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Iranian prosecutor denies Trump’s claim 800 prisoners were spared execution

24 Jan 2026 1:37 AM IST
Dubai: Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there...

Mali’s govt moves to impose fuel rationing

24 Jan 2026 1:37 AM IST
Bamako: Mali’s government has moved to impose fuel rationing to counter widespread shortages caused by al-Qaida-linked groups operating in the border...

Trump downplays NATO’s Afghanistan involvement causes

24 Jan 2026 12:35 AM IST
LONDON: US President Donald Trump provoked outrage and distress among many in the United Kingdom on Friday with his suggestion that troops from NATO...

US withdraws Board of Peace invite amid tensions with Canada

24 Jan 2026 12:34 AM IST
TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hit back Thursday at President Donald Trump’s inflammatory claim at the World Economic Forum that “Canada...

‘Myanmar airstrike on village killed 21 people’

24 Jan 2026 12:34 AM IST
BANGKOK: A military airstrike this week on a village in Myanmar sheltering displaced people from the northern township of Bhamo, where a final round...

US hits 9 tankers with sanctions over Iranian oil during protest crackdown

24 Jan 2026 12:34 AM IST
Washington: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a fleet of nine ships and their owners accused of transporting hundreds of millions of...

Japan’s PM Takaichi dissolves Parliament

24 Jan 2026 12:33 AM IST
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on February 8. ...

US formally withdraws from World Health Organization

24 Jan 2026 12:33 AM IST
New York: The US has finalised its withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending...

Syrian forces take control of prison housing IS members

24 Jan 2026 12:33 AM IST
Raqqa: Syrian government forces took control on Friday of a prison housing members of the Islamic State group in the north of the country, after...

Ukraine, Russia, US to discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions in Abu Dhabi

23 Jan 2026 7:25 PM IST
Davos: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region will be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine,...

Death toll in Iran protest crackdown is reportedly at 5,002 as Trump says US 'armada' approaching

23 Jan 2026 10:00 AM IST
Dubai: The death toll from Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests reached at least 5,002 people killed Friday, activists said, warning many...

World Briefs

22 Jan 2026 11:54 PM IST
Make Karachi ‘financial capital’, federal territory: Pak minister karachi: A Pakistani minister on Thursday urged the government to declare Karachi...
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