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28-11-2025 CANBERRA: An Australian senator has been suspended for a week after wearing a burka in parliament to push for a ban on the Muslim garment. Pauline Hanson was condemned by fellow senators and later formally censured for the stunt on Monday, with one colleague accusing her of “blatant racism”. …

28-11-2025 ROME: Deputies in the Italian parliament have voted unanimously to introduce the crime of femicide, the murder of a woman, motivated by gender as a distinct law to be punished with a life sentence. In a symbolic move, the bill was approved on the day dedicated to the elimination …

28-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India is considering extending an import tariff, locally known as a safeguard duty, on some steel products to counter cheaper imports primarily from China, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. India, the world’s second-biggest crude steel producer, had in August recommended …

28-11-2025 BOGOTA: Santiago Uribe, the brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, has been sentenced to 28 years and three months in prison for aggravated homicide and conspiracy to commit a crime while leading a paramilitary group. In Tuesday’s verdict, a three-judge panel in the northwestern province of Antioquia ruled …

28-11-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: It’s a Thanksgiving tradition for many families in the United States: heading to retailers like Walmart to stock up on cranberries, sweet potatoes and la piece de resistance, a cult classic, the Butterball turkey but this year, Walmart’s annual Thanksgiving meal kit has become a flashpoint …

28-11-2025 BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his 27-year prison sentence, after his defence team declined to file a second appeal. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a leading figure in the trial against Bolsonaro, made the announcement on Tuesday. The court indicated Bolsonaro would …

27-11-2025 KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed proposed changes to the controversial 28-point peace plan for ending the war with Russia. It appears Ukraine’s European allies produced an amended version of the plan after rejecting parts which favoured Russia’s war aims. “Now the list of necessary steps to end …

27-11-2025 KHARTOUM: The head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces said late on Monday that his paramilitaries would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce, after US President Donald Trump said last week that he would intervene to seek an end to a war that has plunged the country into famine. …

27-11-2025 TEL AVIV/ CAIRO: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the US and Israeli-backed organization to distribute aid in Gaza, said on Monday it was ending its operations after months of criticism over deaths of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach GHF hubs. The GHF, which had bypassed the United Nations and …

27-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s solar module exports fell sharply in September to their lowest this year after US trade measures curbed shipments, forcing manufacturers to redirect supplies to the domestic market, industry officials and analysts said. India’s exports to the United States had surged earlier this year as …