International

02-11-2025 DODOMA: Tanzania’s main opposition party has claimed that hundreds of people were killed in protests following this week’s disputed elections, while the United Nations says it has “credible reports” at least 10 people died. “As we speak, the number of deaths in (Dar-es-Salaam) is around 350 and there are …

02-11-2025 KHARTOUM: Abubakr Ahmed was ready to die on the soil he had fought so hard to defend from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). For 550 days, he fought as a member of the “popular resistance”, a neighborhood group formed to help the army and aligned armed groups protect …

02-11-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel has returned the bodies of 30 more Palestinians to Gaza as part of an ongoing exchange deal under a US-brokered ceasefire plan, a hospital told media on Friday. Al-Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis told media that “the bodies of 30 Palestinian prisoners were received …

01-11-2025 ANKARA: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a ceasefire for at least another week during talks in Turkiye, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The sides plan to meet again at a higher-level gathering in Istanbul on November 6 to finalize how the ceasefire will be implemented, …

01-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ BALTIMORE: The Trump administration is formally announcing a refugee admissions ceiling of just 7,500 people for Fiscal Year 2026, the lowest in US history while primarily using those limited slots for Afrikaners from South Africa. The Presidential Determination, to be published Oct. 31 in the Federal Register, cites …

01-11-2025 PORT-AU-PRINCE/ HAVANA: The scale of devastation left by Hurricane Melissa is becoming clear after the record-setting storm tore through Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, leaving at least 34 people dead. Although downgraded from a category five to a category two storm, Melissa gathered speed as it swept through the Bahamas …

01-11-2025 KHARTOUM: The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has declared an investigation into what he called violations committed by his soldiers during the capture of el-Fasher. The announcement by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, came after escalating reports of civilian killings following the RSF takeover …

01-11-2025 GYEONGJU: President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had instructed the Defense Department to “immediately” start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other nations. “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump …

01-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian companies have received licences for importing rare earth magnets from China, India’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, signaling some easing in Beijing’s export control. Rare earths, a group of 17 elements that play a crucial role in cars, planes and weapons, have become one …

01-11-2025 ANKARA: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Germany over what he called its ignorance of Israel’s “genocide” and attacks on Gaza. At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan noted Israel’s access to nuclear and other weapons, saying it was using …