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15-12-2025 WASHINGTON. BANGKOK: US President Donald Trump has said the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia will halt fighting “effective this evening”. Trump made the announcement after telephone conversations with the two leaders following deadly border clashes in recent days which have left at least 20 people dead and half …

15-12-2025 TEHRAN: Iranian security forces have “violently arrested” Nobel Peace Prize winner and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her foundation has said. The Narges Foundation said Ms Mohammadi, 53, was detained in the eastern city of Mashhad, along with other activists. The Nobel Committee said it was “deeply concerned by …

15-12-2025 BERLIN: Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador. A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a “cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024”. The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to …

14-12-2025 PARIS: Angry French farmers are calling for more protests over the government-backed slaughter of cattle herds affected by so-called Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). On Thursday there were clashes between riot police and demonstrators in the southern Ariege department, after vets were called in to destroy potentially contaminated cattle at …

14-12-2025 TOKYO: The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has lifted a tsunami advisory for northern Japan’s Pacific coast that had been issued after an earthquake shook the region, national broadcaster NHK reported, days after a larger tremor injured at least 50 people. The magnitude 6.7 quake struck on Friday off the …

14-12-2025 DHAKA: Bangladesh will hold national elections on Feb. 12, its chief election commissioner has announced, setting the timeline for the nation’s first vote since a student-led uprising that ousted long-serving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hasina, whose Awami League party-led government was marred by allegations of human rights violations, rigged …

14-12-2025 GAZA STRIP: In the large displacement camps of Gaza, rows upon rows of makeshift tents blanket debris, empty lots and what remains of flattened neighborhoods. With Storm Byron descending upon the enclave, a sense of terror has seized a population already exhausted from two years of Israel’s genocidal war …

14-12-2025 BERN: The winner of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Nemo, has said they are returning their trophy in protest over Israel’s continued participation in the event. The 26-year-old Swiss singer said there was a “clear conflict” between Israel’s involvement in the competition and the ideals of “unity, inclusion and …

14-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has cut red tape to speed business visas for Chinese professionals, two officials said, a major step to boost ties between the Asian giants and end chronic delays that cost output worth billions of dollars because of scarce technicians. As PM Narendra Modi cautiously …

14-12-2025 KHARTOUM: A women’s rights organization has documented nearly 1,300 cases of endemic sexual and gender-based violence across war-torn Sudan, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) blamed for the overwhelming majority of attacks. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) released findings on Thursday showing …