International

17-11-2025 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has handed back 62 Indigenous artefacts to Canada’s Catholic bishops, framing the move as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity” after years of pressure from Indigenous communities seeking the return of cultural heritage removed under colonial rule. The items were formally transferred on …

17-11-2025 TEHRAN: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed Western intelligence reports that it intercepted a Cyprus-registered tanker that transited through the Strait of Hormuz. The Marhsall Islands-flagged Talara was confiscated on Friday morning while carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals, Iran’s powerful military and political organization said in a …

17-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump says he would likely sue the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) next week for as much as $5bn after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave, but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim. “We …

17-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: The Palestinian Foreign Ministry thanked South Africa for allowing more than 150 Gaza residents into the country, after they initially faced entry issues due to missing documents and interview requirements. South Africa on Thursday granted a 90-day visa exemption for 153 Palestinians who arrived from Kenya to …

16-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition is set to comfortably retain power in the poor and populous state of Bihar, a vote count showed on Friday, giving him a boost after a disappointing national vote last year. Winning Bihar is crucial because it is …

16-11-2025 BEIJING/ TOKYO: China has summoned the Japanese ambassador in Beijing over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. China and Japan have been locked in an escalating war of words this week, set off by Takaichi’s suggestion that Japan could respond with its own self-defence force if China attacked …

16-11-2025 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The BBC has apologized to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation. The corporation said the edit had given “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call …

16-11-2025 OTTAWA: Kristy Gammon used to travel to the US from Canada at least once every other year, taking ski trips at Lake Placid in New York and travelling to Baltimore, Maryland, for her husband’s favorite Orioles baseball games but those trips are now over, she said. This year, the …

16-11-2025 TUNIS: International NGOs Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have decried a sharp decline in civil liberties and a pervading “injustice” in Tunisia since President Kais Saied came to power in 2019, as authorities escalate their crackdown on the opposition, activists and foreign nongovernmental organizations. “Tunisian authorities have increasingly …

16-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has accused Israel of deliberately crippling its operations and blocking the entry of vital aid to Gaza amid its more than two-year genocidal war, as Palestinians face the onset of heavy rains and winter with sparse shelter or …