International

Palm Beach: President Donald Trump Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation from the country's North American neighbours in an emerging trade war. The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs were...

Kabul: The watchdog for US assistance to Afghanistan said the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funding set aside for the country because they are not recognised as its government and are under sanctions. In its latest report issued Friday, the...

Khan Younis: Two hostages arrived in Israel after Hamas handed them over to the Red Cross Saturday, while Palestinian authorities say Israel has agreed to release dozens of prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal. The truce, which began January...

Kampala: After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group's long-time military leader. Sultani Makenga, an ethnic Tutsi rebel leader sanctioned by both the...

Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip in office, heading to Central America to press President Donald Trump's top priority - curbing illegal immigration - and bring the message that the US wants to reclaim control over the...

Philadelphia: In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a programme for underrepresented students, emphasising “belonging” for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from historically Black colleges had to be abruptly cancelled. And around the US, colleges are assessing programme names and...

Boca Del Rio: A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf Coast city's plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10per cent of the world's plastics being recycled, Petgas' idea is...

Cape Canaveral:  ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Shubhanshu Shukla has been selected as the pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private spaceflight set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than spring 2025, NASA announced Thursday. Shukla will...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada is ready to deliver a "purposeful, forceful but reasonable, immediate" response if US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian imports, local media reported. The prime minister, delivering remarks at a meeting of the Council on...

Philadelphia: A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. All six people aboard were from Mexico. The child had been treated...