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16-11-2025 PARIS: France has banned 10 British anti-migrant activists for attempting to stop migrants and asylum seekers from crossing into the United Kingdom on small boats, the French Ministry of Interior has announced. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said it had been alerted to the actions of activists …

16-11-2025 TEHRAN: The United States is withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a US official said on Wednesday, after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbors it would hit American bases if Washington strikes. With Iran’s leadership trying to put down the worst domestic unrest …

16-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: The Indian government’s plan requiring smartphone makers to share source code as part of a raft of new security measures has drawn criticism from privacy advocates and technology experts over fears of heightened surveillance. Companies including Apple, opens new tab and Samsung, opens new …

16-01-2026 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said the US will take “very strong action” against Iran if it executes protesters, as rights groups say more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities. Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, told …

15-01-2026 SEOUL: Prosecutors have asked for South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol to be handed a death sentence if he is found guilty over his botched attempt to impose martial law. A court in Seoul heard closing arguments in Yoon’s trial, in which he was accused of being the …

15-01-2026 WASHINGTON: The United States has designated Muslim Brotherhood organizations in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as “terrorist” groups, the administration of President Donald Trump announces, as Washington intensifies its crackdown on Israel’s rivals across the world. The decision on Tuesday came weeks after Trump issued an executive order directing his …

15-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: Hate speech against minorities including Muslims and Christians in India rose by 13% in 2025, with most incidents occurring in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, a Washington-based research group said on Tuesday. India Hate Lab documented 1,318 …

15-01-2026 LONDON: The BBC will file a motion to dismiss Donald Trump’s lawsuit over how his 6 January 2021 speech was edited in a Panorama documentary. The US president filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit in a Florida court last month, accusing the BBC of defamation and of violating a trade …

15-01-2026 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has been briefed on a wide range of covert and military tools for use in Iran, two Department of Defense officials told the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. Long-range missile strikes remain an option for a potential US intervention but Pentagon officials have also presented …

15-01-2026 NEW YORK: A very cold start to 2025 and the growing power demands of data centers and cryptocurrencies saw US emissions of planet-warming gases rise for the first time in three years, a new analysis shows. Last year homes burned more gas for heating while the use of coal …