International

The Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque announced that this year’s Arafat sermon will be translated into 35 languages and broadcast via its digital platforms and affiliated channels. These efforts aim to convey the sermon’s message to Muslims worldwide and promote Islam’s message of moderation, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, head ...

By Hamshika Krishnamoorthy:   Calls for Accountability Echo Through Westminster The remembrance was not only about mourning the dead but also about demanding justice. On 18 May 2026, Tamils gathered at Parliament Square, London SW1P 3JX, near Westminster Station, before marching toward 10 Downing Street in remembrance for the Silence Condemn Procession in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed the “unyielding relationship” between China and Russia as he began talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, state media reported. “We have been able to continuously deepen our political mutual trust and strategic coordination with a resilience that remains unyielding despite trials and tribulations,” Xi told Putin, according to Xinhua news ...

The attacks on Monday came three days after Lebanese and Israeli officials held talks in Washington DC, which resulted in an agreement to extend their ceasefire for another 45 days. Israel has repeatedly violated the truce, which was initially agreed in April, Al Jazeera. Those killed on Monday included Wael Abdel Halim, a leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, ...

By Hamshika Krishnamoorthy:   2009: Why were Tamil civilians targeted inside the “No Fire Zones”, where hundreds of thousands of people had been told they would be safe? It is very clear that this was a systematic genocide against Tamil civilians carried out during the final phase of the war. According to multiple reports and investigations, an estimated 40,000 to ...

Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire that has tamped down the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as two days of talks facilitated by Washington concluded on Friday with an agreement to hold further meetings in the coming weeks. “The April 16 cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to ...

US President Donald Trump departed China on Friday touting business deals that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started. Trump’s visit to America’s main strategic and economic rival, the first by a US president since his last trip in 2017, had aimed for tangible results ...

India and the United Arab Emirates have signed pacts on strategic defence cooperation, petroleum reserves and supply of liquefied petroleum gas, an Indian government official said on Friday. The pacts were signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE.

U.S. President Donald Trump entered his final talks with Xi Jinping on Friday touting economic wins that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started. Trump is making the first visit by a U.S. president to China, America’s main strategic and economic rival, since his last ...

Iran’s foreign minister urged BRICS nations on Thursday to condemn what he called violations of international law by the United States and Israel, including “their illegal aggression against Iran”. His remarks at a two-day meeting in New Delhi underscore divisions within the expanded BRICS bloc, as the US-Israeli war in Iran casts a shadow over the gathering of foreign ministers. ...