10-10-2025 JERUSALEM: Two years into its war on Gaza, having killed more than 67,000 people, forced a famine upon countless others and attacked its neighbors repeatedly, Israel stands isolated on the world stage and divided at home, analysts say. Taking the podium at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in …
Read More »Indian Muslims in poll-bound Bihar battle hate
10-10-2025 NEW DELHI/ KISHA NGAN, KATIHAR: More than a decade ago, when Mukhtar Alam studied at a government school in Kishanganj, the only Muslim-majority district in eastern India’s Bihar state, he had Hindu friends. Alam was especially close to one of them. The two would do their studies and school …
Read More »Syria holds first elections after Assad’s fall
10-10-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria recently held complex parliamentary elections that are designed to give the country a new parliament. These elections were expected to be held over the last months as the country transitions to a new system of government after fifty years of dictatorship that ended in December 2024. In …
Read More »Israeli forces intercept new aid flotilla bound for Gaza
10-10-2025 JERUSALEM: The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says the Israeli military attacked its convoy of boats and intercepted several vessels as they were sailing towards Gaza. The FFC said the military had attacked The Conscience, a boat carrying 93 journalists, doctors and activists before it attacked and intercepted three smaller …
Read More »Israel & Hamas agree first phase of Gaza peace plan
09-10-2025 CAIRO: Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan, paving the way for a possible end to the conflict in Gaza. Under the plan, Hamas will release the 20 living hostages it is still holding, while Israel will withdraw its troops to an agreed …
Read More »Macron should step down early & call Presidential vote: PM
09-10-2025 PARIS: Emmanuel Macron should name a Prime Minister to push through a budget and then call early presidential elections to solve France’s political crisis, his first prime minister has said. Edouard Philippe’s comments come after France’s third prime minister in a year, Sebastien Lecornu, resigned on Monday after his …
Read More »Albanian judge shot dead in court by man on trial
09-10-2025 TIRANA: A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital Tirana. Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute, a father …
Read More »US visa no longer a passport to love for Indians
09-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Sidhi Sharma wanted to marry an Indian citizen with a high-flying job in the United States but the 19-year-old medical student from India’s northern Haryana state dropped the idea after seeing recent headlines about US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, opens new tab. “I …
Read More »Indonesia ends search for victims of school collapse
09-10-2025 JAKARTA: Indonesia has halted the search for bodies at a collapsed Islamic boarding school after retrieving more than 60, officials said. The National Search and Rescue Agency announced on Tuesday that the teams were stepping down after more than a week of efforts to recover victims trapped beneath the …
Read More »America & China provoke sharp fall in global outlook
09-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has scaled back its forecast for renewable power growth to 2030, citing weaker outlooks in the United States and China. The Paris-based agency now projects total renewable capacity will reach 4,600 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, down from 5,500GW in last year’s forecast, …
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