09-12-2025 KHARTOUM: The death toll from an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a kindergarten and other sites in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan has risen to at least 114 people, including 46 children, according to a local official. The executive director of Kalogi locality in told …
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09-12-2025 BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said the United States remains Europe’s “biggest ally” despite stinging criticism of the continent in a major strategy document amid ongoing ceasefire talks on the Ukraine war. Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Saturday, Kallas said some of …
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09-12-2025 TOKYO: Japanese Minister of Defence Shinjiro Koizumi has accused Chinese fighter jets of directing their fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft during two separate incidents over international waters near the island of Okinawa. In a post on social media early on Sunday, Koizumi said that Tokyo has lodged a “strong …
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08-12-2025 OTTAWA: Canada has removed Syria from its list of states that support “terrorism”, citing a similar move by the United States as well as efforts by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government to “advance” the country’s stability. The announcement on Friday comes as Syria prepares to mark one year since …
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08-12-2025 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has accused the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of waging an attack on a border town near Chad as war in the country rages on deep into its third year. The RSF alleged the SAF used drones in the attack at the …
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08-12-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic. The message, recounted by five sources familiar with the …
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08-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Global private equity firm Advent International’s talks to acquire US giant Whirlpool’s India unit for up to $1 billion have collapsed due to disagreements over valuation, four people familiar with the matter told media. Advent had emerged as the frontrunner to acquire a 31% …
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08-12-2025 COLOMBO/ BANGKOK: Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of Asia, as the official death toll from the ongoing climate-fueled disaster has climbed to more than 1,750 people in the worst-affected countries of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and …
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08-12-2025 WASHINGTON: Since early September, the United States has carried out at least 22 declared military strikes targeting alleged drug-trafficking vessels off the coast of Latin America. Legal experts and international officials say that the attacks, which have killed at least 86 people, are a violation of the law and …
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08-12-2025 DOHA: The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops withdraw from the Palestinian territory under a peace plan backed by Washington and the United Nations, mediator Qatar’s Prime Minister (PM) said yesterday. “Now we are at the critical moment … A ceasefire …
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