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NEW DELHI: An Indian court has ordered the takedown of an online documentary posted by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and billionaire Gautam Adani of cronyism, after Adani Enterprises sued, calling it defamatory. Adani’s flagship firm, Adani Enterprises, told the High Court in eastern city of Kolkata that the documentary, which […]

A deeply divided Israel heads to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since the launch of Israel’s war on Gaza in 2023, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s rightward drift. Israelis are casting their ballots in the shadow of three years of multi-front regional wars, with […]

ISLAMABAD: Energas, a consortium of the Lucky Group and Qatar Energy, has given up a multi-million-dollar plan to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Port Qasim, citing fundamental changes to Pakistan’s energy policy, requirements and longstanding unresolved policy and fiscal matters, it emerged on Friday. On the other hand, the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) has […]

Parliament authorised Egypt’s military on Monday to provide support to help defend Saudi Arabia, parliamentarians said, and local media reported, a move that could push Cairo directly into the regional conflict that has expanded with intensified attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on the Gulf kingdom. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had asked parliament last week to approve defending its Gulf Arab […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s army chief Eyal Zamir clashed over a proposed military operation that could cause confrontation with Tehran ahead of elections in Israel, Anadolu reported, citing Israeli media. The report said Zamir sought a detailed discussion of the proposed operation and signed legal authorisation from political leaders before proceeding. However, the […]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term on Sunday, the country’s electoral court said, in a shock result that defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America. Lula, an icon of the global left and the most […]

PARIS: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France on Saturday, with largely peaceful rallies giving way to clashes in Paris and Marseille as night fell despite a huge security operation aimed at preventing a repeat of last week’s unrest. The Interior Ministry said 410,000 people took part in protests nationwide, though unions said the […]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched wide-ranging strikes across swathes of southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, as the kingdom announced the partial reopening of Riyadh’s international airport despite repeated attacks by the group. Alerts warning of possible attacks were activated across the kingdom’s south throughout the day, with the Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis saying at […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that a potential resumption of war with Israel and the United States would not change his country’s positions. The remarks come amid mounting US and Israeli threats of renewed attacks on Iran, as President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington “may do another little Epic Fury,” […]

US President Donald Trump has been telling voters to view the midterm elections as if he were on the ballot, and on Saturday one of his Democratic predecessors did just that. Ten days out from the elections that will determine control of the closely divided Congress, Barack Obama took to the campaign trail to accuse […]