20-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SANGRUR: To combat the worsening air in India’s capital New Delhi, several farmers in the neighboring northern state of Punjab are packing off crop stubble to factories for recycling instead of torching it. Stubble burning every winter is a major contributor to New Delhi being …
Read More »Sudanese Army repels heavy RSF attack in West Kordofan
20-11-2025 KHARTOUM: The Sudan army is holding on to its last stronghold in West Kordofan as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) pushes to take control of the province east of Darfur. The army said on Sunday it had repelled an attack against its headquarters in the town of Babnusa, …
Read More »Calls for answers grow over Canada’s interrogation of Israel critic
20-11-2025 MONTREAL: Canadian human rights activists are demanding answers from their government after a former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians was interrogated at the Canadian border on “national security” grounds. Richard Falk, 95, was stopped at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday and questioned for …
Read More »US will approve sale of F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia: Trump
20-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump says he will greenlight the sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signaling a departure in how Washington handles sophisticated weapons transfers to Arab countries. Trump made the announcement on Monday at the White House, just one day before Crown Prince …
Read More »Netanyahu calls for Hamas’ expulsion from the region
19-11-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called for Hamas to be expelled from the region, a day after the UN Security Council endorsed President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war that offers the Palestinian militant group amnesty. Netanyahu publicly endorsed the plan during a White House …
Read More »UN Gaza resolution does not meet Palestinians’ rights: Hamas
19-11-2025 GAZA CITY/ MOSCOW: Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they rejected Monday’s UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed in the territory, saying it fails to respect the “demands and rights” of the Palestinians. “This resolution does not meet the level of our Palestinian people’s political and …
Read More »Voters in Ecuador reject return of foreign military bases
19-11-2025 QUITO: Voters in Ecuador have rejected a proposal to allow the return of foreign military bases, according to early referendum results, with a count of close to 90 percent of ballots showing nearly two-thirds voting “no” on the proposal. The loss on Sunday was a blow to President Daniel …
Read More »India regulator to decline Jane Street data request in court
19-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s markets regulator will tell a court this week that it sees no reason to release additional data and documents to Jane Street, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, after the US firm appealed a securities trading ban. The Securities and …
Read More »Syria detains security officials over Suwayda violence
19-11-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria has arrested members of the country’s security and military services as part of a probe into sectarian violence in the southern province of Suwayda earlier this year that left hundreds dead. Judge Hatem Naasan, head of a committee investigating the eruption of violence in Suwayda in July, …
Read More »Dozens killed in DR Congo after bridge collapses at mine
19-11-2025 KINSHASA: At least 32 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to officials, after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine collapsed due to overcrowding. The incident occurred at the Kalando mine in southeastern Lualaba province on Saturday, the province’s interior minister, …
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