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13-07-2025 TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that any snapback of United Nations sanctions on the country “would signify the end of Europe’s role in the Iranian nuclear dossier“. A clause in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and world powers, which United States …

13-07-2025 DOHA/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha said on Saturday. The indirect talks over a US proposal for a 60-day ceasefire are …

13-07-2025 LONDON: London’s police force said on Saturday that officers had arrested 41 people who had expressed support for the banned group Palestine Action at a protest outside parliament. British lawmakers proscribed the group under anti-terrorism legislation earlier this month after some of its members broke into a Royal Air …

13-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 87 Palestinians have been killed since dawn in Israeli attacks across Gaza, with dozens of children dying from malnutrition during Israel’s punishing months-long blockade, as ceasefire talks reportedly stall. Among the victims on Saturday, 14 were killed in Gaza City, four of them in an …

13-07-2025 BEIJING/ BANGKOK: China urged Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their border dispute through friendly dialogue, offering to play a constructive role by upholding an “objective and fair” position, its foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged peaceful coexistence between the neighbors during a meeting on Thursday with Thai …

13-07-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1, after weeks of negotiations with the key US allies and top trading partners failed to reach a comprehensive trade deal. In an escalation of Trump’s …

13-07-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Just moments before a fatal Air India crash on June 12, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fuel-control switches in the cockpit mysteriously moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position, an early investigation into the disaster has revealed. Flipping to cutoff almost immediately cuts the engines. …

13-07-2025 UNITED NATIONS: A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that sand and dust storms are leading to “premature deaths” due to climate change, with more than 330 million people in 150 countries affected. On Saturday, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the International …

12-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 82 people since dawn, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, amid ongoing ceasefire talks and criticism of plans to forcibly transfer Palestinians to Rafah. Among those killed on Thursday, 15 people, including nine children and four women, were killed in …

12-07-2025 SIKASSO, MALI: The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from armed groups that has rocked the country for several decades but that changed when armed men waged a string of coordinated attacks on military installations in several …