International

18-12-2025 THE HAGUE: The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into its actions in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, dealing a blow to Israel’s efforts to derail the case. In their decision …

18-12-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order labelling fentanyl, and its core precursors, as a “weapon of mass destruction” (WMD), in the latest instance of his administration using increasingly militarized language to justify its operations against drug cartels and smugglers. The announcement …

17-12-2025 NEW YORK: A Google search executive on Thursday pushed back against fears that its AI-powered search will harm web publishers and its advertising business, calling the technology an “expansionary moment” for the internet. Speaking at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, Robby Stein, vice president of product for …

17-12-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA CITY: Israel’s assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the viability of the Gaza ceasefire, the chief negotiator of the militant group said on Sunday, calling on US President Donald Trump to demand Israel comply with the terms of the truce. Thousands of Hamas supporters rallied in …

17-12-2025 PARIS: France will vaccinate 1 million head of cattle in coming weeks against lumpy skin disease, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said on Saturday, as farmers blocked highways and dumped manure near public buildings to protest against culls of herds. Several outbreaks of the highly contagious disease prompted authorities to …

17-12-2025 BEIJING/ RIYADH: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that China has always regarded Saudi Arabia as a priority in its Middle East diplomacy and an important partner in its global diplomatic strategy and is willing to work with Saudi Arabia to elevate bilateral ties to new heights. …

17-12-2025 BERLIN: Five men have been arrested in Germany suspected of being involved in a plot to drive a vehicle into people at a Christmas market. Three Moroccans, an Egyptian and a Syrian were detained on Friday over the plan to target a market in the southern Bavarian state. Authorities …

17-12-2025 SANTIAGO: Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast has won a run-off election to become Chile’s 38th president, ousting the centre-left government currently in power. On Sunday, with nearly all the ballots counted, Kast prevailed with nearly 58 percent of the vote, defeating former Labour Minister Jeannette Jara, a Communist Party …

17-12-2025 PARIS: France has urged the European Union to postpone a vote on a trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur, saying conditions are not yet in place for an agreement. In a statement from Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s office on Sunday, Paris said that EU member states cannot …

16-12-2025 KYIV: More than a million households are without electricity in Ukraine after a barrage of overnight Russian strikes hit energy and industrial infrastructure, officials said. Ukraine’s internal affairs minister, Ihor Klymenko, said five regions were hit and at least five people were injured and work was under way to …