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29-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Teams from Egypt and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been allowed to search for bodies of deceased hostages taken during the 7 October attacks, Israeli authorities have confirmed. The Israeli government said the teams have been permitted to search beyond the so-called “yellow …

29-10-2025 KHARTOUM: Fighting has intensified in Sudan’s besieged city of el-Fasher in North Darfur, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group claimed it had captured a government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) base seen as their last stronghold in the western region. An RSF spokesperson said in a statement on …

29-10-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Fresh clashes near the border with Afghanistan have killed at least five Pakistani soldiers and 25 fighters, Pakistan’s army says, even as the two countries hold peace talks in Istanbul. The Pakistani military said armed men attempted to cross from Afghanistan into …

29-10-2025 SAN FRANCISCO: British political commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi has been detained by federal authorities in the United States in what a US Muslim civil rights group has called an “abduction”. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned Hamdi’s detention at San Francisco airport on Sunday as “a blatant …

29-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli restrictions on the entry of heavy machinery are crippling Gaza City’s efforts to clear debris and rebuild critical infrastructure, the city’s mayor says, as tens of thousands of tons of unexploded Israeli bombs threaten lives across the Gaza Strip. In a Sunday news conference, Mayor Yahya …

28-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: If the United States federal government shutdown continues, millions of low-income Americans could lose access to a monthly benefit that pays for food. About 42 million people receive money through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), sometimes called food stamps. The Department of Agriculture told states …

28-10-2025 KHARTOUM: Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children are engaged in the worst forms of child labor, with rates reaching as high as 90 percent in the hardest-hit regions, according to a government study released with the charity Save the Children. The National Child Labor Study, published on Friday, surveyed …

28-10-2025 WASHINGTON: Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has expressed concern that she did not ask Joe Biden to pull out of the race for the White House. In an interview, she said; “I do reflect on whether I should have had a conversation with him, urging him not to run …

28-10-2025 DUBLIN: Catherine Connolly has been elected as the president of Ireland after a landslide victory. She has become the 10th president of the Republic of Ireland after defeating Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys, who had already conceded to her rival. The result, long clear from early tallies, was officially declared …

27-10-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he is increasing tariffs on goods imported from Canada after the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan. In a post on social media on Saturday, Trump called the advert a “fraud” and lashed out at Canadian …