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13-05-2026 BUDAPEST: Hungary’s new Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orban. “I will not rule over Hungary, I will serve my country,” Magyar said after he took …

13-05-2026 SYDNEY: Australia’s right-wing populist One Nation party, which wants to emulate US President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportations, vowed to focus on ending mass migration, after winning its first seat in the country’s lower ‌house. Saturday’s by-election win by farmer David Farley in the rural seat of Farrer, some 550 …

13-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s annual consumer inflation likely moved closer to the central bank’s 4% medium-term target in April as higher fuel costs following the US-Iran war began feeding into prices, a media poll of economists showed. Inflation has remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s target …

13-05-2026 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he thinks Russia’s conflict with Ukraine is coming to an end, addressing reporters after a scaled-back military parade in Moscow marking the Soviet victory in World War Two. “I think that the matter is coming to an end,” he said, referring to …

13-05-2026 TEHRAN/ BERUIT: Israel’s relentless bombardment of Lebanon continues, with attacks killing at least 24 people on Saturday. The ceasefire between Iran and the US continues to hold despite sporadic skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says any attack on Iranian oil tankers and …

13-05-2026 HAVANA: On a Friday last month, every table outside Oishi’s food booth in Pabellon Cuba, an exhibition venue in the heart of Havana, was packed with customers eating burgers and pizzas. While the stand looked like an oasis of plenty, its owner, 46-year-old Miguel Salva, phone glued to his …

12-05-2026 WEST BANK: Israeli settlers have launched another wave of raids in the occupied West Bank, with houses and cars set on fire and a Palestinian child attacked. The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that a man and his child were attacked with “sharp instruments” in the village of Khirbet …

12-05-2026 SYDNEY: Polls have opened in a key by-election in regional Australia, viewed as an electoral test of support for the right-wing populist One Nation party, which could win its first federal lower house race. The contest in Farrer, a vast regional electorate in New South Wales, was triggered by …

12-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Competition Commission (CCI) has launched a formal probe into French spirits maker Pernod Ricard for alleged anti-competitive practices in the New Delhi liquor market. A public interest litigation complaint claims Pernod Ricard used exclusive dealing arrangements with retailers. The company reportedly provided about $24 …

12-05-2026 ATHENS: The Greek military is examining a mysterious unmanned naval drone spotted in the Ionian Sea by local fishermen. They found the vessel in a cave near the island of Lefkada on Thursday and alerted the coast guard, which then towed it to the nearby port of Vasiliki. The …