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28-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: It’s a Thanksgiving tradition for many families in the United States: heading to retailers like Walmart to stock up on cranberries, sweet potatoes and la piece de resistance, a cult classic, the Butterball turkey but this year, Walmart’s annual Thanksgiving meal kit has become a flashpoint …

28-11-2025 BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his 27-year prison sentence, after his defence team declined to file a second appeal. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a leading figure in the trial against Bolsonaro, made the announcement on Tuesday. The court indicated Bolsonaro would …

27-11-2025 KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed proposed changes to the controversial 28-point peace plan for ending the war with Russia. It appears Ukraine’s European allies produced an amended version of the plan after rejecting parts which favoured Russia’s war aims. “Now the list of necessary steps to end …

27-11-2025 KHARTOUM: The head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces said late on Monday that his paramilitaries would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce, after US President Donald Trump said last week that he would intervene to seek an end to a war that has plunged the country into famine. …

27-11-2025 TEL AVIV/ CAIRO: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the US and Israeli-backed organization to distribute aid in Gaza, said on Monday it was ending its operations after months of criticism over deaths of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach GHF hubs. The GHF, which had bypassed the United Nations and …

27-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s solar module exports fell sharply in September to their lowest this year after US trade measures curbed shipments, forcing manufacturers to redirect supplies to the domestic market, industry officials and analysts said. India’s exports to the United States had surged earlier this year as …

27-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has ordered his aides to start a process to label the branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as “terrorist” organizations, citing their alleged support for the Palestinian group Hamas. Trump issued the decree on Monday as Washington intensified its …

27-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: At least three security personnel have been killed when a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the Federal Constabulary (FC) headquarters in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar. “Three FC personnel deployed at the gate were martyred and four others were wounded,” said Peshawar Capital City …

27-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping held a wide-ranging phone call on issues like Taiwan and trade, as relations appeared to gather new momentum since the pair’s meeting in South Korea last month. Hours after the call on Monday, the US president hailed the two …

26-11-2025 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel’s military has killed a senior member of the militant group Hezbollah in an air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, despite a ceasefire. It described Haitham Ali al-Tabtabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, as a veteran of the group who had held a …