International

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford:  Islamic links to Britain date back to the colonial era, when Muslims began to settle in British cities, establishing mosques and learning centres to preserve their faith and culture. The first recorded mosque in…

AFP/APP Liverpool: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out austerity measures and pledged to protect public services as Labour's annual conference commenced on Sunday in Liverpool. This marks Labour's first conference since…

AFP/APP Tehran: A devastating explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in Iran has claimed the lives of at least 51 workers, marking one of the country's deadliest industrial accidents in recent years, state media reported Sunday.…

AFP/APP Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's main Marxist politician, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, has taken a comfortable lead in the presidential election, which has turned into a referendum on an unpopular IMF bailout. Early results…

AFP/AP Jerusalem: The Israeli military has reported that more than 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon early Sunday morning, prompting fire services to combat blazes ignited by the falling munitions in northern Israel. The Lebanese group…

AFP/APP Beirut: Hezbollah was left reeling on Saturday after Israel targeted two leaders of its elite Radwan Force during a strike on a command meeting in a stronghold in southern Beirut. The Lebanese Health Minister, Firass Abiad,…

AFP/APP Washington: The US Secret Service on Friday revealed a series of failures identified during its review of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in July. Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks managed…

AFP/APP Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka began voting for its next president on Saturday in what is seen as an effective referendum on the unpopular International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity plan, implemented after the island nation’s…

AFP/APP Rome: Italian authorities have evacuated around 1,000 residents as the tail end of Storm Boris brought severe flooding to northeastern Italy. The Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions, which were struck by devastating floods last…

News Desk New York: Former US President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are tied in a pair of recent polls, although Harris maintains a narrow lead in the key battleground state of…