World news from The Thursday Times' foreign desk.
At a summit hosted by Telangana’s Congress government, the opposition leader questioned the legitimacy of elections after a revision of voter rolls. The BJP accused him of seeking “regime change” with foreign help.
Field Marshal Birhanu Jula said Eritrea led a new Tigrayan offensive with Egyptian supplies, as fighting near Badme and on the Kenyan border forced thousands to flee.
The army and allied forces took al-Khuwai in West Kordofan on Friday, while a local relief group said RSF fighters killed 10 civilians in nearby al-Nuhud.
Environment minister Bhupender Yadav told Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan to make senior officials answer for pollution curbs, a day after Delhi’s air index touched 494 and ministers sent half their staff home.
The British prime minister blamed the Conservatives for a “harsher and harder Brexit” and said a food deal at next week’s UK-EU summit would bring prices down.
Factory owners say they may walk out of Monday’s wage board talks and close unrest-hit mills indefinitely under a no-work, no-pay rule, as 147 factories stay shut around Dhaka.
The five-time Olympic judo champion, who launched a 2027 presidential bid on Monday, said he was “not the president’s envoy” as he campaigned on Saturday.
Lebanon has asked Syria to hand over two Syrians suspected in the killing of Ahmed al-Alwani, a Sunni politician and critic of Iranian influence, while a Lebanese suspect is held.
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman says Dhaka has done everything the legal process requires of it, and what India does next is up to New Delhi.
Kinshasa says it will withdraw Juliana Amato Lumumba to help reach a consensus, a move aimed at Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo, two days before leaders choose the group’s next head.
