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UAE: Multiple flights to Pakistan, India affected amid tensions

Multiple flights to and from Pakistan and northern India have been cancelled or delayed from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi launched…
Trump plans to announce US will call Persian Gulf Arabian Gulf

Washington: President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the US will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the…

Trump says only 21 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now believed to be alive

Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,”…
‘Hope it ends quickly,’ Trump on India-Pakistan escalation

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Indian strikes on Pakistan were expected and that it’s his “hope it ends very quickly.” The Indian embassy in Washington DC also said…
Palestinian author Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer Prize

Palestinian author Mosab Abu Toha on Monday, May 5, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary regarding the situation in the occupied country. Toha’s essays in The New Yorker on the physical and…
UNSC raps Pak, poses tough questions over Pahalgam terror attack: Reports

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has pulled up Pakistan and asked tough questions concerning the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam at its closed session amid the escalating…
Australian govt to make case that US tariffs on foreign films ‘unjustified’

Canberra: Australia’s re-elected Labor Party government will make the case that US tariffs on foreign-made films are “unjustified,” a senior minister has said. Amanda Rishworth, the minister for social services, said on…

Threatened by Trump tariffs, Japan walks delicate tightrope between US and China

Washington: Just as Japan’s top trade negotiator travelled to Washington for another round of tariff talks last week, a bipartisan delegation bearing the name of “Japan-China Friendship” wrapped up a visit to…
Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia returns to country after treatment in UK

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday returned to the country from London after four months of medical treatment, according to a media report. Zia went to London on…
New Zealand lawmaker proposes social media ban for under-16s

Wellington: A New Zealand lawmaker is pushing for legislation that would ban children under 16 from accessing social media in a move that could see the country follow Australia’s lead in tightening…
2 killed, 42 injured in Israeli retaliatory airstrikes on Yemen’s port city

Sanaa: Israeli warplanes conducted dozens of airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah province, killing at least two people and wounding 42 others, according to health authorities run by the Houthi militant group. The strikes…
Pak troops target posts along LoC in 8 sectors across J-K, Indian Army retaliates

Jammu: Pakistani troops continued to violate the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, resorting to unprovoked firing across multiple sectors and prompting a strong and calibrated response…
UNSC holds closed consultations on Indo-Pak tensions, hears calls for ‘restraint’

United Nations: Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, the United Nations Security Council has held closed-door consultations where envoys called for restraint and dialogue. The consultations, held by the 15-nation Security Council, lasted about…
Thousands of student visa appointments available across US Mission in India

New Delhi: The US Embassy here on Monday said “thousands of student visa appointments” are available across its Mission in India. The embassy also shared a link to a webpage where country-wise…
UN asks India, Pak to step back from the brink, says military solution is no solution

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday voiced concern over tensions between India and Pakistan being at “at their highest in years” and called for “maximum restraint and stepping back from the…