Category: World

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cancelled a planned phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hours after Trump publicly celebrated a regional election win by Germany’s far-right AfD party. A spokesman for Merz declined to give a reason for the cancellation, but noted in response to questions fr­­­om journalists that it was not due to...

Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem ​that it must close and that diplomats assigned ‌there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter said. British representatives ​assigned to a US-led Gaza coordination mission in ​Israel, as well as British diplomats based in ⁠Ramallah,...

MIAMI: At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed on Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, officials said. Miami-Dade County fire chief Ray Jadallah told reporters that in addition to five fatalities, three people were transported to trauma centers “in critical...

ARABSALIM: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes on Sunday killed at least seven people despite a truce and an Israel-Lebanon deal. Mr Aoun said Sunday’s strikes, which damaged government premises and destroyed an out-of-service hospital, were “a dangerous escalation… reaching Lebanese state institutions” and...

Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers. A photograph...

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to block federal aid for universities that boycott Israel, the latest Republican-backed ​pro-Israel measure amid growing Democratic criticism of the Israeli government over ‌the assault in Gaza. The Republican-majority chamber voted 237-169 in favour of the “Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act”, which would have to pass the...

The US Pentagon has issued detailed guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and ​reserve service members aged 30 and older, a follow-up ‌to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July announcement. The guidance, which was issued on Wednesday and is effective immediately, establishes standardised screening and treatment pathways for men and women...

KABUL: The Taliban government defended on Wednesday its ban on protests that has drawn condemnation from rights groups, saying the order complies with Islamic law. Demonstrations in Afgh­a­­nistan have been rare since the Taliban returned to power just over five yea­rs ago, but the government last month introduced a rule holding that “all types of protests are...

Iran pushed ahead with strikes targeting American interests around the Middle East on Wednesday after vowing “severe” consequences to a fresh wave of US attacks. The latest flare-up is part of a cycle of retaliation that followed US strikes on Iran, with fighting over the Hormuz strait expanding to Washington’s Gulf allies, military bases and commercial...