26-09-2025 ROME/ GAZA STRIP: Italy’s defence minister has condemned what he said was an overnight drone attack by unidentified perpetrators on a flotilla trying to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid. Guido Crosetto also said he had ordered an Italian Navy frigate to head towards the 52 …
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26-09-2025 MOSCOW/ TEHRAN: Russia and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding on the construction of small nuclear power plants in Iran, according the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, as Tehran has been engaged in a diplomatic push to avert new sanctions over its nuclear program. The agreement was signed …
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26-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU/ HYDERABAD: Paridhi Upadhaya was packing her bags after securing a computer science scholarship in the US until headlines of President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown, opens new tab last week prompted her family in Lucknow, India to scrap the plan. “Trump’s unending onslaught against …
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25-09-2025 HOUSTON: One person has died and at least two more have been critically wounded after being shot by a suspected sniper at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Dallas, Texas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the incident on Wednesday in a statement on social, …
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25-09-2025 OUAGADOUGOU/ BAMAKO/ NIAMEY: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would not recognize the authority of the UN-backed court, based in The …
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25-09-2025 HONG KONG: Hong Kong shut down ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, with authorities urging people to stay at home, while most passenger flights were due to be suspended until Thursday. People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, …
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25-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The Indian rupee hit a record low on Tuesday, hurt by lingering concerns over the impact of steep US tariffs and a sharp jump in H-1B visa fees, though likely central bank intervention helped limit the losses. The currency slid to 88.7975 per dollar …
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25-09-2025 KHARTOUM: In the corridors of Omdurman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, the corridors have turned into a makeshift ward for patients with dengue fever amid an outbreak of the disease spread by mosquitoes. The ongoing rainy season has created the ideal breeding ground for the disease to spread, with thousands …
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25-09-2025 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China railed for years against the United States’s bid to force the sale of TikTok, once accusing Washington of demonstrating “robbers’ logic” in response to the platform’s success. Now, Beijing is touting talks on how the video-sharing platform’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, might relinquish ownership of its US …
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25-09-2025 UNITED NATIONS: France, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Andorra and Belgium have formally recognized a Palestinian state at the 80th session of the General Assembly (UNGA). They join Canada, Australia and Portugal, as well as the United Kingdom, which announced its recognition on Sunday, as Israel pushes ahead with settlement expansion …
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