International

13-11-2025 NEW YORK: Muslim voters in the United States overwhelmingly favored Democratic candidates in last week’s elections, amid mounting anger at President Donald Trump’s policies, a new exit poll suggests. The survey, released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday, shows 97 percent of Muslim voters in New …

13-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian capital territory of Delhi have invoked an ‘anti-terror’ law as they probe a deadly car explosion near the historic Red Fort on Monday in which at least nine people were killed, local media reported. Indian television channels reported that at least …

13-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least two people including a child have been killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to media reporters in the besieged Palestinian territory. Hamas condemned Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month, accusing …

13-11-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States has issued a new waiver to lift the most serious sanctions against Syria, as interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Washington. The move on Monday coincided with al-Sharaa’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, underscoring Damascus’s push to forge strong economic ties …

12-11-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to be on the rise again after both countries’ capitals were rocked by deadly blasts just a day apart from each other, fueling fears of another full-blown clash this year. On Tuesday afternoon, a …

12-11-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader’s plans to join a US-led coalition to fight the militant group that he has long battled. The sources, a senior Syrian security official and …

12-11-2025 ISTANBUL: A team from the international crime watchdog FATF will evaluate Turkey this month after removing it from its “grey list” last year for progress made in fighting money laundering and the funding of terrorist activity, five sources said. Turkey has to show it is meeting commitments or it …

12-11-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Sunday moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and snarled air travel. In a procedural vote, senators advanced a House-passed bill that will be amended to …

12-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Crowds have demonstrated in New Delhi calling for action as the Indian capital faces another winter engulfed in smog. Pollution levels in New Delhi surged again on Monday morning as the city was immersed in a thick smog. The annual degradation of air quality in …

12-11-2025 BRASILIA/ UNITED NATIONS: Climate-related disasters and conflict have displaced millions of people across the globe, the United Nations has warned before the opening of its annual climate change conference. The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report, published on Monday to coincide with the launch of …