23-09-2025 THE HAGUE: Dutch police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse violent anti-immigration protesters in The Hague on Saturday. Thirty people were arrested and two officers injured as large groups of people clashed with police, with some throwing rocks and bottles. Around 1,500 people blocked a highway crossing …
Read More »Pentagon bans reporters from accessing unauthorized info
23-09-2025 WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has told journalists they must agree not to disclose unauthorized information or else risk losing access to the building. The change is among a number of new restrictions, which also seek to impose limits on the movement of journalists within the facility, which is home to …
Read More »France suspends counterterrorism cooperation with Mali
22-09-2025 PARIS/ SIKASSO: France has suspended counterterrorism cooperation with Mali and ordered two staff members of the West African nation’s consulate to leave, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has said. The two staff members from the Malian embassy and consulate in Paris have been declared persona non …
Read More »Australian PM heads to NY; may meet Trump for first time
22-09-2025 SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese departs for the US this week, raising expectations of a first meeting with President Donald Trump, where the AUKUS defence partnership and China are likely to dominate talks between the security allies. According to his office, Albanese departs on Saturday for the United …
Read More »Afghan returnees struggle after earthquake
22-09-2025 KABUL/ KUNAR: Four months ago, Nawab Din returned to his home village of Wadir, high in the mountains of Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, after eight years as a refugee in Pakistan. Today, he lives in a tent on his own farmland. His house was destroyed nearly three weeks ago …
Read More »Drone strike on Sudan mosque martyrs 78
22-09-2025 KHARTOUM: More than 70 people have been killed following a drone strike on a mosque in Sudan’s Darfur region, a senior medical source has told the BBC. Friday’s attack in the city of el-Fasher has been blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) but the group has not …
Read More »Trump adds $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants
22-09-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) annual fee for applicants to the H-1B visa program for skilled foreign workers. Trump’s order mentions “abuse” of the program and will restrict entry unless payment is made. Critics have long argued that …
Read More »British couple held by Taliban arrive in UK after release
22-09-2025 LONDON: A British couple detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly eight months have arrived back in the UK after being released. Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, who lived in Afghanistan for nearly two decades, landed at Heathrow Airport, on a flight from Doha. They …
Read More »Trump’s H1-B visa fee hike could ‘disrupt families’: India
22-09-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: India says the Trump administration’s move to implement a new $100,000 annual fee on H-1B worker visas in the United States is likely to have humanitarian consequences, warning of “potential disruptions for families” affected by the policy. In a statement on Saturday, …
Read More »Australia’s watered down emissions target draws ire of environmentalists
21-09-2025 SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday set its 2035 emissions target at a reduction of 62%-70% from 2005 levels, a lower-than-expected figure that was criticized by green groups. The United Nations has asked countries to submit their climate plans, called Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, before the end of September so …
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