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10-06-2026 TEHRAN: Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting down of dissent. With peace not yet secured, the debates within …

10-06-2026 MADRID: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called for an end to “polarizing narratives” and “sterile simplifications” on a week-long visit to Spain expected to focus on the divisive issue of immigration. Leo also thanked Spain, whose Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has clashed with US President Donald Trump over Iran …

09-06-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE: After years spent detained in Syria, the freedom of the Islamic State group-linked families who landed back in their homeland of Australia this week was dramatically short lived. Three of the women were swiftly arrested. The fourth was left to confront a frenzied …

09-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: On a day that Nandini Harinath describes as the most important of her life, the Indian space scientist turned up to the office in a vibrant red and blue silk sari. That sari is now in pride of place in the Smithsonian’s National Air …

09-06-2026 BEIRUT: High-ranking Lebanese army officers are among at least 12 people martyred in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, days after the countries agreed to a conditional ceasefire during United States-mediated talks. Lebanon’s army said a brigadier general, a captain and a soldier, died in an Israeli strike on a …

09-06-2026 TEHRAN/ LOS ANGELES: Iran has accused the US of denying visas to “integral” members of its national football team’s backroom staff, hours after Washington confirmed Iranian players had been given permission to travel to the upcoming World Cup. US officials said visas had been issued to all players and …

09-06-2026 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office. The pardon was dated Thursday and released by the White …

09-06-2026 BRUSSELS: When the European Union issued its latest tranche of sanctions against Israeli settler groups and their leaders, Regavim, founded in part by the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, these groups welcomed the measures as a “badge of honor.” Another sanctioned figure, Daniella Weiss, whose movement, Nachala, has held …

09-06-2026 OTTAWA/ HOUSTON: Canada’s food inspection agency has announced a temporary ban on livestock from the US state of Texas after flesh-eating screwworms were discovered in calves this week. Cows and horses that were in Texas anytime within 21 days before crossing the border into Canada would not be accepted …

08-06-2026 BEIJING: Antelope Reef is a small, teardrop-shaped island in the north-western corner of the South China Sea and, until recently, almost entirely underwater but this year it has undergone a dramatic transformation. Millions of tons of sand have been dredged from the sea bed to create solid land. From …