International

15-11-2025 WASHINGTON: House Democrats on Wednesday released emails that they said raised new questions about President Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and how much he knew about Epstein’s abuse of underage girls, while the swearing-in of a new Democrat kicked off a fresh fight in Congress over further disclosures. …

15-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s air force chief made the inaugural landing of a military transport aircraft at a new airbase capable of fighter jet operations close to the disputed Himalayan border with China, a defence official said on Thursday. The move comes amid a thaw in ties between …

15-11-2025 BEIJING: China’s securities watchdog chief, Wu Qing, has sought approval to step down, sources with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be an abrupt and unexpected exit for a regulatory head brought in last year to stabilize the country’s stock markets. Wu, who was appointed the chairman …

15-11-2025 DHAKA: When Sheikh Hasina was ousted as Bangladesh’s prime minister in August 2024 after a student-led uprising, many in the country believed the darkest days of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings were finally over. The interim administration, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in …

15-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year’s congressional elections following the party’s victories in recent state and local contests, according to a new Reuters/ Ipsos poll, which showed Republican President Donald Trump’s approval steady at 40%. The six-day poll, which closed …

15-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said both suicide bombers involved in the two attacks in the country this week were Afghan nationals, as authorities announced having made several arrests. Naqvi made the remarks in parliament on Thursday during a session carried live on television. …

15-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Tuberculosis deaths have fallen by 3 percent to 1.23 million people in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In its annual TB report published onyesterday, the United Nations health agency also revealed that overall cases of the disease had dropped by almost 2 percent since 2023. …

14-11-2025 SUAO: Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people ahead of Wednesday’s arrival of a much weakened Typhoon Fung-wong that brought record downpours to the mountainous east coast and unleashed floods that rose neck-high in places. Businesses and schools were shut in most southern areas of the island, with 51 people …

14-11-2025 BELEM, BRAZIL: Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the UN compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the …

14-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Indian police are investigating if there is a link between this week’s car blast in Delhi and the earlier arrest of a group of seven men from the restive Kashmir region with arms and bomb-making material, three sources familiar with the probe said on …