23-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s government on Wednesday proposed that artificial intelligence and social media firms should clearly label AI-generated content to tackle the spread of deepfake and misinformation, prompted by similar moves by the European Union and China. With nearly 1 billion internet users, the stakes are …
Read More »Political infighting as Iran navigates sanctions
23-10-2025 TEHRAN: As reinstated sanctions bite and the persistent chance of renewed war with Israel lingers, authorities in Iran are adopting a defiant posture, but one that masks a jockeying for influence within the ruling establishment. United Nations sanctions were re-imposed this month by European powers through the “snapback” mechanism …
Read More »Israel’s parliament advances bill to annex occupied West Bank
23-10-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament has voted to give preliminary approval to a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank, in a move tantamount to annexation of the Palestinian territory, which would be a blatant violation of international law. Despite opposition from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and …
Read More »Thieves rob priceless jewels from Paris’ Louvre in brazen heist
22-10-2025 PARIS: Thieves in balaclavas broke into Paris’ Louvre museum on Sunday, using a crane to smash an upstairs window, then stealing priceless objects from an area that houses the French crown jewels before escaping on motorbikes, officials said. The robbery raises awkward questions about security at the museum, where …
Read More »Ceasefire & aid to resume after airstrikes in Gaza: Israel
22-10-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: The Israeli military said on Sunday a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that Palestinians said killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month’s US-brokered truce. US President Donald Trump …
Read More »EU seeks declaration to inspect Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
22-10-2025 BRUSSELS: The European Union’s diplomatic arm, the EEAS, is urging member states to back a maritime declaration that would allow EU nations working with flag states to arrange inspections on Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, an EEAS document shows. Beefing up inspection rights is the latest EU proposal …
Read More »New copper demand drivers from US
22-10-2025 LONDON: Copper consumption in the United States and India is set to emerge from China’s shadow over the next decade as demand growth in the world’s largest consumer of the industrial metal slows. Beijing’s industrial and infrastructure expansion has helped fuel a rally that has seen copper prices rise …
Read More »Bolivia votes to end 20 years of socialist government
22-10-2025 LA PAZ: Polls have closed in Bolivia in a presidential election run-off between two pro-market candidates, marking the end of nearly two decades of socialist rule and the start of a likely realignment towards the United States. Voting stations opened at 8am local time (12:00 GMT) and closed at …
Read More »Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo: WHO
22-10-2025 KINSHASA: The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province, according to the United Nations health agency. The patient is the 19th to recover out of 64 total cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in …
Read More »Israel kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire
22-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and injured 230 others since the start of the ceasefire, and violated the truce agreement 80 times, the Gaza Government Media Office says. The Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians in a wave of air raids that it said …
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