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22-10-2025 PARIS: Thieves in balaclavas broke into Paris’ Louvre museum on Sunday, using a crane to smash an upstairs window, then stealing priceless objects from an area that houses the French crown jewels before escaping on motorbikes, officials said. The robbery raises awkward questions about security at the museum, where …

22-10-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: The Israeli military said on Sunday a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that Palestinians said killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month’s US-brokered truce. US President Donald Trump …

22-10-2025 BRUSSELS: The European Union’s diplomatic arm, the EEAS, is urging member states to back a maritime declaration that would allow EU nations working with flag states to arrange inspections on Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, an EEAS document shows. Beefing up inspection rights is the latest EU proposal …

22-10-2025 LONDON: Copper consumption in the United States and India is set to emerge from China’s shadow over the next decade as demand growth in the world’s largest consumer of the industrial metal slows. Beijing’s industrial and infrastructure expansion has helped fuel a rally that has seen copper prices rise …

22-10-2025 LA PAZ: Polls have closed in Bolivia in a presidential election run-off between two pro-market candidates, marking the end of nearly two decades of socialist rule and the start of a likely realignment towards the United States. Voting stations opened at 8am local time (12:00 GMT) and closed at …

22-10-2025 KINSHASA: The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province, according to the United Nations health agency. The patient is the 19th to recover out of 64 total cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in …

22-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and injured 230 others since the start of the ceasefire, and violated the truce agreement 80 times, the Gaza Government Media Office says. The Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians in a wave of air raids that it said …

21-10-2025 PARIS: French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Sunday reported a theft at the Louvre in Paris as the world-renowned museum said it was closing for the day. “A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” she wrote on social media. The Louvre said it …

21-10-2025 BEIJING: China has accused the US of stealing secrets and infiltrating the country’s national time centre, warning that serious breaches could have disrupted communication networks, financial systems, the power supply and the international standard time. The US National Security Agency has been carrying out a cyber-attack operation on the …

21-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Soaring gold prices led Indian buyers to choose coins and bars over jewelry during the Dhanteras festival on Saturday, fueled by hopes that the precious metal’s glittering rally would continue, industry officials told media. Dhanteras, which marks the start of the five-day …