International

22-12-2025 HOUSTON: An engineer from Germany has become the world’s first wheelchair user to go into space. Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, had reached out to a retired space engineer online to see if her dream of being an …

22-12-2025 MIAMI: The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye have urged the parties to the Gaza ceasefire to honor their commitments and show restraint, the chief US envoy says after talks in the US city of Miami. Senior officials from the four mediator countries met Steve Witkoff, US President Donald …

22-12-2025 BEIRUT: Lebanon is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah in the south of the Litani River before a year-end deadline as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel, according to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Saturday’s statement comes as the country races to fulfil the key demand in the …

22-12-2025 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, a journalist on the ground reports. The Israeli military operation on Saturday took place in the villages of Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf in the southern part of the …

21-12-2025 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine, if Russia is treated with respect and dismissed claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries as “nonsense”. In a televised event lasting almost four and a half hours, he was asked by …

21-12-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a fraud case involving state gifts. They were convicted of breaking Pakistan’s rules on gifts after Bibi was given a luxury jewelry set …

21-12-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, three US officials told media on Saturday, a move which comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. The …

21-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ GUWAHATI: A high-speed train carrying 650 people has collided with and killed seven wild Asiatic elephants and injured a calf in northern India. Five train coaches and the engine derailed following the impact, but there were no reported human casualties, Kishore Sharma, Indian Railways spokesman …

21-12-2025 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned Rwanda for backing a rebel offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and urged it to withdraw its forces and stop supporting the M23 armed group. The UNSC unanimously adopted the resolution on Friday, and also extended the …

21-12-2025 DHAKA: Bangladesh is observing a national day of mourning as the funeral was held for Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of its 2024 student-led uprising, after his death triggered two days of protests across the country. Tens of thousands of people poured into the area surrounding Bangladesh’s parliament …