23-11-2025 JOHANNESBURG: G20 envoys have agreed on a draft leaders’ declaration ahead of this weekend’s summit in Johannesburg without US input, four sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The administration of US President Donald Trump has indicated that it will boycott the summit over disagreements with the host …
Read More »Islamic State-linked rebels kill 89 civilians in Congo
23-11-2025 KINSHASA: Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lubero territory, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African country, known as MONUSCO, said on Friday. The attacks were carried out by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in several …
Read More »India enforces four new labour codes of worker rules
23-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India on Friday implemented four new labour codes, pushing ahead with the biggest overhaul of workers’ laws in decades as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says it seeks to simplify the rules, improve worker protection and liberalize conditions for investment. The labour rules, some dating …
Read More »Qatari Emir arrives in DR Congo after Rwanda visit
23-11-2025 KINSHASA: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days after the government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group signed a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in the country’s east. On his first trip to the …
Read More »Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini ‘earthquake swarm’
23-11-2025 ATHENS: The “swarm” of tens of thousands of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini earlier this year was triggered by molten rock pumping through an underground channel over three months, scientists have discovered. They used physics and artificial intelligence to work out exactly what caused the more than …
Read More »Anti-Hamas groups seek future role under Gaza peace plan
23-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: Urgent questions are being raised over a patchwork of armed groups that have emerged to fight Hamas in Gaza over recent months. They include groups based around family clans, criminal gangs and new militia, some of which are backed by Israel, as its prime minister recently admitted. …
Read More »COP30 talks stall as fossil fuel phase-out remains contentious
23-11-2025 BRASILIA: All mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from the draft deal under negotiation as the COP30 UN climate talks in Belem, Brazil enter their final stretch. Draft agreements at the meeting of nearly 200 countries usually go through multiple …
Read More »Saudi Crown Prince hosted at friendlier US Congress
22-11-2025 WASHINGTON: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with members of Congress at the US Capitol on Wednesday, on the second day of a visit to Washington that has aimed to tout stronger-than-ever economic and security ties while brushing off scrutiny of his human rights record. President Donald Trump …
Read More »Trump signs bill to release Epstein files
22-11-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday ordering the Justice Department to release documents from its long-running investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein files eagerly sought by both his political opponents and members of his own base who have pressed for greater transparency in the case. The material …
Read More »US clears $93m sale of Javelin anti-tank system to India
22-11-2025 NEW DELHI: The US State Department has approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missile system and Excalibur guided artillery munitions worth $93 million to India, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Wednesday. The purchase of US defence equipment is India’s first under Washington’s foreign military sales …
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