International from Monday, April 14th, 2025

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigour and lyrical prose for five decades and nearly became president of his country, died on Sunday aged 89.

An all-woman crew, including pop star Katy Perry, have completed a Blue Origin flight into space, marking a historic moment in space tourism.

Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium and will file an appeal for release, his lawyer said on Monday, seven years after details of his involvement in one of India's biggest bank frauds became public.

Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, officials said.