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18-06-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and suggested that details of the agreement are set to be published “pretty soon”. “I am very happy to say it’s signed, the deal is all signed,” he said …

18-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Soon after Nidhi Agarwal got married, she and her partner decided not to have children. Nine years later, that’s a decision they still stick by. “Before marriage, we never discussed kids. We spoke about finances and our career goals,” the 41-year-old, who runs a …

18-06-2026 BEIRUT: On Monday morning, people in Lebanon woke up to yet another ceasefire agreement. An agreement announced between the United States and Iran includes Lebanon, according to Iranian and Pakistani officials but statements from Israeli officials cast doubt over whether the war that has been ravaging southern Lebanon since …

18-06-2026 LONDON: Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s proscription of the activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organization was lawful, overturning a decision by a lower court. The ruling on Monday came after the government lodged an appeal challenging a High Court ruling in February that …

17-06-2026 LONDON/ MOSCOW: British forces have seized a Russian shadow-fleet oil tanker that was trying to transit the English Channel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. “This successful operation ⁠⁠delivers yet another ⁠⁠blow to Russia and reminds those fueling ⁠(Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s war in ⁠⁠Ukraine that ⁠⁠we will not let …

17-06-2026 AUCKLAND: On New Year’s Eve 1998, a few hundred people gathered for a dance party on a clifftop above the black sands of Karioitahi beach, south of Auckland. It was wild and lo-fi. Inspired by outdoor raves in Goa, India, and New Year’s Eve parties in the hills of …

17-06-2026 GENEVA/ GAZA STRIP: The International Committee of the Red Cross has said the risk that the thousands of Palestinians buried beneath Gaza’s rubble may never be identified is increasing by the day, as recovery efforts remain slow and many victims have yet to be retrieved, the Guardian can reveal. …

17-06-2026 GENEVA/ N’DJAMENA: An internal report by the aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has found that local and foreign staff exploited refugees in Chad, sometimes targeting underage girls and other times trading food aid and jobs for sex. The report was completed last July …

17-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train artificial intelligence-powered robots to take on household tasks in the future. Earning 250 rupees ($2.6) for one hour of video, her mundane recordings are invaluable for global tech …

17-06-2026 TEHRAN: The anniversary of a 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June 2025 is being marked this week in Tehran, as American and Iranian officials engage in last-minute negotiations to end a more recent conflict between the two sides. Tehran and Washington have signaled that a deal to …