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29-06-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump, except perhaps on the very policy he is seeking to enforce. An executive order that …

29-06-2025 BELGRADE: Serbian police have clashed with a huge crowd of anti-government protesters demanding an early election and end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year rule in the capital Belgrade. A sea of around 140,000 protesters rallied in the city, the largest turnout in recent months, as student-led demonstrations mount pressure …

29-06-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s climate change minister has slammed the “crisis of injustice” facing the country and a “lopsided allocation” of funding as heavy rains and the latest flash flooding cause more damage, destruction and loss of life. Last month, at least 32 people were also killed in severe …

29-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: As many as 66 children have died of malnutrition in Gaza over the course of Israel’s war, authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, condemning a tightened Israeli siege that has prevented the entry of milk, nutritional supplements and other food aid. The statement from Gaza’s Government Media …

29-06-2025 BUDAPEST: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Hungary’s capital as a banned LGBTQIA+ rights rally has swelled into a mass anti-government demonstration. In a major show of opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, crowds set off across one of the main bridges, waving rainbow flags and with …

29-06-2025 ATHENS/ MADRID: Health and fire warnings have been issued in countries across southern Europe, with temperatures expected to exceed 40C in some places over the weekend. Italy, Greece, France, Spain and Portugal are among the countries affected with the Spanish city of Seville forecast to hit 42C. Hot air …

29-06-2025 TEHRAN: Tens of thousands of people have lined the streets in Iran’s capital, Tehran, as the country held a funeral service for military commanders, nuclear scientists and some civilians martyred in Israeli attacks earlier this month. State TV showed footage of people donning black clothes, waving Iranian flags and …

28-06-2025 TOKYO: Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man …

28-06-2025 CAIRO/ TEHRAN LONDON: Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas is battling to survive in Gaza in the face of rebellious local clans and relentless Israeli military pressure. Hamas fighters are operating autonomously under orders to hold …

28-06-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a “permanent solution” to their decades-old border dispute, in a new push for a conclusive outcome. Singh met China’s Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of …