years ago, the floodwalls protecting the city of New Orleans crumbled when Hurricane Katrina made landfall, killing almost 1,500 people. Scenes of desperation were broadcast worldwide on August 29, 2005, from across the southern United States city of about 500,000 people, particularly from its inundated and predominantly …

30-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s Health Ministry has recorded five deaths “due to famine and malnutrition” in the past 24 hours, including two children, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths to 322, including 121 children. At least 51 Palestinians, including children and aid seekers, have been killed since dawn in …

29-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on imports from India to as much as 50% took effect as scheduled on Wednesday, dealing a serious blow to ties between the two countries that became strategic partners after the turn of this century. A punitive 25% tariff …

29-08-2025 ROME: Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory amid preparations by Israel for a new military offensive. Leo was interrupted twice by applause as he …

29-08-2025 WASHINGTON: The artificial intelligence company Anthropic launched a National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council in efforts to deepen ties with Washington and allied governments as AI becomes increasingly central to defence. The San Francisco-based start-up announced the new panel on Wednesday. The council’s launch underscores AI firms’ growing …

29-08-2025 LONDON: From Turkiye to Greece, from France to Spain, this summer’s Mediterranean wildfires make one thing clear: Something has changed. These are no longer occasional dry spells or extreme seasons. The so-called sixth-generation fires are fueled by a climatic and social logic deeply embedded in the machinery of global …

29-08-2025 KHARTOUM: The city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an “epicenter of child suffering”, with starvation, mass displacement, and relentless violence taking a catastrophic toll following nearly 17 months under siege, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has warned. At least 600,000 people, half of them children, …

29-08-2025 MINNESOTA: Two children aged eight and 10 have been killed and 17 people injured when a gunman opened fire on schoolchildren attending Mass at a Catholic school in the United States, authorities say. The police chief of Minneapolis, Minnesota, said that of the people injured in the morning attack, …