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23-07-2025 LONDON/ PARIS/ OTTAWA: More than two dozen countries have called for an immediate end to the war on Gaza, saying that suffering there had “reached new depths” in the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s international isolation deepens. The statement on Monday came after more than 21 …

22-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government’s top think tank has proposed easing rules that de facto require extra scrutiny for investments by Chinese companies, arguing that the rules have meant delays for some sizeable deals, three government sources said. Currently, all investment by Chinese entities in …

22-07-2025 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the US envoy to Turkey said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people. Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus and hit government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and …

22-07-2025 LJUBLJANA: Slovenia’s parliament has passed a law giving terminally-ill adults the right to end their lives, after a majority of voters backed the move in a referendum. Lawmakers approved the bill on Friday, with 50 votes in favour, 34 against and three abstentions, meaning that assisted dying will be …

22-07-2025 UNITED NATIONS: More than 11 million refugees risk losing access to humanitarian aid owing to a “dramatic” funding crisis, according to the United Nations refugee agency. The extent of UNHCR’s funding shortfall was revealed in a report released on Friday, which said it had so far received only 23 …

22-07-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian tax authorities and market regulator are considering widening their probe of United States trading giant Jane Street Group to investigate it for tax evasion in addition to an earlier charge of price rigging in the Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark Sensex, according to media reports. …

22-07-2025 LONDON: Police in the United Kingdom have arrested more than 100 people at protests across the country calling for a ban on campaign group Palestine Action to be reversed. Demonstrations took place on Saturday in Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Truro and London as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend …

22-07-2025 DHAKA: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party took part in a rally in the capital, Dhaka, demanding an overhaul of the electoral system. The South Asian nation is expected to head to the polls next year as it stands at a crossroads after the ouster …

21-07-2025 DHAKA: As many as 19 people have died and 164 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka. Footage from Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of Uttara shows a huge fire and thick smoke, after the …

21-07-2025 DOHA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group have signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting in eastern Congo. The declaration was signed on Saturday between representatives of both sides in Doha. The DRC and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have been engaged …