- Middle East
No clear winner: Iraq’s election sparks prolonged negotiations
Baghdad: Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances that will shape the next government. The November election didn’t produce a…
- World
DOJ removes Epstein files, including Donald Trump image
New York: At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day…
- World
US launches airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria
Washington: The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two US troops and an…
- Middle East
Palestinians still face starvation, say experts
Tel Aviv: The spread of famine has been averted in the Gaza Strip, but the situation remains critical with the entire Palestinian territory still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food…
- Business
Rupee trades in narrow range against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee traded in a narrow range against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday as the support from fresh foreign fund inflows was negated by trade deal uncertainty and…
- Middle East
Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10
Jerusalem: Israeli troops fired a mortar shell over the ceasefire line into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas. Health…
- World
Trump in White House speech announces USD 1,776 bonus for US troops
Washington: President Donald Trump said in a White House speech Wednesday night that he was sending a USD 1,776 bonus check to US troops for Christmas, indicating that tariffs were funding the…
- Middle East
Infant among 12 dead in Gaza as families struggle to recover from rains
Deir Al-Balah: Palestinians in Gaza struggled to recover Tuesday from torrential rains that battered the enclave for days, flooding camps for the displaced, collapsing buildings already badly damaged in the two-year war…
- World
Bondi Beach mass shooting inspired by Islamic State: Australia police
Melbourne: A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett…
- India
Foreign tourist arrivals down to 16.48L in April-June: Centre
New Delhi: The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during the second quarter of calendar year 2025 fell to 16.48 lakh from 26.15 lakh in the January-March period, before showing a slight…
- World
Two colossal statues of pharaoh Amenhotep III unveiled in Egypt
Luxor (Egypt): Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at…
- World
Brown university shooting: 2 dead, 8 injured, suspect at large
Providence: A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Sunday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police…
- World
Bulgaria’s government resigns after mass protests
Sofia (Bulgaria): Bulgaria’s government resigned on Thursday after mass protests gripped the country and just weeks before the European Union nation is due to join the eurozone. The resignation of the minority…
- World
South Korea’s ex-acting leader indicted over then president’s martial law
Seoul: South Korea’s former acting leader Choi Sang-mok was indicted Thursday on charges related to the brief imposition of martial law in December 2024 by then-President Yoon Suk Yeol, becoming the latest…
- World
Venezuela’s Machado says government didn’t know where she was hiding
Oslo: Opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday that she doesn’t believe the Venezuelan government knew where she was hiding for most of this year, as she met Norway’s leader a day…
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