International

22-11-2025 NEW DELHI: The US State Department has approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missile system and Excalibur guided artillery munitions worth $93 million to India, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Wednesday. The purchase of US defence equipment is India’s first under Washington’s foreign military sales …

22-11-2025 ABUJA: Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has postponed his trip to South Africa for the Group of 20 summit, promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls abducted by armed men earlier this week. The president’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that Tinubu suspended his departure …

22-11-2025 LONDON: Nearly 12,000 children were killed or injured in conflicts worldwide last year, of which 70 percent were a result of explosives, the United Kingdom-based charity Save the Children has said, with those in Gaza suffering the most from Israeli attacks. This was the highest number since records began …

22-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian-administered Kashmir, on the night of September 2, Shabir Ahmad’s home was swallowed by mud and swept into the river after relentless rains triggered a landslide in Sarh village in Indian-administered Kashmiri’s Reasi district. “I had been building my house brick by brick since 2016. …

22-11-2025 MADRID: In a lecture he delivered in Buenos Aires in 1933, Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain’s most celebrated poet and playwright, observed that “a dead man in Spain is more alive when dead than anywhere else in the world; his profile hurts like a razor’s edge.” Although the remark was …

21-11-2025 DUBAI: An Indian-made fighter jet has gone down in flames at the Dubai Airshow, killing the pilot in the second known crash of the aircraft. The HAL Tejas, a combat aircraft, crashed just after 2pm local time (10:00 GMT) on Friday during a demonstration for a crowd of spectators …

Dubai’Nov 21(PMI) An Indian-made HAL Tejas light combat aircraft crashed on Friday afternoon while performing a demonstration at the Dubai Air Show, prompting emergency response teams to rush to the scene. The incident occurred at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time at Al Maktoum International Airport, where the biennial aviation event is …

Madina/Hyderabad’ Nov 20 (PMI)The tragic bus accident that took place early on Monday, November 17, claimed the lives of 45 Indian nationals — 42 of them from Telangana — after their bus collided with a fuel tanker on the outskirts of Madinah. In a post on X on Thursday, November …

21-11-2025 JERUSALEM: At least 94 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have died in Israeli custody in less than two years, a well-regarded Israeli human rights group says. A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) alleges a practice of “systematic killings and cover-ups”. The report covers the period between …

21-11-2025 WASHINGTON NEW YORK: White House border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday he plans to ramp up federal immigration enforcement efforts in New York City, a month after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a high-profile raid targeting Manhattan street vendors. The Trump administration is already carrying …