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26-10-2025 KHARTOUM: Fighting has intensified across Sudan as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has launched attacks on the besieged city of el-Fasher in North Darfur and the North Kordofan city of Bara. The RSF attacked Bara, a city 350km (215 miles) southwest of Khartoum, the capital, from multiple …

26-10-2025 NEW YORK: Early voting in the Big Apple kicked off Saturday with New Yorkers beginning the process of deciding the city’s next mayor ahead of the Nov. 4 general election and whether the so-called “capital of capitalism” should be led by a socialist. Lefty Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the …

26-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 93 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli attacks since the beginning of the October 10 ceasefire, Gaza’s Health Ministry says. The United Nations says at least 1.5 million in the Gaza Strip need “emergency assistance”, as Palestinians returning to their homes say they …

25-10-2025 BERLIN/ MOSCOW: Germany is seeking an exemption from US sanctions on Russian oil company Rosneft’s German business, a person with direct knowledge of the government discussions said on Thursday, after banks said sanctions could stop them dealing with the local energy supplier. Rosneft’s German business is controlled by German …

25-10-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would “advance non-stop”, state media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim made the comments during a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia’s …

25-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are poised to sharply curtail imports of Russian oil to comply with new US sanctions on two top Russian producers, industry sources said on Thursday, potentially removing a major hurdle to a trade deal with the United States. The change comes …

25-10-2025 PARIS: Around 2,000 gold and silver coins worth around €90,000 (£78,000; $104,000) were stolen during a raid at another French museum, just hours after the audacious theft of some of the French crown jewels at the Louvre in Paris. The incident happened at a museum dedicated to French philosopher …

25-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticized a move by Israel’s parliament towards annexation of the occupied West Bank. On Wednesday, far-right politicians in the Knesset took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill applying Israeli law in the …

25-10-2025 KYIV: EU leaders agreed to help support Ukraine’s “financial needs” for the next two years on Thursday night but stopped short of releasing billions of euros in frozen Russian cash to help fund the country’s defence. A decision to use €140bn (£122bn) in Russian assets held in a Belgian …

24-10-2025 TOKYO: The new junior party in Japan’s ruling coalition is likely to give Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the green light she needs for a big spending package, but will stop short of supporting a revival of Abenomics-style fiscal and monetary policies. Takaichi made history this week becoming the country’s …