13-08-2025 MADRID/ LISBON: Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of Europe. Global warming is giving the Mediterranean region hotter, drier summers, scientists say, with wildfires surging each year …
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13-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation in July eased below 2% for the first time in eight years, on the back of falling prices of food items including vegetables and pulses, hurting some farmers, but will have limited impact on the central bank’s policy decision. Annual retail inflation …
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13-08-2025 CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, is “in denial” about the suffering inflicted on Gaza, and the international community is now saying, “Enough is enough”. A day after announcing that Australia will recognize Palestinian statehood at the United Nations next month, Albanese …
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13-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States and China have extended their tariff deadline for another 90 days, preventing an escalation of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, with markets rallying after President Donald Trump announced the pause. With the extension, the imposition of higher tariffs on China …
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13-08-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The United States has upped pressure on the Pakistan-based Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), labelling it a “foreign terrorist” organization. The designation, announced by the Department of State on Monday, comes after the BLA, which is also known as the Majeed Brigade, was …
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13-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 89 Palestinians, including 31 aid seekers, have been killed and 513 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. As Israel keeps pounding Gaza, five more Palestinians, including two children, have starved to death in the …
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12-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A few days ago, India’s Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters’ list but opposition parties and election charities say the exercise was rushed through and many voters …
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12-08-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he expected to complete a new Gaza offensive “fairly quickly” as the U.N. Security Council heard new demands for an end to suffering in the Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu, speaking after his security cabinet on Friday approved a much-criticised plan …
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12-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. The conversation between the two leaders came days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an additional 25% tariff on …
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12-08-2025 PARIS/ MOSCOW: Firefighters in southern France have warned that a huge fire they have been battling, which spread across an area bigger than Paris, could reignite as the region continues to face a scorching heatwave. Authorities on Sunday said hot, dry winds and a heatwave would make the work …
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