Washington (International Desk) – The United States has approved the sale of advanced air defense systems to Ukraine, with plans underway to supply the Patriot missile defense system, according to official sources. The move comes as Kyiv continues to bolster its defenses against sustained Russian aerial attacks, including missile and drone strikes. The Patriot system…
Beijing (International Desk) – In a landmark development, the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India are set to sit at the same table for the first time since the recent conflict, as world leaders convene in China for a high-level gathering. During the grand military parade, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be joined on stage…
Washington (International Desk) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction during the recent India-Pakistan conflict reportedly angered former U.S. President Donald Trump to such an extent that Washington began to view Pakistan more favorably than India, according to a U.S. newspaper report. During Trump’s first term, India enjoyed close ties with the administration, with American…
Yemen’s Houthi group has confirmed that an Israeli airstrike in the capital Sana’a killed its de facto Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahwi along with 12 cabinet ministers. According to the Houthis, the strike took place on Thursday while al-Rahwi was attending a workshop with several ministers. The statement added that other officials were also killed, though…
An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University. From satellite images, the university’s Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of “berms” – as the raised banks are known – constructed since May…
A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, potentially removing a foreign policy tool that Trump has used extensively during his second term in office. The ruling affects Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, imposed on most countries around the world, as well as other tariffs slapped on China,…
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in Bangkok Getty Images Paetongtarn Shinawatra Thailand’s Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office. The country’s notoriously interventionist panel of nine appointed judges has ruled that Paetongtarn Shinawatra violated ethical standards in a phone call she had in June with the veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen,…
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize for her short story anthology Heart Lamp International Booker Prize winning-author Banu Mushtaq has found herself in the midst of a controversy after she was invited to inaugurate a prominent festival in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Last week, the state’s…
Germany has launched its largest Islamic conference today, a three-day event regarded as one of Europe’s most significant religious and spiritual gatherings of Muslims. This year, around 40,000 participants are expected to attend, arriving not only from across Germany but also from other European countries. Men, women, children, and elders are gathering in a vast…
A day of mourning has been declared in Kyiv after the second biggest aerial attack of the war so far killed at least 23 people, including four children. The city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said it was to honour the dead, as a massive recovery effort continues at the five-storey block of flats where 22 of…
