International

14-05-2025 DULLES: A group of about 50 White South Africans landed at Dulles International Airport on Monday as refugees, coming to the United States under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide. President Donald Trump has …

14-05-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Guns have fallen silent for now along the tense India-Pakistan frontier, after a ceasefire that appears to have held for three nights. On May 7, India launched predawn attacks on what it called multiple “terror sites” across Pakistan to avenge the April …

14-05-2025 RIYADH: US President Donald Trump has received a royal welcome after arriving in Saudi Arabia, his first stop of a three-day tour that will also see him visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. “We like each other a lot,” Trump says during talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin …

14-05-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israel’s army has admitted to carrying out “a targeted attack” on the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing two people, including Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih. Gaza’s Government Media Office on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Eslaih, who was receiving treatment …

14-05-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom’s government faces a High Court challenge over the export of F-35 jet components used by Israel. Co-claimants Al-Haq, a Palestinian rights organization, and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) are behind the case. “We’re going to court to try to force the government to stop …

13-05-2025 RIYADH/ DOHA/ DUBAI: The US president is due in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of a three-day tour, which will also take him to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. It marks Trump’s second foreign visit as president after he attended Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome in April. …

13-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 39 people on Monday, after Hamas releases US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander from captivity. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, after the world’e leading hunger monitor says the entire population of the …

13-05-2025 LONDON: Former members of the United Kingdom’s Special Forces have described alleged war crimes committed by British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq dating back over a decade. More than 30 witnesses who served with or alongside special forces soldiers broke their silence to media and spoke about illegal killings …

13-05-2025 GENEVA: China and the United States have agreed to suspend some of the heavy trade tariffs imposed against one another as they prepare to extend negotiations aimed at lowering trade war tensions. The two countries issued a joint statement on Monday, following two days of trade talks in Geneva, …

13-05-2025 ANKARA: The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm, potentially bringing decades of conflict with Turkiye to an end. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the move on Monday for “peace and fraternity” in Turkiye. The move was reported by the Firat News …