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13-09-2025 QAIRO: A spokesperson for Hamas has promised that the group will keep fighting after Israel attacked Qatar’s capital this week in an attempt to assassinate senior leaders of the Palestinian group, including negotiators engaged in talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza. “The Israeli attack cannot dent our resolve …

13-09-2025 MINSK: Belarus has released 52 prisoners following mediation by the United States, which has promised to grant Minsk sanctions relief. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday that the prisoners, along with the US delegation, had crossed into Lithuania. “No man left behind! 52 prisoners safely crossed the Lithuanian …

13-09-2025 DUBLIN: The Irish broadcaster, RTE, has said it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “if the participation of Israel goes ahead”. In a statement, RTE said that Ireland’s participation in the event “would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza”. …

13-09-2025 WASHINGTON: US space agency NASA has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities, a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres. Chinese nationals, who could only work at NASA as contractors or students contributing to research, found …

13-09-2025 PARIS: French children under 15 should be banned from social media and there should be an overnight “digital curfew” for 15-18 year olds, a parliamentary commission has recommended. The six-month inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors has found that the short video-sharing platform “knowingly exposes our …

12-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s army is resuming talks with protesters to pick an interim leader for the Himalayan nation, after violence that removed the government of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, according to an army spokesperson. Soldiers were patrolling the quiet streets of the capital Kathmandu for a second day on …

12-09-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Forum Malls, the retail arm of real estate developer Prestige Group, aims to nearly double its portfolio of shopping centres by opening 14 new malls across India’s top cities by 2029 as it bets on sustained demand, a top executive told media. The …

12-09-2025 DOHA: Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said that there must be a “collective response” to Israel’s attack on the Qatari capital Doha, as Arab leaders rushed to the Gulf nation to express solidarity. “There is a response that will happen from the region. …

12-09-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA/ LONDON: At least 63 Palestinians, including two young children, are among the latest deaths in Israel’s round-the-clock bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, adding to the 82 Palestinians killed over the last 24 hours, medical sources have said. Ten of those who were killed since dawn on …

12-09-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom has fired Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States over his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has said. Mandelson, a veteran Labour politician who was key to the party’s success under former …