- World
US imposes sanctions on ICC after former judge wins Nobel prize
Washington: The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the US believes has become politicised and attempted…
- World
What I signed up for: Mamdani after outrage over Oct 7 vigil
New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct 7 attacks by condemning Hamas’ “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel’s “genocide”…
- World
Work in global justice fetches Navi Pillay Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo: Former United Nations (UN) human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, October 9, in Oslo, Norway.…
- Middle East
Palestinian factions push to delay first elections in 20 years
Beirut: Palestinian factions are discussing postponing legislative elections that had been planned for November, officials said Thursday, October 8. A top official with the Hamas-allied Islamic Jihad group said the factions had…
- World
Strike on Ukrainian bus leaves 30 dead, blackouts worsen in Kyiv
Kyiv: Thirty people were killed and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus, authorities said Thursday, October 8, as an…
- World
Paris police fire tear gas at school amid ongoing protests
Paris: Dozens of students dragged rubbish bins into position outside a high school in northeastern Paris early on Thursday, October 8, erecting fresh barricades before police moved in with tear gas as…
- World
First execution in US since Pike’s failed lethal injection
Huntsville: A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, October 7, becoming the 30th person executed in the US this year and the first…
- World
Trump proposes USD 70k fee for foreign students seeking to work
Washington: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday, October 7, proposed a USD 70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the US, the latest effort from the Trump administration…
- Middle East
Satellite images show how Israel systematically erased Gaza towns
Deir al-Balah: It’s perhaps the most dramatic wound inflicted on the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military campaign over the past three years: The city of Rafah, once home to a quarter million…
- Middle East
What to know as fighting in Yemen escalates amid US-Iran tensions
Cairo: Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s government have launched a military campaign to drive Iran-backed Houthi rebels from the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a critical trade route for oil and other goods. The Houthis…
- Middle East
2 killed in Israeli strike in Gaza as demolitions continue
Gaza: Two Israeli airstrikes killed two people and severely injured at least one in Gaza City, health officials at the city’s al-Shifa Hospital said. The Israeli military said it targeted militants in…
- Books
Jeffrey Archer, bestselling British novelist, dies at 86
London: Bestselling British author Jeffrey Archer, whose career as a politician was derailed by a perjury conviction, has died. He was 86. Archer died “suddenly and peacefully” at his home Monday, a…
- Middle East
Israelis scarred by Oct 7 struggle to see Gaza beyond a threat
Sderot (Israel): One by one, Israelis peered through the tourist-style binoculars at the shattered Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, a distance of several football fields away, where buildings tilted in the rubble…
- World
What the next UN chief must do to revive the world body
United Nations: On January 1, the next United Nations secretary-general will take over an aging organisation still controlled by World War II powers. What will the world need from that person? Once…
- World
2 killed, dozens injured in Georgia homecoming party shooting
Vienna: Law enforcement officials are still working to determine just what happened when a chaotic homecoming party spanning a four-block radius of a southern Georgia town erupted in gunfire early Sunday, October…
