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27-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s top importer of Russian oil, the conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, says it will abide by Western sanctions, ending several days of speculation about how the company will manage new measures targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies. Reliance “will be adapting the refinery operations to …

27-10-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli forces carried out a “targeted strike” on an individual in central Gaza who was planning to attack Israeli troops, Israel’s military said on Saturday. A US-backed ceasefire is in force between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas more than two years after the war in the …

27-10-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ DHOHA/ KABUL: Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan have met in Istanbul for talks on how to ensure a recent ceasefire deal between the two countries holds, with the Pakistani defence minister warning of “open war” should the efforts fail. The discussions, which …

27-10-2025 DOHA: States President Donald Trump has thanked Qatar for its efforts in securing a ceasefire deal in Gaza as Israeli forces continued attacks on the Palestinian territory, killing at least one person and wounding four others. Trump made the comments on Saturday as he welcomed Qatari Emir Tamim bin …

27-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: A Palestinian man returning to his Gaza neighborhood destroyed by Israeli bombardment has found an unexploded Israeli armored vehicle amid the rubble where he has had to set up temporary shelter. Families began returning to the southern city of Khan Younis following the ceasefire that took effect …

27-10-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: US President Donald Trump is kicking off his first trip to the Asia Pacific since his re-election by attending the ASEAN summit in Malaysia. America tariffs and access to rare earth minerals will be high on the agenda of Sunday’s gathering of Southeast Asian nations, while Trump …

26-10-2025 CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of “fabricating a new war”, after it ordered the world’s largest warship to be sent to the Caribbean. The USS Gerald R Ford can carry up to 90 aircraft and its deployment marks a massive increase in US firepower in …

26-10-2025 ANTANANARIVO: Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last week, has been stripped of his citizenship by the new regime. The order, signed by new Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, cited local laws stipulating that people who acquired foreign citizenship should lose their Malagasy nationality. Rajoelina, …

26-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will not accept limits on its trading choices or rush to sign agreements, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, even as a senior government official said a bilateral trade deal with Washington was “very near”. “India will not sign any trade deal in …

26-10-2025 TBILISI: Three Chinese citizens have been arrested in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, while allegedly trying to buy 2kg (4.4lb) of uranium, the State Security Service says. The suspects planned to transport the nuclear material to China through Russia, the security service said on Saturday in a statement, while also releasing …