18-09-2025 GAZA STRIP: Gaza City residents say they are being subjected to “heavy, relentless” bombardment amid reports that Israel’s military has expanded its ground offensive. At least 78 people killed by Israeli air strikes across Gaza since dawn. A United Nations inquiry has found that Israel’s nearly two-year war on …
Read More »
17-09-2025 BAMAKO/ DAKAR: At least 40 fuel tankers were destroyed in Mali on Sunday when al Qaeda-linked insurgents who had declared a blockade on fuel imports to the country attacked a convoy of more than 100 vehicles under military escort, two sources said on Monday. After the insurgent group, Jama’at …
Read More »
17-09-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: India and the United States will hold trade talks on Tuesday, New Delhi said, raising hopes for a breakthrough weeks after President Donald Trump imposed punitive tariffs on the South Asian nation for buying Russian oil. The move comes after Trump struck …
Read More »
17-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki has named three new ministers, just days after the dissolution of parliament was triggered by deadly protests. Karki, who on Friday became the Himalayan nation’s first female leader, made Om Prakash Aryal home minister, Rameshwar Prasad Khanal finance minister and Kulman Ghising energy …
Read More »
17-09-2025 MINSK/ MOSCOW: Russia has showcased some of its advanced weapons while conducting a joint military drill with Belarusian troops amid heightened tensions with NATO countries following alleged violations of the airspaces of Poland and Romania by Moscow. Approximately 7,000 troops, including 6,000 Belarusian soldiers, participated in exercises held at …
Read More »
17-09-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has warned Hamas against moving the Israeli captives in Gaza above ground to hinder Israel’s military campaign, renewing his call for their release. Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday that he had read a news report indicating that Hamas would …
Read More »
17-09-2025 DOHA, QATAR: For almost two years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone out of his way to avoid agreeing to a Gaza ceasefire. In November 2023, a deal saw the release of 110 captives taken during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel but a week later, Netanyahu refused …
Read More »
17-09-2025 DUBLIN: Conor McGregor has announced he is withdrawing from the race to become Ireland’s next president. The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) star hit out at Ireland’s “fixed” democracy, which he said only allowed “establishment-approved candidates” to get on to the ballot. He posted on social media; “following careful reflection …
Read More »
16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH: The Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges next week, according to the governor, from an act of violence widely seen as a foreboding inflection point in US politics. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Thursday night …
Read More »
16-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab accelerated to 2.07% in August as food prices inched higher over the previous month but stayed well within the central bank’s tolerance band, leaving room for another interest rate cut this year. Annual retail inflation quickened from a …
Read More »
Pressmediaofindia