International

12-12-2025 GAZA STRIP: Hamas has said the ceasefire cannot move forward while Israel continues its violations of the agreement, with Gaza authorities saying the truce has been breached at least 738 times since taking effect in October. Husam Badran, a Hamas official, called on mediators to increase pressure on Israel …

11-12-2025 BRUSSELS: European leaders have said “now is a critical moment” to ramp up support for Ukraine and put pressure on Russia to bring an end to the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London …

11-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Thousands of flights operated by India’s largest airline, IndiGo, have been cancelled in the past week, disrupting air travel during peak travel season in the world’s most populous nation. The chaos started last week due to a pilot shortage after the private carrier failed to …

11-12-2025 NEW JERSEY: Alina Habba, the acting United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, has stepped down following a recent appeals court ruling that disqualified her from continuing in the role. On Monday, Habba confirmed in a social media post that she had resigned. She cited a decision …

11-12-2025 TOKYO: A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring dozens of people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said. Authorities warned of possible aftershocks and an increased risk of a mega-quake. The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and …

11-12-2025 SANA’A: Yemen’s main southern separatist group has claimed broad control of the southern part of the country, marking a major shift in power for the area. Amr al-Bidh, a senior official of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), told media on Monday that the group had extended its presence in …

11-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI SURAT: In 2018, Alpesh Bhai enrolled his three-year-old daughter in an English-language private school in Surat. This was something he never imagined possible while growing up in his village in the Indian state of Gujarat, where his family survived on small fields of fennel, castor …

11-12-2025 DAMASCUS: Syrians have taken to the streets to celebrate the first anniversary of the removal of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad amid renewed optimism that conditions will continue to improve as the country recovers from the effects of nearly 14 years of war. Fireworks rang out, and flags dotted cities …

10-12-2025 NEW YORK: The United Nations has launched its 2026 appeal for aid by asking for just half the amount it says it needs, despite humanitarian needs globally being at an all-time high. The international institution appealed for $23bn on Monday, while acknowledging that, due to a plunge in donor …

10-12-2025 ABUJA: About 100 children who were abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria last month have been freed, authorities say. Niger state’s police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, and Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, who is in charge of the school as the local leader of the Catholic community, both …