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12-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s fertility rate has for the first time fallen below the level needed to stop the population from shrinking, raising concerns about future labour shortages and an ageing society. For decades, India has seen rapid population growth. According to government statistics, including the Sample Registration …

12-06-2026 Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. JERUSALEM: Muhammad al-Bakri specifically remembers the date of his rape. It was April 10, 2024, during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The Gaza civil servant had been …

12-06-2026 LILONGWE: A group of 150 Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid growing worries about xenophobia are due to arrive by road in their home country on Monday, the Malawian authorities have said. The repatriation follows violence in South Africa’s Western Cape Province where there were reports just over a …

11-06-2026 BRUSSELS: The European Union is seeking to boost a $1.5 trillion hit on Russia’s economy by widening its sanctions web. The bloc is weighing new restrictions on another 80 entities and individuals supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters on Monday in Cyprus, …

11-06-2026 DUBAI: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been suspended from his duties, the tribunal’s governing body said, following a probe into sexual misconduct allegations. In a statement on Monday, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties said it will refer Khan to disciplinary proceedings before …

11-06-2026 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran and Israel have halted their mutual attacks, but Tehran has warned that strikes will resume if Israel continues its “aggression”, including in Lebanon. US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “be careful, or you will be on your own very soon”, …

11-06-2026 NEW YORK: Meta has said it is ⁠filing a federal US ⁠court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from ever ⁠targeting WhatsApp and its users. The company said on Monday that its WhatsApp messaging service disrupted new spear phishing …

11-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Saurav Kushwaha, 17, packed just a change of clothes and boarded an overnight train with his elder brother to reach New Delhi early on Saturday from their village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh. The brothers rested on a footpath, waiting for Abhijeet Dipke to arrive …

11-06-2026 TEHRAN/ BEIRUT: Iran has announced that it will stop striking Israel after the countries exchanged fire for the first time since April but a statement from the country’s top military command headquarters warns that it will carry out a “more severe” response if Israel continues striking southern Lebanon. It …

11-06-2026 ABUJA: At least 360 people kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists from a mainly Muslim community in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state in March have been freed from a remote mountain hideout. The circumstances of how they were freed are disputed. The army says it had launched an unprecedented intelligence-led operation …