22-05-2024 CAIRO: A court in Greece has abandoned the trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing the biggest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. The judges in the southern port city of Kalamata ruled they did not have jurisdiction to hear the case on the grounds …

22-05-2024 PARIA: Emmanuel Macron will fly to New Caledonia on Tuesday night to “set up a mission” on the riot-hit island, France has confirmed. France’s president will travel to the island after more than a week of unrest there over his government’s voting reform plans, which have been rejected by …

22-05-2024 TEHRAN/ TABRIZ: Iranians have gathered in Tabriz, the capital of the East Azerbaijan province, to mourn at a farewell procession for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other people in the helicopter, including crew members, were also killed …

21-05-2024 WASHINGTON: About half of US voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, suggesting Americans may be wary of harsher enforcement plans Donald Trump is considering. Some 54% of registered voters opposed the use of detention camps while …

21-05-2024 LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s lawyers told London’s High Court on Monday that he should not be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret US documents as he may not be able to rely on his right to free speech. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside …

21-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI/ BHUBANESWAR: Indians voted on Monday in the fifth phase of mammoth general elections, with film actors and sports celebrities among the thousands who turned out early in a bid to avoid scorching afternoon heat in the financial hub of Mumbai. Three hours …

21-05-2024 TAIPEI: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te asked China on Monday to stop its military and political threats, saying in his inauguration speech that peace is the only choice and that Beijing had to respect the choice of the Taiwanese people. China responded by saying Lai had sent “dangerous signals” that …

21-05-2024 BEIJING: Two people have been killed and dozens others injured in a knife attack at a primary school in China’s southern Jiangxi province, police said. It was not immediately clear if children were among the casualties. The attack took place at about midday (04:00 GMT) at the school in …

21-05-2024 LISBON/ MADRID: A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display “felt like a movie”. On Sunday morning, the ESA shared on X a video, opens …

21-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to connect the war in Gaza to a “political strategy” for the territory’s future. Jake Sullivan met Netanyahu in Israel after holding talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. His intervention comes a …