India raises cooking gas, jet fuel prices as supply pressures mount – World
India raised on Friday the prices of commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and jet fuel for international airlines, according to a state-run energy firm, as supply pressures from the Middle East war mount. The South Asian nation is heavily dependent on imported energy, including for roughly 60 per cent of its LPG, the fuel used […]
Japanese man arrested after wife incinerated at zoo – World
Japanese police arrested a man for allegedly incinerating his dead wife at the zoo where he worked, officials and local media said Friday, following the discovery of human remains. Police arrested Tatsuya Suzuki on Thursday evening on suspicion that he “transported the victim’s body to a tourist facility” in the northern island of Hokkaido and […]
Trump likely among 287 candidates for Nobel Peace Prize – World
• Pakistani, Israeli, Cambodian leaders claim to have nominated US president; secrecy rules leave bids unconfirmed• 208 individuals, 79 organisations make up diverse list; winner to be announced on Oct 9, with award ceremony in December• Committee raises alarm over jailed Iranian laureate’s health OSLO: The Norwegian Nobel Committee is considering 287 candidates for the […]
Trump’s war powers deadline expires Friday as officials cite ceasefire loophole – World
President Donald Trump faces a critical legal deadline on Friday that could determine the future of US military operations against Iran, even as his administration signals it may rely on a controversial legal interpretation to bypass congressional approval. Under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a US president must terminate military action within 60 days […]
UK police charge man over stabbing of two Jewish men in London
Suspected terror attack raises UK threat level as Somali-born British man faces attempted murder charges An Orthodox Jewish man walks past security patrolling the street near where a man was arrested on Wednesday following a stabbing incident in which two Jewish men were wounded in the Golders Green area, in London, Britain, April 30, 2026. […]
UN chief warns Hormuz closure ‘strangling’ global economy – World
UNITED NATIONS: The escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz could push tens of millions into poverty, trigger a surge in global hunger and even tip the world toward recession, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday. The closure of the vital waterway is “strangling the global economy,” the secretary general said in […]
Pakistan, 10 other nations condemn Israeli assault on Gaza aid flotilla, ‘unlawful detention’ of activists – World
Pakistan and 10 other countries condemned on Friday in “strongest terms” the Israeli assault on the Global Sumud Flotilla, which they said was as a peaceful civilian humanitarian initiative aimed at drawing the attention of the international community to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. A joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkiye, […]
Gaza flotilla organisers say 211 activists ‘kidnapped’ by Israel – World
Organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday said Israel’s army had “kidnapped” 211 activists, including a Paris city councillor, in a raid in international waters off Greece. Helene Coron, a spokeswoman for the French contingent of Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), told an online news conference that the operation had taken place near the Greek […]
Amazon says damaged UAE cloud region recovery to take several months – World
Amazon said on Thursday that restoring cloud computing operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which were damaged in the conflict in the Middle East, is expected to take several months. Amazon’s data centres in the region were hit by Iranian retaliatory drone strikes in early March, amid the conflict, disrupting cloud services and making […]
In fresh message, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei defies US naval blockade – World
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei declared on Thursday that the United States had suffered a shameful defeat, defiantly rejecting a warning from President Donald Trump that an economically punishing US naval blockade could be enforced for months to come. “Today, two months after the largest military deployment and aggression by the world’s bullies in […]