04-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: India’s federal police said it had arrested the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata for alleged graft, after an investigation in the case of the brutal rape and murder of a young female doctor on the premises. Sandip Ghosh, …

04-09-2024 BEIJING: Dissident Chinese artist Gao Zhen has been detained on suspicion of “insulting revolutionary heroes and martyrs,” his brother and artistic partner Gao Qiang has said. The Gao Brothers are known for their provocative sculptures, which critique the founder of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, and his …

04-09-2024 VICTORIA: Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific has cancelled dozens of flights after a plane heading from the city to Zurich was forced to turn around due to an “engine component failure”. The company says it has now inspected all 48 of its Airbus A350s and found 15 aircraft …

04-09-2024 LONDON: The UK has suspended some arms sales to Israel, saying there is a “clear risk” the equipment could be used to commit serious violations of international law. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK would be suspending 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel, affecting equipment …

04-09-2024 SEOUL: Last Saturday, a Telegram message popped up on Heejin’s phone from an anonymous sender. “Your pictures and personal information have been leaked. Let’s discuss.” As the university student entered the chatroom to read the message, she received a photo of herself taken a few years ago while she …

04-09-2024 KINSHASA: An attempt by inmates to break out of a high-security prison in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has led to the deaths of 129 people, the authorities say. Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said that 24 prisoners had died of bullet wounds after warning shots …

04-09-2024 OCCUPIED WEST BANK: Last October, Palestinian grandmother Ayesha Shtayyeh says a man pointed a gun at her head and told her to leave the place she had called home for 50 years. She told the BBC the armed threat was the culmination of an increasingly violent campaign of harassment …

04-09-2024 ULAANBAATAR: Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia, his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year. He was welcomed by Mongolia’s leader at a lavish ceremony in the Asian nation’s capital Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday. The Russian …

04-09-2024 JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for “forgiveness” from Israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead in Gaza on Saturday, as Hamas warned more could be “returned to their families in shrouds” if a ceasefire isn’t reached. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of …

03-09-2024 SINGAPORE/ NEW YORK: Oil prices extended losses on Monday with investors weighing higher OPEC+ production from October against a sharp drop in output from Libya amid sluggish demand in China and the U.S., the world’s two biggest oil consumers. Brent crude futures fell 57 cents, or 0.7%, to $76.36 …