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16-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PARIS: NEW DELHI: India and France have struck a deal to revise their 1992 treaty which will halve the tax on dividends paid by Indian units to French parents, potentially saving millions for companies with major operations in the South Asian nation, documents …

16-12-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: A drone attack has hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The attack on Saturday hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight …

16-12-2025 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: United States President Donald Trump has pledged to pursue “serious retaliation” against the armed group ISIL (ISIS) after an ambush in central Syria killed two US service members and one civilian interpreter, also from the US. The attack on US forces on Saturday was the first to …

16-12-2025 MINSK: Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova, in exchange for sanctions relief from the United States. John Coale, the US special envoy for Belarus, announced the lifting of sanctions on potash on Saturday after two days of …

16-12-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: The Israeli military sets it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza City. The attack on Saturday killed five people and wounded at least 25, according to Gaza health authorities. Hamas in a statement did not confirm the death of Raed …

15-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: New South Wales (NSW) Police say 11 people have been killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community, with 29 taken to hospital – including a child. Eli Schlanger, a British-born rabbi, was among those killed in the attack, his family …

15-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s cabinet has approved sweeping changes to atomic energy laws and fully opened the insurance sector to foreign investors, two government sources said on Friday, key policy moves aimed at attracting billions of dollars in two critical sectors. India, which plans to expand nuclear power …

15-12-2025 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: United States forces raided a cargo ship travelling from China to Iran last month, according to the Wall Street Journal, in the latest reported instance of increasingly aggressive maritime tactics by the administration of US President Donald Trump. Unnamed officials told the newspaper that US military personnel …

15-12-2025 NEW YORK: A New York Times reporter told Jeffrey Epstein that he could write an article that would define the financier on his own terms as he faced allegations of sexually abusing minors in the months leading up to his 2008 conviction, newly uncovered emails reveal. After a negative …

15-12-2025 GAZA STRIP: Storm Byron has swept across the Gaza Strip, killing dozens people and injuring others as harsh winds, relentless rain and collapsing structures crush families already displaced by Israel’s devastating assault on the enclave, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior and National Security. The ministry said five people …