LONDON: The UK government announced Monday it is suspending applications from refugees seeking to bring family members into the country, saying the pause will give time to tighten the rules—its latest move to curb rising arrivals. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour...

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DEIR AL-BALAH: Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday left at least 31 people dead, health officials reported, as the military pressed its offensive on the enclave’s largest city. The bombardment coincided with a statement from prominent genocide scholars...

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AHMEDABAD: A 40-year-old man was arrested in Jamalpur after allegedly making a hoax call about a murder, police said on Saturday. Gaikwad Haveli police said the control room received a message on Friday claiming, “My brother was murdered at Jamalpur Medani Wad in...

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SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels detained at least 11 United Nations staff members in raids on UN premises in Sanaa and Hodeida, the UN confirmed Sunday, in a crackdown that followed an Israeli airstrike killing the group’s prime minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi....

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CAIRNS: Three Scottish brothers stepped ashore in northern Australia on Saturday after completing a record-breaking 139-day row across the Pacific Ocean, unsupported and non-stop, from Peru to Cairns. Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan MacLean set off from Lima in April in a...

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Saturday he would issue an executive order requiring voter identification for every US election, doubling down on his push to tighten voting laws—an area where presidential authority is highly limited. Posting on Truth Social,...

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